Today's episode is a conversation with elder and sister George, lifelong Oklahomans who found the gospel as teenagers, raised a hodgepodge family of six children, and now have a bustling posterity of 18 grandchildren, spread mostly across Arizona. After careers that took them through Maryland, Virginia, Illinois, and eventually to the desert, Brother George worked with the FBI and recently retired. They now split their time between caring for a three-year-old grandson and coordinating one of the most quietly powerful efforts in the church, senior service missions.

In our discussion, they'll pull back the curtain on what senior service missions really look like, how one couple can help oversee opportunities across four coordinating councils and 40 stakes, by missions at places like institutes, the bishop storehouse, employment services, and transitional services are every bit as real as proselyte missions, and how surprisingly flexible these callings can be for people still working, caring for family, or juggling other responsibilities. You'll hear stories of an 80-year-old returning to full activity through service.

Our least society president who still spends a day a week at a therapeutic horse ranch and senior missionaries who serve while battling serious health challenges and insist they don't want the blessings to stop. If you have a thought, I'd love to serve, but I can't leave home or I'm too busy or I'm not sure there's a place for someone like me. This conversation might change your mind.