Thoughts along the way...

We ride in a hiace (Yahz) between towns.  

The vans will never leave on a timed schedule.  

When a van is full...the van will go. Not a second sooner.

Generally--we visit with the other travelers, who also plan, sleep, read, wait,

sometimes, we coax the wind into open windows and just think.

The world is so much with us.  

Our little computer shouts storms, politics, and such at us.

It would be easy to worry, feel a bit over-whelmed, confused, 

depressed by the news (which really is as old as the world).  

Oh! To cover our anxieties over the decisions and difficulties
 of people and governments in an attempt
to escape the world by wrapping up in a blanket, 

locking all the doors, reading a good book
 to the accompaniment of classical music 

and the smell of creamy hot chocolate or carob comfort 

(absolutely froth/bouncing seven tiny marshmellows)!  

But, as nice as that is in the evenings after a hard day of work...

it is even better to know 

that the world is right on schedule and that things will all work out.

  

I remind myself of this truth: 

As bad as the world gets...that is also how good it is getting!  

Opposition in all things really does mean opposition in all things.  YEA!  

And we get to choose what and which to think about.  

Things are getting better and people are becoming magnificent!  

Youth have bright eyes that come with strength and resolve

Being on a full-time mission gives us a great perspective, 

(very much like the mission of being full-time parents) 

in that we see Miracles regularly.  This work couldn't happen without them. 

We see things happen that can't.  

We witness ruined lives becoming vibrant and hopeful again.  

People who are bound by decisions and addictions becoming free

 through a faith that surpasseth understanding.  

Shadow people becoming great leaders 

with compassion to search out and serve others.  

We know their names and their faces, we learn of their dreams and fears, 

their strengths and weaknesses, their trials and triumphs, 

and we are amazed at their humility, and teach-ability.

More and more it becomes clear why we must each come unto Christ 

with a broken heart and a contrite spirit. 

No wonder we must become as a child, accepting our Father's will 

instead of expecting our own.  

To reach for His plan first, placing our own aside 

to become an heir to what He has prepared for those who wait on Him.  

I remember standing at the end of the high diving board at Ephraim's city pool.  

I can almost smell the chlorine of the water that I stared at; 

the water that I wanted so much to dive into.  

As I stood there...it came to me 

that unless I abandoned my fear, and actually dove in, 

I would never feel what it was like to swim to the surface of victory.  

I think life is like that.  

We must make our goals 

without turning around or climbing back down.
It's in the doing that we really understand the how and why.
And it works!

There are so many people that are looking for truth.  

So many good hearts longing to know why we are on earth, 

where did we come from, why are we here,
and where are we going after this life?  

With all that is going on in the world, 

the answers to those questions are also going on...

boldly, nobly, reaching every climb, and making hearts light.

What a great time to be on the Earth...

what a perfect time to dive right in!

(with patience of course, the van must be full!)