Our experiences have been vastly different preparing for our sons’ mission assignments.
For Mark, there was an 18-page visa form, and recently, he had to appear at a visa processing center for the Danish embassy in San Francisco.
We assumed that he would be paired with another elder and be picked up at the airport by someone from the local mission in San Francisco. We were surprised when the church travel office instructed Mark to fly there alone and find his own way to the visa interview appointment and back again to the airport.
Traveling alone and ordering rides were new to Mark, but he did just fine.
The thought occurs to me, how long has my presence with Mark been obsolete? Years?
Still, I prayed all day. When each child flies out of reach or has a problem beyond my ability to help, my prayers become a testament that Heavenly Father has always been the primary caregiver.
Here was Mark’s text to let me know that he was boarding his return flight in San Francisco. 😂
I bought him a huge hamburger for dinner after I picked him up from the airport.