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My dearest friends, Many people are still not exactly sure why I am serving a mission or what I will be doing. For me, a mission is the opportunity to share and teach about the light that Jesus Christ offers to everyone. We all have the opportunity to return to live with Him and our Father in Heaven again. As a missionary, we teach people about how this possible. We teach them about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the joy it can bring into their lives. We teach from the Bible and the Book of Mormon and from the words of Latter-day Prophets. We teach by the spirit and through faithful prayer and preparation. It is hard work but it is work that is meaningful and of eternal significance. Yet, in order to be successful in doing this, missionaries need a testimony of the truthfulness of the Gospel for themselves .I would like to share my testimony specifically on the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. When I was 14 years old, I attended a church camp, EFY, for a week. We were challeng...

21 Behold, I say unto you that whoso believeth in Christ, doubting nothing, whatsoever he shall ask the Father in the name of Christ it shall be granted him; and this promise is unto all, even unto the ends of the earth. 22 For behold, thus said Jesus Christ, the Son of God, unto his disciples who should tarry, yea, and also to all his disciples, in the hearing of the multitude: Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature; About two months ago, I was really struggling with accepting the fact that I would be serving a mission. I had so many fears and “what ifs” running through my mind. It was then I decided to say a prayer and ask my Father in Heaven for comfort. It was extremely late and I felt completely exhausted so I just went to read a few scriptures before bed. As I flipped open the Book of Mormon, this scripture is the first one I looked at. It is so simple and sweet but it was exactly what I needed to read. The purpose of my mission is not to focu...

Lately, I have been having a lot of fears. I have been worried about my mission and whether or not I am ready. I have been worrying about what will happen when I come home. Everything has just been building up in my mind.  Then I came across this scripture in Mormon 5:23. 23 Know ye not that ye are in the hands of God? Know ye not that he hath all power, and at his great command the earth shall be rolled together as a scroll? Then I realized that I am the Daughter of an all-knowing God. He knows everything about me and He knows what is best for me. He has already assured me that going on a mission is the right choice and I just need to trust in Him. As I have been going over the many options in my future, I have begun to put the greatest amount of trust in God than I ever have in my entire life. It has made so much of a difference. Instead of worrying and being sad, I am happy and enjoying every moment that I have. Through prayer and reading the scriptures, I felt the love an...