And Then Today Happened....

HELLO!!! You all remember that one time when President Monson announced that the age for missionaries had changed and now girls can go on missions at the age of 19? Yeah, well I thought at that time that maybe going on a mission was something that I needed to do. Well I prayed about it and I thought I got my answer which what I thought at the time was I should keep going to school and get it out of the way so that I can be a teacher. So that is what I started planning on. I had next year all figured out with where I was going to school, what kind of classes I was going to take, I have a nanny job all lined up everything was going perfectly.

Over the past couple of weeks every time that someone starts talking about their mission or I started even thinking about missions I just felt all funny inside. I can't even begin to explain how I was feeling. It was a warm and sort of excited feeling which was weird. And as I thought about why I could be feeling that way I realized that I only felt that way when I heard or thought about mission experiences. I LOVE hearing mission experiences. I think that they are just so fun to listen to. And when I hear people talking about their missions I have never before felt like I have lately. So obviously this is a big deal.

As I began to think more about it, the thought of me going on a mission just kept returning to my mind. And then today happened. We had an invitational Sunday today in my singles ward. It was so amazing. The speakers basically just briefly went over some of the main points of the church and why we believe in such amazing things. There were a LOT of people that came that I had never seen in our meetings before. It was so fun to be able to just have a whole Sunday dedicated to the basic truths of the gospel and to just refresh my mind as to what I believe in. During the whole meeting I just kept thinking of how fun it would be to serve a mission and to be able to teach my wonderful brothers and sisters wherever I would be called to serve. I just haven't been able to get that thought out of my mind all day. I don't know if it was just all the excitement of all the new faces that were at church or if it really was the Spirit telling me that I need to get on it and start on my mission papers. BUT as of right now I can say that I am officially thinking about serving a mission again and I am going to go have a nice chat with my bishop and see if he can help me at all... which I am sure he can.

I love this gospel! I know it is true and I hope you all know that. There is no doubt in my mind that I was put here on this earth at this time. Even though I still have NO reason as to why He sent me here now I know that He has a plan for me. And what I think is right at one point in my life maybe completely different than what He has planned for me. I don't know if I will be serving a mission yet but I have a feeling that it could definitely happen. I would love all of you who are reading this to pray for me to have faith and courage to do what the Lord needs me to do. I need all the help I can in deciding what could possibly be the biggest decision of my life... well at least for right now.

I love all of you and I am so grateful that you are in my life! I don't know who is reading this but whoever you are, wherever you are, thank you for your impact in my life. I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for each and everyone of us and He sent YOU to me for a reason. We may not know what that reason was but I know that He does.

I am just so happy right now and I just can't keep this smile off my face! Whatever He has planned for me, I am going to find out and I am going to live my life the way He wants me to. I am keeping my Head Held High and I hope you are doing the same!!! Thanks so much again for reading and for being an impact in my life!

-Kasey :)