Leavin on a Jet Plane!

Hello Everyone!

Well tomorrow is my last day before I get set apart as a sister missionary! I can't believe the time is finally here... after waiting and waiting i will soon be entering the MTC. I just want to bear my testimony about how wonderful this experience has been. Many of you know that there was a time that I did not want to go on a mission and thought that if i tried hard enough i could get by without going. But, I am so grateful that wasn't how things worked. After months and months of trying to plan what I was supposed to be doing (and everything falling through) I finally decided that this decision wasn't up to me and that I guess I should give in a start praying about it. I had been questioning a mission for awhile but there were other things that I was more excited about doing with my life. October 08 General Conference was coming up so I decided to fast and pray and I wanted my answer during that conference. Well... the first session I watched was all about missionary work... and needless to say, I've been a goner since then! Once I realized that a mission was what I was supposed to be doing and then decided to go, amazing blessings have followed after. Since that decision, i have never once doubted my decision to serve. Since that decision I have felt an increase of spiritual knowledge and testimony and I have been comforted that this is the right decision for me.

I am so grateful for free agency that we can act and make decisions for ourselves. But I am more so grateful that my Heavenly Father provides answers to quesitons that I can't seem to find without His help. I know that I personaly need to serve a mission... and that many experiences in my life have led me up to this decision. I know that I am a daughter of God. What an amazing sentence. And I know He has a work for me to do. I am grateful for this time, that I am able to set aside all of my own cares, and that I am able to put my life in His hands.... To do the work the the Savior would do if He were on this earth today. This gospel is amazing! It allows a person like me to serve others and share my testimony with them, just as the disciples of Christ did, and just as Christ Himself did.

I love this gospel with all my heart. I know it is true. I have read the Book of Mormon many times and have prayed to know if it is true, and each time.. the spirit has communicated to me of its truth and I cannot deny it. I am so grateful for this gift that I have been given, to be a disciple of Jesus Christ and I will work as hard as I can and be a 100% obedient in all that I do.