Missionaries
One of my closest cousins, Michael, is on a mission right now. He has two weeks left in the MTC before he heads out to Seoul, Korea. And let me tell you, he is going to be the best missionary! I already knew that before he went out, but his emails from the MTC have made me realize that even more. In just these nine weeks he has been there, he has grown up and changed so much. He is such an example to me and I know he will also be one to the people of Korea. I think God is proud of the mission Michael is serving. And so am I. In his last email he made a list of some of the things he liked from a talk they watched by Elder Holland:
-Love everything. Good times and bad, and hard times. Embrace every minute of my mission.
-God's greatest gift to a 19 year old is the opportunity to serve a mission, to struggle and learn how to be a man.
-Plan now to look back and talk about the love and effect of my mission.
-Plan now for the stories my children will ask me about my mission.
-PLEDGE HEROIC EFFORT!
-"We do missionaries a disservice if we ask anything from them but their best." -Heber C. Kimball
-Obedience is the first law of EVERYTHING.
-The most important thing we will ever do is participate in the salvation of another soul.
-It's showtime. Grow up and be a good missionary.
-Be bigger and better and older and bolder than you've ever been.
-We will do it God's way or it doesn't get done.
-After I've been the best I've ever been I will receive the greatest reward I've ever received.
-Why are missions so hard? Because salvation isn't a cheap experience! It was never meant to be easy and it never was. It will never be easy. Salvation was not painless for the Savior. How dare I ask to not do anything hard after the Savior performed the Atonement.
-We need to be able to come home and bear testimony at the pulpit at the close of our mission and say that we have suffered a small portion of what Christ suffered.
I love that! It is such a great list, not only for missionaries serving around the world, but for everyone. We can apply those things to our everyday life to make a mission of it.
Anyway... just food for thought.
-Love everything. Good times and bad, and hard times. Embrace every minute of my mission.
-God's greatest gift to a 19 year old is the opportunity to serve a mission, to struggle and learn how to be a man.
-Plan now to look back and talk about the love and effect of my mission.
-Plan now for the stories my children will ask me about my mission.
-PLEDGE HEROIC EFFORT!
-"We do missionaries a disservice if we ask anything from them but their best." -Heber C. Kimball
-Obedience is the first law of EVERYTHING.
-The most important thing we will ever do is participate in the salvation of another soul.
-It's showtime. Grow up and be a good missionary.
-Be bigger and better and older and bolder than you've ever been.
-We will do it God's way or it doesn't get done.
-After I've been the best I've ever been I will receive the greatest reward I've ever received.
-Why are missions so hard? Because salvation isn't a cheap experience! It was never meant to be easy and it never was. It will never be easy. Salvation was not painless for the Savior. How dare I ask to not do anything hard after the Savior performed the Atonement.
-We need to be able to come home and bear testimony at the pulpit at the close of our mission and say that we have suffered a small portion of what Christ suffered.
I love that! It is such a great list, not only for missionaries serving around the world, but for everyone. We can apply those things to our everyday life to make a mission of it.
Anyway... just food for thought.
Comments
I also loved that list and thought of how it could apply to me as a mother. Thanks for sharing it again.
Love you!
You and Jesse keep up the good work. I'm glad that you are happy with your job change and find that you don't mind the CNA work. Way to go!