"And so Cynthia and I found ourselves chafing at what we later would recognize was our first lesson in missionary life in Nepal: Be prepared for a comedown. Being asked to do something other than we were trained for was not what bothered us so much; it was being asked to do less. We learned what every missionary must sooner or later learn: If it's job satisfaction you expect, forget about being a missionary."
Thomas Hale, Don't Let the Goats Eat the Loquat Trees