I'm sorry you're unaware of the exciting things God is doing, today, in millions of American families. The future is bright, since God is preparing such a remarkable younger generation to serve Him in it.
As for the scripture verse you misuse, let's look at the context. The old missionary is writing a final letter to his one faithful protege, the one man he is most counting on to continue his work. He is giving this younger pastor advice that the younger pastor needs. The older man has a date with the executioner, and wants to make every word count.
So, he takes a break from instructing, admonishing, and encouraging the younger pastor, to speculate on stuff that won't happen for the next few thousand years ...
Right. And I have some Florida property to sell you.
Give thought to the possibility that Paul was writing to Timothy in his epistle to Timothy. Consider the remote possibility that maybe, Paul was giving Timothy the sage counsel that Timothy needed when facing the issues of his age.
Perhaps, the "last days" (plural) were the forty-year overlap era, between the inauguration of the New Covenant, and the final discarding of the trappings of the Old Covenant.
And Perhaps, you are off by 2000 years on "end days" because you would rather it not be so. Either way, it's your world. See it as you will. Maranatha