A Mission

Many of you know that I am on my mission right now. I have noticed that I don't have much time left on this mission. So I have been pondering about my mission and the things that I have experienced and seen.

As many of you know that a mission is full of trials and hardships. I have had my fair share of them. However, I have noticed that it is through these hardships that the Lord thakes our rough edges and smooths them out. It is his way of making us worth more. Like a diamond or silver. The purer the silver the more value it has. Like it says in the Book of Mormon that it is through our trials that the Lord proves us, and makes us stronger. (that is not a direct quote as you can tell) I have decided that it is one reason why the boys of the church at age 19 go on their missions and come back as men at age 21.

No matter how many trials we have it is the blessings and good times that we have that we remember best. I believe this to be try. For when I look back in my past I have an easier time remembering the hike that my companion and I went on with an investigator than the time I was threatened to be hung by my tie. It are these blessings and events that keep us going. I know for at least for me they have.

With these two things together; would say that it is really hard to go home from a mission, and still be the same person that you were when you left. For you see things that effect your whole life, experience things you will never forget, and more important chooses you have made change you as well. I will say that I am so happy to be here right now. If I wasn't here I would probably be in some sort of trouble. I would have been able to have the same experiences that I have had. It has been the best decision that I have made up to this point in my life.

I have heard it said that the mission is the best two years of my life. I would change that to say they have been the hardest, but of the most worth. For it changes you for good. You can never go back to be the person that you were when you left. I say that for on a mission you make one choice that effects the rest of you life. It is either to do as the Lord commands or not. If you haven't made that decision yet and you are on a mission or have been on a mission than you have not really done what you need to do.

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