Contemplating God's sense of humor regarding missions

Over the years, I finally made peace with myself, and God, when He called Tom and I into the ministry. You see, I never, ever wanted to be a "pastor's wife". In the back of my mind, I knew if we were to go into the ministry, taht would lead us to the mission field and I never, ever wanted to go to some place like "Africa". I hadn't heard of missionaries being sent to exotic places, like Hawaii.

Between college and seminary, Tom and I were asked to fill in for short term missions. Missionaries who needed to come home to rest and raise money for their work needed somebody to replace them for a w...