As Senior Missionaries, it is possible to ask to serve at a given location. It is possible to express where you are not willing to serve. But if you want to really be brave, you leave it up to the Lord.....and hope. (At least that's what I did.)
You do get to fill out a "survey" expressing whether you are: extremely comfortable, somewhat comfortable, somewhat uncomfortable, or extremely uncomfortable, doing any number of things. For example, how would YOU feel (be honest now) living in a third world country, living where the temperature is 95 degrees all the time, living in a country that is a bit on the cool side (think Siberia), dancing and singing in a musical production, playing the organ, teaching children, teaching teens, taking pictures of genealogical records 8 hours a day, driving where road signs look to you like chicken scratch, starting up a conversation with people on the street about religion, etc.
Lee and I said we'd be willing to go anywhere, but that doesn't mean I wasn't worried. So when we opened that letter with all the family holding their breath, here was our first thought:
Lee: Elation! "I've wanted to go back for the last 43 years."
Ilene: Relief!! "It isn't Siberia, and it isn't a third world country."
Here's a picture of the moment.
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