Today we were invited to lunch with our mission leaders, President and Sister Merritt. They’re the couple who oversee the entire San Diego Mission: some 150 young missionaries and about 40 seniors. They’re very busy people, and only rarely travel out to the valley. Since we’re the new kids on the block, they asked if we could meet them for a brief lunch.
It was great to chat with them for a bit. As we were finishing, President Merritt mentioned this would probably be the only time we’d have to sit and talk together during our entire mission. In general, their focus is on the young missionaries– frankly they need a lot more guidance and support than a bunch of seventy-year-old couples with a ton of life experience. We enjoyed our visit, and decided we definitely don’t want to be mission leaders ourselves…