This will likely be my last post as I will be driving home from my mission next week.
My mission has been such a valuable learning experience for me. Father in Heaven has chastened me and I needed it!
When I first got my mission call I had thoughts of. . .
- This assignment is way too easy for me
- Does Father even know me??? Why would He send me to do something like take pictures?!?
- This is not the best way that my talents and gifts can be used
- This is NOT the right calling for me
- I should be sent to the Ghana MTC to love young Africans who are setting out on their journey to become missionaries
- Maybe I can appeal to shorten my mission to one year instead of two years
When I arrived in Montreal, I was looking for things that would take me away from my assignment so that I could have some variety. I'm glad I abandoned that idea. Somewhere along the way, I heard the question from someone, "Are you going to change your mission or are you going to let your mission change you?" I eventually became submissive, but it took quite a bit of time.
I'm grateful that Father in Heaven has tutored me in humility and submissiveness. He's waaaaaaaaaay smarter than I am. And He knew that my soul needed to be refined. And that would happen best in an obscure, monotonous assignment in Montreal. I'm grateful that I eventually decided to bend my will to His. . .it has made all the difference!
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