Sunday, January 12, 2014
Guessing
Saturday, January 11, 2014
The White Envelope
There is nothing more exciting than expecting something special to arrive in the mail. When I was in High School it was the College acceptance letters, when I was in college it was books I bought online, but most recently it has been a white envelope from the office of the first Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
For me, the decision to serve a mission was a long process. I have always wanted to serve but I always thought it would be when I was old and wrinkly and that I would serve with my husband but since Prince Charming never came and school was getting very monotone, I decided that I needed to take a good luck at my life and really pray for guidance as to what was needed of me. The answer came to take a Mission Preparation class. It was hard to get into one because of the recent age change but I somehow managed to get into one. I felt a bit out of place because I was 20 years old and had not yet received the inspiration to start working on my papers, however, I did get a prompting to write to some friends I had lost contact with which proved to be just what I needed.
Now almost a whole year later I have finally received the call to serve in the San Jose, California Mission and I could not be more excited! It is definitely hard to have only 4 weeks to prepare to leave everything and everyone behind for 18 months but I have no doubt in my heart that it is the right thing to do and, most importantly, it is the right time to do it.
For me, the decision to serve a mission was a long process. I have always wanted to serve but I always thought it would be when I was old and wrinkly and that I would serve with my husband but since Prince Charming never came and school was getting very monotone, I decided that I needed to take a good luck at my life and really pray for guidance as to what was needed of me. The answer came to take a Mission Preparation class. It was hard to get into one because of the recent age change but I somehow managed to get into one. I felt a bit out of place because I was 20 years old and had not yet received the inspiration to start working on my papers, however, I did get a prompting to write to some friends I had lost contact with which proved to be just what I needed.
Now almost a whole year later I have finally received the call to serve in the San Jose, California Mission and I could not be more excited! It is definitely hard to have only 4 weeks to prepare to leave everything and everyone behind for 18 months but I have no doubt in my heart that it is the right thing to do and, most importantly, it is the right time to do it.
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