The Why?

Now that I’m less than 2 weeks away, I’ve been thinking a lot about why I’m going on a mission. It kind of bothers me when people think all sister missionaries who go now do it because of the trend since the age change. The church wouldn’t have made the change if there wasn’t a need. The church needed to enable a lot of younger people who were meant to go on missions before doing other things in their life. That’s how I look at it.

Anyways, so why am I going? Those who know me well know that my religion is really important to me. It is the direct cause of the happiness in my life. The knowledge that I have of my Savior and Heavenly Father gives me so much peace and joy. I can’t even adequately express it to do it justice. Through any hardship or trial in my life—those I personally, or people I know and love, go through—Jesus Christ’s atonement is there to help in exactly the way that is needed. Especially lately, I’ve realized how amazing and perfect the gospel is. In SO many ways. It has the answer to everything! I could probably go off about that, but I’ll just keep it simple. God has a plan. He has a plan for all of us. He is perfect and has everything figured out. Even with imperfect people, He is still able to accomplish His plans. It is seriously humbling to know that even though I’m imperfect everyday, He still loves me. He loves ALL His children—EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THIS EARTH—unconditionally. That’s so much love! Kinda blows my mind.

The love and happiness. THAT’S why I’m going on a mission. I want to share that with others. I want to give people who have troubles hope. If you think about it, we are all really included in that. I want to help those who are in need and tell them about what makes me so happy. Of course there’s a lot more to it than this. There are many many ways in which I’m blessed by the gospel. When it comes down to it, this is what I want to share on my mission.