Mission Call!

Whew! It finally came! For a while there I was afraid my application to go on a mission would be denied.

Maybe they'd found out about the time I stole that toy from my cousin and took it home with me...

Or the fact that I'd run that red light recently.

BUT it came!!!! And I am hereby called to serve as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Utah Salt Lake City Temple Square Mission!!!

Confession: my very first reaction was actually not one of complete and ecstatic joy. Mostly because a sad thing about our church is that we are taught to be excited about missions....to other countries. If your call is to Montana or Wyoming or Ohio (anywhere stateside, really) people look at you with those pitying eyes and say, "oh...congratulations... You'll be a wonderful missionary there." Whereas if you get called somewhere like Guatemala people are ceaselessly patting you on the back, wishing you the very best, and baking you cakes.

So for a girl to get her call to Temple Square, well, I just never thought it was that exciting. Until now.

Now that I am actually going to go out there and be a missionary, I could not be more stoked! This will be just as much of an adventure as if I were going anywhere else in the world. People from all sorts of crazy countries are going to be coming to ME. And I am going to be sharing the gospel with people who are actually interested in what they are looking at and what they are hearing.

It is going to be amazing. The Lord knows exactly the best places for us to be. I know I KNOW that Temple Square is the absolute best place for me to serve my mission. Not only will I grow and gain confidence and the testimony that will make me stronger, there are people waiting to hear about the gospel from ME.

I just can't think of anywhere else I would rather be going. Salt Lake City, HERE I COME!!!