On October 14, 2014 was when it officially sank in and I went to my Heavenly Father in prayer to know if the decision I had already planned on making was right. I didn't receive an answer the way I thought I would. Which made me realize, I already had my answer. Reading in D&C section 4 reassured me that my desire was righteous. I still thought about my education and the career I wanted. I just didn't know if I could serve a mission and still have a successful education that had been promised to me in blessings. As I prayed and read and talked this out with roommates, a thought popped into my head; how could going on a mission be a bad thing? how could serving the Lord for 18 months and bringing His children to the gospel be a wrong decision? I thought about Dallin H. Oaks conference talk, "Good, Better, Best." I felt a mission could fall under all three. For me, the answer was clear. I knew what I was suppose to do, Heavenly Father was waiting for me to put in the effort to figure it out on my own.
The feeling I got after I wrote down in my journal that I was going on my mission was so peaceful. It was like the feeling you get after you know you are suppose to bare your testimony, so you do and you just feel so happy and your stomach isn't tossing and turning anymore. After my decision was clear everything started to fall into place.
I met with my Bishop on the 9th of December to start my medical papers. He said "I don't see why we cannot open them all right now? If you want..." YES. Over winter break I got my physical and my wisdom teeth out. I returned to Logan and got a TB test, guess what? I'm TB free. Hooray! I got all my medical papers to my Bishop and had my interview with him on the 1st of February. I scheduled my Stake President interview for the 10th.
On Friday, the 13th my call got assigned. It could be at my house any day now... Of I have to wait until the 7th of March to open. I am so excited to serve and have never been more sure about anything in my life. Be looking out for where this future Sister will be serving within the next 19 days. I love this gospel and cannot wait to teach & preach like missionaries do.
