Hi everyone!
This week was pretty regular honestly, not much has happened event-wise. I suppose I could write about what I'm learning and experiencing.
I didn't grow up singing 'I Hope They Call Me On a Mission' in Primary, nor was it on the front of my mind during my teen years. Beforehand, my perception of a mission was that you left for some foreign country and baptized people. I knew that people could leave and come back a different person, but I didn't think much about it.
Being out on a mission I now know that is half-true. Aside from the general missionary purpose of invited everyone to Christ, I've found is that everyone has their own 'purpose' for being there. For example, one missionary may be sent to a mission in order to find and baptized one specific person or family that no one else could have. Some are placed on a specific mission to help out their companions, other missionaries or the Mission President. Others are on missions and don't baptize a single person, but become life-long converts themselves. I think my purpose for being here at this time is largely personal.
I probably won't recognize the full effects of my mission until long after I'm home, but I know one thing: my relationship with the Savior has grown, and my personal conversion has become deep, meaningful and lasting. Although I've been able to help other people throughout my mission, there's no equal to the things I've learned through personal study and the development of my character.
I wouldn't trade this experience for anything.
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