Choose Ye Today

Hello for the last time from the mission field! I want to share with you some of my thoughts before I get on the plane and head home. Thanks for everything, your support, love, and prayers. For those of you still out, keep doing work, it's the greatest work we'll ever do. Coming down to the last few days of my mission, I've been thinking a lot about my feelings and a good way to describe the mission experience. What I've realized is that it's impossible to describe a mission, but rather, it's the moments.  It's preparing for your whole life to serve. It's finally sending in your papers. It's anticipating your call for a few weeks. It's opening that call signed by the prophet with your family and friends, and having that confirmation that this is the place you need to go. It's the time before the MTC that feels like it will never end. Then all at once, it's hugging your parents, they go one way, and you go the other- into the bigg...

Table of Findings Joshua 24:15 Choose Ye This Day whom ye will serve As we examine who we serve, our desire to reach out to those around us will grow 2 Nephi 2:11 Opposition in all things As we attempt to bring forth good fruit through our actions, Satan will oppose us with things that look more tempting D&C 4:2 As we serve with all our heart, might, mind, and strength, our love for God grows Linda K. Burton, April 2015 General Conference What if their story were my story? Finding sympathy with other’s situations helps us to be in the right mindset to help our fellow men Mosiah 2:17 As we serve others, our love for God increases Max C. Caldwell, Sacred Truths of the Book of Mormon When we relate every circumstance to our love for Christ, we should be able to follow through with the best possible course of action every time Matthew 25:45 Even if our service is done unto the least, God notices and will reward us. 2 Nephi 2:3 ...

I had the chance to offer service this semester as an effort to better my community and to better the character traits I've been trying to instill in myself. Here is a review of my experiences. The Lessons Learned For my service opportunities this semester, I was able to volunteer with Kids on the Move for 10 hours. As I first heard at the beginning of this semester that I would be required to have service hours for another class as well as this class, I have to admit that I was quite irritated. I was working full-time, attending school full-time, and I had a girlfriend who I loved spending time with on top of everything else I had to do at home. I asked myself nearly every day; how am I going to fit this into my schedule? I began to find the meaning of the scripture 2 Nephi 2:11, and there sure was an opposition in all things. Every time I asked myself the question, I found myself boiling up inside and feeling that I couldn’t handle it with my schedule and that it was unfair...