The Lord tells Joseph and Sydney that it was expedient they had come unto "this place." or like Mordecai told Esther "who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this." 
What "place" are we in? Perhaps we are where we are and are experiencing what we are, "for such a time as this." So that we can be an instrument in the salvation of souls.

Elder Christofferson
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2009/04/the-power-of-covenants?lang=eng