Hi!
There are no ends to giving a testimony. There is no end to a 2-year mission. Something my mom said two years ago before I came here on a mission was that it doesn't matter how big or how small your testimony is. What matters is that you have one and that you cherish it.
Before my mission I felt that I didn't have a testimony. I felt insufficient, unwanted by a Heavenly Father I didn't even think was there. Im sure everyone at some point in their lives feels this way and in the end somehow by some miracle God knows the perfect way to really kick your butt back in to gear.
For me, that was my patriarchal blessing and the decision to fulfill the dream of an 8 year old child, serve as a full time missionary. I had that vision as an 8 year old and up, but somewhere along the lines I lost that vision and lost sight of what my purpose was in this life. I'm glad I made the decision to serve a mission though. My Father in Heaven knew the best way for me to humble myself and that was by kicking me in the behind and sending me on a mission.
Serving a 2-year mission is in no way easy. Whoever says that a mission is easy was obviously not a good missionary or has ever served because it is not. Walking in some of the same steps as Jesus Christ can be hard. People spit in our faces, they tell us off using foul language, we get soaked to the bone and still have to work all day, we get bit by dogs running home trying to be on time!! Its not easy! But then again, was it ever meant to be easy? Jesus went through more than we could ever imagine and I have had the blessing for 2 years of having his name on my chest representing HIM. My testimony is not a lengthy email or long talk. My testimony is small in words, but huge in feeling.
I love my Savior and I know he lives, HE LIVES. I know He restored the church again through a young man named Joseph Smith. I have a Heavenly Father that loves me and has always been there for me. I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God because the 5th of March, 2017 I finished it and prayed to know of its truthfulness of it. God hears and answers prayers. I could go on and on about the things I know and the knowledge I have gained while being here, but then Id just be babbling. Just know this, I'm happy I am a member of the one and true church that is on the Earth today and that I was able to represent someone of great importance and someone who gave His all just so that we could live. Jesus Christ.
I testify as a personal representative of Jesus Christ that these things are true, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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