Called to Serve in the Chile Concepcion mission.
I report to the Mexico MTC on March 12, 2014.
que typical mission story here.
Let's just start by saying that not in a million years did I think I would serve a mission. In October 2012 when the mission age was lowered and girls could serve at 19. Most of my friends started mission papers within the first couple weeks of the announcement. I was really proud of all of them however this is how I felt about a mission call 'HAHAHAHAHAH UH YEAH NO WAY' exactly. I was asked plenty of times if I would serve and I would usually answer I don't know yet but I am pretty sure it's not for me. In my little brain, I couldn't fit it into my '5 year plan' which I had set in stone since I was 15, no joke. I always thought I would finish BYU at 19 and then head to law school & finish by 23. That was always the plan, so technically a mission wasn't for me. The big man upstairs thought differently. On thanksgiving 2012, I told my family I was planning on serving a mission & starting mission papers in April (4 months before my 19th birthday). Only to have my plans change again literally 5 days later when out of the blue I starting dating someone. I pushed mission thoughts aside but deep down I knew I would serve. We broke up in April 2013 & I thought about a mission but knew it wasn't time yet. I had already planned to spend the summer in Ecuador working in an orphanage so I left on a big jet plan in June 2013 to start that new journey. A few weeks after being in Ecuador, I got the feeling that it was time now to start preparing to go on a mission. I told my mom over Skype that I knew I was supposed to serve a mission & the time for me was once I got home. I was still struggling with the thought of putting my education & life in Provo on hold but I kept following that feeling I needed to serve a mission. That is what kept me going when I had close to 2% desire to serve... I just didn't feel like I could be a missionary. I wasn't the 'missionary type' girl... but that feeling never went away & I knew I needed to serve. I started my papers in August & submitted them in September. I received my mission call at the beginning of October. Praying for a state-side mission where there was a Target & hot showers! I kept thinking send me to the states I already did the whole live in a different country thing! However God has a sense of humor, I can promise you that. Surprises never seem to stop because I got called to CHILE! I didn't know it at the time but this mission is perfect for me. God's timing is perfect, I know that to be 100% true. God is good. Good is great. God is love.
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