Every little girl dreams of her sixteenth birthday, wedding day, childrens birthdays, and so on. As a mormon girl, there was one more dream on that list...the dream of serving a mission. Serving a mission was always one of those dreams that I didn't really believe would come true, but it was always good to have just in case. I never thought I would serve a mission. I thought by age 21 I would be in a long term relationship and getting ready for the big day. Little did I know, the big day would be leaving for Spain instead of going to the celestial room with a spouse.
Before the big announcement about the age change, I had been thinking about a mission. I was about a month away from being able to start my papers, and age 21 was creeping up on me pretty fast. I was up at BYU-Idaho and a lot happened that semester. My mind was no where near being ready to serve a mission. Little did I know, my mind was about to get more on track for a mission than I ever thought it would.
I went for my visit with the bishop in January after being gone at school. The age had already been changed and the famous question of "So when are you going on a mission" was starting to drive me crazy. Of course that was the first question the bishop asked me. I didn't really believe I was ready to serve others. I didn't even have myself figured out! Of course bishop was very adament about figuring out if a mission was for me. He decided the only way to find out was to open the mission portal... Sounds pretty scary right? Well it was!
Being the sassy me that I am, I sent Heavenly Father a little challenge. I told Him if my paperwork takes more than a month, a mission was not for me. I guess He really does have a sense of humor...my paperwork took a little over two weeks. I guess I was supposed to serve a mission.
The next two weeks of waiting was the WORST TWO WEEKS EVER!!! I wanted to cry every time the mail man left nothing for me. On March 9, 2013 (also my 21st birthday) the best package EVER came in the mail.
Only set back? I have almost FIVE MONTHS TO WAIT! And so the waiting game begins...
Hahaha lucky u
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