Yikes.

The packing has begun. Wish me luck.

Thank you, Hugh B. Brown.

Here is my Monday morning inspiration:

    "I think that one of the first things that every young person should do is get acquainted with God. I mean that in a very personal, literal sense. I mean it in the sense that we are able to go to Him and obtain the kind of help we need. I remember when I was quite a lad... I remember my mother said to me when I went to go on a mission in 1904, she said, 'My boy, you are going a long ways away from home now. Do you remember when you were just a little lad you used to have bad dreams and get frightened? Your bedroom was just off mine, and frequently you would cry out loud in the night and say, "Mother, are you there?" And I would answer, "Yes, my boy, I'm here. Everything is all right. Turn over and go to sleep." You always did. Knowing that I was there gave you courage.'
    "'Now,' she said,  'you will be about 6,000 miles away and though you may cry out for me I cannot answer you.' She added this: 'There is one who can, and if you call to Him, He'll hear you when you call. He will respond to your appeal. You just say, "Father, are you there?" and there will come into your heart the comfort and solace such as you knew as a boy when I answered you.'
    "I want to say to you young people that many times since then, in many varying conditions, I have cried out, 'Father, are you there?' I made that plea when in the mission field we were mobbed almost every night, driven from place to place. We were beaten, expelled from cities, and out lives were threatened. Every time before I went out to those meetings, I would say, 'Father, are you there?' And though I didn't hear a voice and I didn't see His person, I want to tell you young people He replied to me with the comfort and assurance and testimony of His presence."             -Hugh B. Brown