Busy Busy Busy

Life as a missionary moves fast. Tomorrow my current mission companion is being shipped out to who knows where. I'll have a new one to replace him (we always work with two or three). It can get stressful. It helps that, in general, missionaries are some of the nicest people there are, so you are surrounded by friends. And you're doing the work of the Lord, teaching about Jesus, which makes it worth it.

But some of us need a little extra to help us unwind. And missionaries find creative ways to unwind.

I don't like computers. They're too hard to use. These pictures are supposed to be all lined up. Blah. So, anyway, what keeps me going and living this stressful life is the joy of helping people.

Sometimes I meet people who need to find why they can't connect with their children. Sometimes I meet people who can't leave the past behind them, and they're haunted by their old decisions. Addictions. Fears. Wounds. The Enemy, Satan, doesn't want us to be at peace.

But Jesus does. And I know how to find it. I can tell other people how to get to where I am, and I find inexpressible joy in watching them shed those chains and gradually become whole.

It starts with Jesus Christ, Our Savior.

So, that's why I do this. This is why I am one of the most blessed men on earth.