Purpose of mission

This past Monday, the 16th we had asked the other senior couples in the Lima area if they would like to join us for dinner at the restaurant La Bisteca. To suit most everyones schedule we chose 4:30. When it was time to go we found out that the restaurant is only open from noon til 4 and 8 til midnight. So we walked a couple of blocks down the street and went to Chili's. We were fortunate that the Tylers could join us.
For my birthday sister Tyler gave me a pillow case with the mission logo embroidered on it. She also gave me the following message in a birthday card. "Dear Elder Cleverly, How priveleged we are to work beside such a man as you are: Accountant, consoler, good husband, father, grandfather, and surrogate grandfather (to many including the Tyler children), missionary and office manager. More importantly - Our eternal "Friend". We love you". Actually Karen is the Office Manager.
Then a couple of days later We received an e-mail from sister Elmer. She said, "I wanted to tell you that what you are doing in the office is so important to the mission and to the Tylers and I seriously don't know how we did it without you and Kay for those two years you were not with us. So don't fret if you don't get to go to the provinces, you are doing a GREAT WORK right where you are and the missionaries love you and feel a great security having adults in the office. I am sure you two will go on another mission and you can request proselyting! Maybe we can go together. Now wouldn't that be fun!"
The reason that I bring this up is every missionary wonders why he was called to that particular mission. President Elmer once told me that he called his very best missionaries, those that he could trust and would work their very hardest into the office. I have always felt that if I could just be of service to the president and his wife and to lighten their load and be an example and help to all the missionaries and at the same time free up the four missionaries that are always called to the office, then our mission would have been a success.