A New Uniform

Well, after serving my country for the past two years (those pictures in my last post are a little old), I've decided it's time for me to serve my brothers and sisters here on earth in a different way. Yep, I'm going on a mission! I just turned my papers in and am so so excited!

It's kind of funny because if you asked me for my plans only two months ago I would have told you that I just don't know and a mission might still be in my future but that I wasn't sure. Now I have no greater desire than to go out and help others. It is so wonderful for me to have experienced this change in my life as I seriously needed it.

I always felt like I should respect others. I always did my best to be a friend to everyone I met because that's what I believed I should do for other people. My view of other people is not quite the same any more. I now see everyone as Sons and Daughters of God. The difference is that my motivation for helping them comes from my love for them as opposed to merely my respect for humanity. Trust me, the difference is incredible and wonderful.

I have also been blessed with a sure knowledge of the gospel. I have been a member all of my life, but I am only a recent convert. There's so much more to tell, but I know I have a tough time reading all the way through some of those longer blogs so I think I might just throw out little bite-size tid-bits of my testimony from now untill I leave. After all, what better way is there to eat an elephant than one bite at a time?