You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the Washington DC South Mission. It is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 18 months.
You should report to the Provo Missionary Training Center on Wednesday, July 9, 2014."
I have had my call for almost three months now, and let me tell you something:
Those (almost) 3 months have been the BEST months of my life thus far.
Never in my entire life have I felt so joyful, full of life, determined or closer to the Lord. At the same time, I have never felt more discouraged, anxious, overwhelmed, or scared. However, such is the way of life. There must needs be opposition in all things, and I wouldn't trade the trials for anything because they have helped me learn and grow in so many ways... and here's the good news:
In the end, none of the bad stuff matters.
The joy will ALWAYS out-weigh the sorrow.
In good VS evil, good wins EVERY TIME.
Darkness will NEVER overcome the Light.
I am seriously SOOO excited to serve a mission for the lord for 18 months! The preparation has been crazy, fun, and scary all at once, and it's really strange to think that I leave in just 34 days. July 9th is coming too fast and not fast enough all at the same time!
Anyway. this is the end of my short, and sweet blog post:)
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| p.s. Washington D.C. temple?? SO GORGEOUS |
xoxo
Carly
Did not know you had a blog!!!! Read it, LOVED it, was completely inspired by it:) I love you and I am so glad to be there when you get set apart tomorrow. Just today I was telling Alex how much I'm going to miss you, but my goodness, you are going to be one INCREDIBLE missionary! I am very much looking forward to hearing about the wonderful adventures and life changing experiences that you'll have. Ah!! I'm truly so excited for you!! See you tomorrow:)
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