Relief Society Calling

So my bishop calls me at around 9.30pm and he says 'rose, are you home?' im like yeah and he says he is on his way to come and see me.A million things rush through my mind ,ummm why does he want to see me this late?Couldn it wait till tomorow?It was not until my roommate Chantel suggested it to me and i thought OH NO!!, IT CANT BE!! PLEASE LET IT NOT BE!!

Anyway more than 30 minutes later he finally showed up and started asking me random questions about my family and Zimbabwe.He asked me to show him on the map and tell him about me, our culture an dwhat its like being in a different continent.Finally, to my horror it came.He caught me offguard as i was in the middle of day dreaming about home and the things i loved the most about Zimbabwe.He is like, 'Rose we want to extend to you a calling in the Relief Society, what do you say about that?'

The first thing that came to my mind was OH NO, my roommate was right ,this is the worst possible thing that could ever happen to me.I am from Zimbabwe, what will i teach, what do i have to offer?There are couple of girls in the ward that would be good for the job, why couldn he ask them?I dont think i can do it.All these things were rushing in my head and i didn't say a single word to him until finally he said, 'ummm so,,still waiting for your reply'

Well honestly,i wanted to say im sorry but i cant do it,i am more of a good listener than i am a good teacher but how could i say no to the bishop? So i said yes and as he was leaving the room i thought about Dr Rice's speech a few weeks ago at the devotional that i like the most about her speech 'It doesnt matter were you came from, what matters is were you are going'

It doesnt matter that i am from Zimbabwe nor should i think that just because i am from a different continent i have nothing to offer to my ward.I believe i do and everything happens for a reason right? I dont know yet were this calling is going to take me but ive decided to give it a good shot and do my best at it.We will see how it goes but i am kinda excited about it.I believe this calling will make me a better person, the kind of person that i see myself in the future.