139. Alma el Pastor las ovejas"

There’s not much difference between the Sr. and Jr. Comp. except one drives and the other holds the map. Since the APs got a GPS (Happy Birthday Elder Ellett), they gave us their Tommy guide and it is my job to look up all the addresses, consult the map, and advise Hna. Gregersen how to reach the appointment, skirting around construction, avoiding the freeway (You’d be out of the mission before the next exit) and saving on miles.
We were trying to find a through street, most dead end at the freeway – I was sure the map said Rosemont, so we started up that way. I’ve been confused by these streets before, so I double checked – yep, Rosemont. About 3 blocks in, we started recognizing the area.
“Hey, this is where "Joe" lives! Let’s stop by!”
We had run into "Joe" looking for an old referral, but in the chaos of the past week, we had completely forgotten him.
His wife had just recently passed away and "Joe", humble and very lonely, was trying to understand why He had let him stay around, and what purpose he had in this life.
We found him, sitting in his front room going through his wife’s things. We asked if he had read the pamphlet on the Plan of Salvation.
“Well, yeah, I just don’t understand – we lived before we came to earth?”
Hna. Gregersen and I smiled and began to teach the Joyful news of God’s Plan of Salvation.
“"Joe", we know you can see "Nancy" again, and there are things you can do now on the earth to help both of you for all eternity.”
We sang, “I am a Child of God” for him and promised to return to teach him more.
Maybe the hardest part of being a missionary is waiting, patiently, to teach these people about the Joy that has always been there and that is even now waiting for them.
As we walked down Joe’s front steps I checked the map again. Turns out RoseMONT isn’t a through street, but one block over, RoseLAKE, is. As we course
corrected, I thought of the Savior’s words, “Now I go to show myself unto the lost tribes of Israel, for they are not lost unto the Father, for he knoweth whither he hath taken them.” What a joy to be part of His work!