Worth the Wait?

Friday night we got an interesting call.  It was from two sisters in our branch, Sis. Weeks and Sis. Paea.  They both know that we have been wanting to see a penguin to take pictures of for our grandchildren.  They wanted to know if we would like to go with them to "see the penguins".  Well, the answer was not too hard and since we were only a few blocks from Sis. Weeks house at the time, we consented to meet them there and follow to see the penguins.  We arrived shortly on the pier near Caroline Bay and began our wait.

I had asked Sis. Weeks if we would actually see a penguin and she had said, "If you go with me, you will!"  Her confidence inspired confidence in me.  I knew they had both seen penguins in this place before so we just waited patiently.  A succession of people began to come and go and gather and talk and laugh and "wait".  We started the wait about 8:45 and people continued to come and go.  It was pretty noisy for a while and we began to wonder if any self-respecting penguin would want to come out but still we waited.  Luka Paea went to play on the beach.  Ken and Sis. Weeks were having a quiet conversation several feet from Sis. Paea and I as we conversed as well.  Still, we waited.  People began to leave as the dusk became more and more dark.

After a while it was pretty much the four of us and a couple of other strays who also eventually left.  I asked Sis. Paea, "What do you think."  She said, "Let's wait a few more minutes."  We were at the car getting ready to leave when Sis. Weeks took one last stroll and began to wave frantically.  One little blue penguin had finally come out to show itself.  I took a lot of blind pictures of it in the shadows of the rock but some turned out well and I was so excited that we had waited.

Especially to my grandchildren but also to the rest of you, it is worth the wait.  Whatever you really love and care about is worth the wait.  It is worth the confidence in yourself that, yes, you can achieve that goal.  "If you go with me, you will!"  Believe in yourself and believe in your goal whether it be a prize, the gospel, a school achievement or whatever.  You really have nothing to lose and everything to gain.  I only saw one little blue penguin but that is more than I have seen in the rest of my stay here in NZ.  It was worth it!