Missionary Work & The Atonement

   
     In the Spirit of Easter, and highlighting the fact that I leave for my mission in just over two weeks, this video seemed very appropriate. It has changed my outlook on my mission. I loved when President Holland mentioned that, if we have not known or felt anything of the experience of the atonement then how can we bear true testimony of it? "Salvation is NOT a cheap experience," he said! I know that what I am about to do will not be easy, but it WILL be worth it!

Preparing The Next Generation

"Many young women are serving missions and many are preparing to serve... not because they aren't married or have nothing else to do, but because they have the desire to serve and therefore are being called to the work. The reason there are so many going is because in this next generation Heavenly Father will be sending His priesthood army to the earth and He wants to send them to mothers who have been properly trained and taught the gospel. And what better training can a young woman have than that of serving a mission!”

-President Gordon B. Hinckley ♥

My Missionary Commission

I AM CALLED OF GOD, my authority is above that of the kings of the earth. By revelation I have been selected as a personal representative of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is my Master and he has chosen me to represent Him. To stand in His place, to say and do what he himself would say and do if he personally were ministering to the very people to whom He has sent me. My voice is his voice, and my acts are his acts; my words are his words and my doctrine is his doctrine. My commission is to do what he wants done. To say what he wants said. To be a living modern witness in word and deed of the divinity of his GREAT and MARVELOUS latter-day work.

-Elder Bruce R. McConkie-

Dear Sister Freestone

Dear Sister Freestone:

You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the California Sacramento Mission. It is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 18 months.

You should report to the Provo Missionary Training Center on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. You will prepare to preach the gospel in the Spanish language. Your assignment may be modified according to the needs of the mission president.