Yes, the mission was daunting and, yes, he wasn’t in the best shape. But here he was, on the threshold of meeting an entirely new kind of people, an encounter chosen for him by God. Whatever was fated to happen, it would surely be precious and amazing. His whole life—he understood that now, as the façades of the unknown city loomed up before him, harboring unimaginable wonders—his whole life had been leading up to this.
