A change of scenery

This past week has looked a little different than the previous four weeks. This week I am fully embracing the office life!

My main job this week has been opening mail. This sounds like a simple task that takes minimal effort, but that is not the case!

Every single donation that comes in through mail for every single missionary part of the mission comes through my desk. We must sort all the mail, open up the hundreds of letters and donations, then stamp it appropriately and do all the paperwork for each one. Some of the letters and donations are simple, they come with all the information needed! Other letters are not so simple. The ones that are not so simple may end up in a 45-minute phone call and running around the office asking questions.

Office work initially doesn't seem like a place for a missionary to be. But what most people don't understand, is that someone sitting in this chair and doing this job is essential to the entire mission!

Without a person opening the mail most missionaries would be significantly underfunded as they wouldn't receive any of their donations. Without a person doing this job things would be chaotic and disorganized.

This will probably not be my final resting place within the mission, but because I have done this job now, I understand and respect every person who sits in this chair and does what they do!

Talking to people and sharing the gospel is an amazing work of Jesus in your life, but sorting donations is just as significant to the work of Jesus in this world.

There are hands and feet in the church and if every single person was a field missionary, then the world of missions wouldn't work as amazing as it does!

So, take a moment, appreciate the people behind the scenes, and maybe even send a thank you letter to those in the office! It's a wonderful but unseen position in the mission.

Have a wonderful day!