What I Miss the Most From My Mission!

While serving as a missionary I was able to do many different things, such as meet new people, serve others continuously, teach The Gospel of Jesus Christ, Study the Scriptures and internalize them. These are just a few of the things we did. Now I am not saying I am a mighty man by any means, but I cherish these memories in my heart and will forever.

Under the Priesthood Authority of God I was set apart as an ambassador and servant of the Lord Jesus Christ! I had the opportunity to stand as a witness of Him and proclaim His glad message. His message of Grace and Freedom from bondage and sin. His message of Eternal Families, Atonement, Prophets and the list goes on. When I was set apart I was given a gift. This gift is the Spirit in richer abundance. I had to work for this gift let me tell you, but it was given to me to help God's children return unto Him. I was able to hear the sweet whisper of the Spirit. The third member of the Godhead.

As Christ says in the scriptures, "I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you (John 14:18). But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid (John 14:26-27). These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world (John 16:33).

Here are just a few scriptures of our Savior's love to us. He has given the Holy Ghost to help us and guide us! Now when we ignore His counsel He leaves us for a time, until we go again seeking His help.

Now to the part of my mission I miss the most. I miss all of it. I miss the WICKED AWESOME MEMBERS, teaching the Gospel, enjoying the Great Tennessee State, wearing the name of Jesus Christ upon my shoulder! But there is something I miss soo much. This is the extra abundance of the Spirit of Christ. I was able to feel and know the will of God through the Holy Ghost. I was able to be taught and listen to counsel from my Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ. I am not saying I don't have the Spirit now but I don't have the extra abundance of the Spirit. It is much harder to receive that counsel I was given on my mission. Honestly I wish I would have figured out what I should do in life, which princess I shall be sealed to for time and all eternity and where I shall go but that is not why I was there. I was there or others not myself. Now I would absolutely love to move back to Nashville. It will take some time if I do, but I would love that! I wish to be able to be there where I laboured in the Lord's vineyard with those I worked with. They mean soo very much to me. Whether it was one appointment or months of meeting with them they are all special. 

I always said I was gonna come home and go out with missionaries. Well I have not made it yet. It is not my fault either because I have called left messages, told them I am willing to go out and everything. I have tried but they dont want the help. It has saddened me, but I then realize what it must have been like for those members who wanted to help but we didn't have stuff to do because missionary work was hard and areas were dead in missionary terms. We would just end up contacting people and they hated when we didn't have set appts. It was a waste of their precious time. It was so tough to be a missionary. So many marvelous memories came from my mission though. The times where we were able to sit in on lessons where the members family taught the Gospel.

I would do anything to be given that special call again! It blessed many lives including mine in many ways. I look back on my mission and realize what I was doing and am so happy I did it. The knowledge(inside joke- yes Elders even on Marriage), eye opener, and friends will always be remembered. 

For those missionaries that their missions will end. Not to scare you by any means but just know that the Spirit will leave to a certain degree and it is going to be very difficult. Cherish the time you have left with such a wonderful gift and do what you can. Don't get trunky but when you get home it gets very busy and tough to do the things you are used to on the mission.

The End is Here!

Hello! Well the end of my mission is here. I will be flying back to Canada tomorrow to join my family. I have been serving here in the Tennessee Nashville Mission for the past 21 months. It has been such a wonderful and memory filled experience. I have been able to watch many people grow and come unto the Savior Jesus Christ. I am so thankful for this opportunity most importantly which I have had to learn and grow. I have experienced medical challenge after medical challenge. I have pushed forward as best as I could. I have given my life to Christ in His work. The end of a mission though is not the end of doing His work. There is much more to be done in such little time. I will be a member missionary serving God. I plan on going with the missionaries that are around where I live to keep the excitement of missionary work and to help others come unto the Gospel. Being a part of the cause of missionary work will bring salvation to mankind. I will also be involved in another vital work. This is temple work. Where baptisms for those who have passed and had not received the Gospel are done as well as other ordinances. Salvation shall be offered to ALL! Including those who are dead. That is part of this great plan that has been set forth from before the creation of the world. I want to thank all of those who have helped me as I have served our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Because of many people supporting us missionaries, we are able to continue helping and serving others and bringing the saving ordinances to mankind.

I will continue writing on this blog as it has helped me in my life to learn and grow as well as many others. It has brought me such great joy in tough times. I hope that others will be able to learn and grow from this website. If you have any questions please feel free to email me, comment or whatever you need to.

Also about THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS please feel free to visit the website www.mormon.org .

Sacrifice for a Mission

Why do LDS missionaries give up soo much to be a part of sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ? What do we give up? What do we get in return?

These are all questions that have been asked to me. First of all we give everything up because we have seen what this Gospel has brought our families and friends. We give everything up so others can have this same happiness and peace in such a sinful world.

I will tell you what I gave up personally. This is not boasting but just to show some of what we give up. I gave up seeing my families for a period of 24 months. I gave up a remarkable job working for the Governement. With giving this job up I gave up the chance of making $110,000. For all I know I may have given up my only chance with that job. Many of you after reading that are thinking, "How stupid is he?" Lets be honest if I didn't know what we have I would ask myself the same question. That was just a portion of the money I gave up. I also gave up a job offer for approximately $150,000 for the time I would been on my mission. To be honest money means nothing in eternal perspective. It is just here to help you get through life easier. Money comes and goes like wind. It is here for a while then it is all gone. I would now give up any amount of money to come and share this Gospel. We pay our own way on our mission. We roughly spend $10,000 to be here on our mission. I only call my families twice a year. Mothers Day and Christmas. I trust God completely that our family will be there when we get home. There is a chance they may not be. But we are promised they will be taken care of as we are obedient. I gave up all of this for you. The Savior gave up His life for you to be able to hear such a glorious message.

As I said earlier money is here for a while and gone like wind but the eternal blessings of serving the Lord are always there. There is no limit or ending time if we are keeping the commandments. Through modern prophets we have learned that every worthy, able young man is to serve a full-time mission. President Monson said, "Missionary service is a priesthood duty—an obligation the Lord expects of us who have been given so very much." But not only that, in the Doctrine and Covenants (Latter-Day Scripture) says that every member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is a missionary. That we are all to share the glorious message of this Gospel with our friends and families. This is a sacred calling to go forth and share the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the inhabitants of the earth. You personally are honored to represent the Master and Savior of the world, Jesus Christ. You get to stand where He would stand if He was here. How incredible is this? The trust He has in us in beyond all measure. This is one of the reasons we give up what we do. Another is we leave our families for two years to bring other families together for eternity. In the Temples of the Lord, families are sealed together for time and all eternity. Which means nothing but sin will separate them from each other. The Lord said, "I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise." (Doctrine and Covenants 82:10) Think of all the promises in the scriptures and the Lord Himself says that He will not break them. We are the ones that deny ourselves the blessings of Heaven. The message which we know is true will change eternities for all who heed the message.


"Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

 For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

 But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you."

(3 Nephi 13:31-33)

These are some of the temporal promises. This promise is to everyone though. These promises completely depend upon us and our obedience to the commandments and the Gospel.

 We get knowledge over anything. We learn how to study, we learn how to live, we learn the principles of life if the mission is taken seriously. We also find many new friends and sometimes enemies, but we love the all. This is what we get.

This message is true and I bear testimony of it. The message we share is the way to Heaven to abide with God in the Celestial Kingdom. Ask what the Lord has yet in store for you as Joseph Smith did. You will come to know whether in this life or the next that this message is what He has for you. In this I testify in the Holy and Sacred name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Sounds Baseball Game

This past Monday June 13, 2011 our mission was invited to sing at the Nashville Sounds Baseball Game. We sang the US national anthem. It was an honor and a priviledge to be able to do this. At first when I was one of the missionaries chosen to sing I was a little nervous but I knew I was going to be singing with a ton of other missionaries which helped me. That was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. We practiced for one hour right before the game started. That is when we also received the music so we had not much time to get it all figured out.
We the missionaries from the TENNESSEE NASHVILLE MISSION from THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS say thank you to those who made it possible for us to receive such a glorious opportunity. This will be a time never to be forgotten. The Spirit of God was there as we sang such a beautiful number.

Here is the Stadium empty.

Missionaries from the Tennessee Nashville Mission and members from a local Single Adult ward from THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS came together to sing the National Anthem. This was glorious!

Latter-Day Saint Missionaries

Well it all starts out with having the Gospel in our lives. When we know how this Gospel has blessed our lives we voluntarily go on a mission paying all our own expenses to share it with others. We sacrifice two years to be able to bring other families together for eternities. We have left our families for 18 months(sisters) or 2 years(elders) to go and share this Gospel which has blessed our lives. This is the motivation behind most LDS Missionaries.

We have one day per week that we go and do what is needed for the upcoming week. Cleaning cars and apartments, email our families, shop, and relax. Well that is a full preparation day as it is called. We email our families once a week and we call them twice a year, Christmas and Mothers Day. We are sure excited when it comes to talking to our families if you could imagine, seems we do not talk to them on the phone for months at a time. What activities besides work you might ask happens on P-Day? Well it all starts with  pyramids, take pictures for memories, visit museums, sports, water balloon toss, write letters, or games at the Logan's and any other activites that we can come up with. We do all of this in about 7 hours. Other than that we study the scriptures in the morning and go to work at 6pm that night.

Throughout the rest of the week we are out knocking on doors and teaching people about Jesus. Trying to help build peoples faith in Him. It is amazing some of the responses given when we knock on peoples door. Such as kids running and yelling saying the police are here. Other asking after they open thier door, "Are you FBI?" I love these responses. They just make me laugh. Others such as guns being pulled and yelling in our faces, unhappy campers they are. But it is all part of the great calling to represent the Lord in His great work. I would continue doing this even though there are lots of bad times because the good times make up for the rest.

Well here is a pyramid of elders. This is team work. Trust me it was a little nerve racking knowing that if we fall there is a table just in front of us to fall on. But with true team work it can happen. You have to trust those with you in order to complete a team. You need to have confidence in them. We must also trust our God to help us in times of need.

This picture here reminds me how small I really am compared to all that is out there. No matter how big and tough I think I am, there is something bigger instore to humbly me if needed. It is crazy to think that one plan so huge is there but so simple it is to understand the basics of this plan. So much we go up against but so small we really are. This plan is the Plan of Salvation. It includes we lived with God before we came to earth, the reasoning for coming to earth, and where we are going after we die. Other parts of God plan includes the principles we need to live by here on earth in order to be received into Heaven to live with Him including FAITH, REPENTANCE, BAPTISM BY IMMERSION, RECEIVING THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST BY THE LAYING ON OF HANDS, AND ENDURING TO THE END. That is the Gospel of Jesus Christ laid out in front of your eyes. Look at it again and make sure you are abiding by this Gospel. If not you need to make some changes in your life to be in line with The Gospel of Jesus Christ. This truly is His Gospel and I do testify of it as one of His chosen representatives.

What do us as missionaries teach when we go out? Well we teach how there has been a Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ here upon the earth again. The same primitive Church that Christ set up on the earth has been restored after a time of being lost. Everything we teach focuses on that Restoration. If that Restoration truly happened then the Priesthood was restored through a Prophet of God named Joseph Smith. That THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS  is the Lord's Kingdom here upon the earth as stated in the Book of Mormon Introduction. It also means that the Gospel goes along with Later-Day Saint beliefs. How God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ are two separate beings. They  both have immortal glorified bodies of flesh and bones. We teach that through the Priesthood of God in our Temples, families can be sealed together for time and all eternity. So comforting is this message which we teach. We teach that there is life after death and we know our Heavenly Father's plan for us.  

I say unto all that this work which is going on is God's work. We are just His hands at the moment. We are led and guided by a living Prophet of God as well as deceased prophets in the scriptures. We are doing this becasuse of so many great blessings in our life. I know and do testify that THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS is led by our Savior Jesus Christ as He is the Chief Cornerstone. He does speak today to all who will listen.

I recommend all to listen to the glorious message of the Restoration that these missionaries share.

Visit mormon.org to learn more or to contact missionaries

Brought to you by

Elder Eric Hansen

Tennessee Nashville Mission

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

Missionary Work

Well it has been raining off and on for a week now. As you can imagine after the NASHVILLE FLOOD 2010 people are probably getting scared. Some of the rest of us are just sick and tired of all of the rain. It seems like it just won't stop. Well that is because it is not going to stop the Work of God from progressing. Missionary work will still move forward. Many homes and yards are being damaged from the wind and rain. We have gone times without power because of it. But it doesn't stop us until we are giving the call. Our Heavenly Father is watching over us for sure.

Most of you have probably seen 19 to 25 year old elders and 21+ year old sisters walking around with these name tags from THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. We may have even knocked on your door. We do it all voluntarily. We do not get a reward in the church. They pay all their expenses by themselves. We are persecuted almost daily because of our beliefs. But I would do it over and over again because of the importance of it. We do this because of our love for the Savior. 

Some of you may be asking why there are missionaries. Lets find out why, shall we.

A Missionary Church

The blessings of the gospel are so precious that we try to share them with everyone we can. Imagine you found a cure for cancer. How urgently would you spread the news of your discovery? Who would you tell? The gospel of Jesus Christ is the cure for so many of life's ills that Mormons want to share the good news of eternal life with the same urgency.
The Lord's Church has always been a missionary church. Jesus Christ's life was the perfect example of missionary work. During His ministry on earth, He taught the gospel at all times, in all places, and to all kinds of people. Jesus taught the educated men in the temple, the sinners, the faithful and the unbelieving. He also called apostles and other disciples to preach the gospel so more people could hear about the blessings of His gospel. Most of their preaching during Christ's life was to their own people, the Jews. After Jesus was resurrected, He visited His apostles and sent them to preach to the gentiles. He commanded them, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15).

Why Mormons send Missionaries Around the World?

We believe we are all part of one heavenly family, so missionary work isn't work so much as it is trying to help out our brothers and sisters.

That Mormons do missionary work is one of the Church's most recognized characteristics. Right now, tens of thousands of missionaries are walking, driving or riding their bikes around the world, handing out copies of the Book of Mormon and sharing the gospel with the people they meet. Why do these people, most of them under the age of 25, volunteer to leave their homes at their own expense and dedicate a period of their lives to preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ?
The Lord said, “proclaim my gospel from land to land, and from city to city… bear testimony in every place, unto every people” (Doctrine and Covenants 66:5,7). We take that commandment to heart and look for opportunities to share the blessings we've received from living the gospel with everyone we can. Jesus taught, “Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God” (John 3:5). Knowing that certain ordinances like baptism are necessary for us to return to live with our Heavenly Father, we feel an urgent need to share this blessing with everyone we can. Our first interest as a Church—is that as many of the children of men as can, will be saved and exalted. While we work out our own salvation, we want to help those around us do the same. Because we are all sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father, the more of us that are able to learn and keep His commandments and enjoy eternal life, the happier we'll all be.

What Missionaries Do

You might wonder what, exactly, a Mormon missionary does, other than ride a bike and knock on doors, or how a young man or woman just out of high school might end up on a mission. Here are the basics.

Most of the Church's missionaries are around twenty years old, though many members also volunteer to serve after they've retired. All prospective missionaries turn in applications to Church headquarters and they receive a call to a specific mission around the world. They spend a few weeks in a training center where some of them learn a new language and all of them rigorously study and practice teaching the gospel. Then they set off to their assigned locations and begin their service. Missionaries' lives are completely dedicated to sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. They pay their own way and put off school, dating and work for two years in order to focus entirely on doing the Lord's work.
A common morning for a missionary might consist of waking up at 6:30 a.m., studying the scriptures, and meeting new people to share the gospel with. The afternoon might include discussing gospel lessons with people they meet and volunteering for service in the community. A good night has them teaching the gospel to interested individuals and helping them learn and keep God's commandments or attending a baptismal service for someone who's decided to join the Church. They return home around 9:30 p.m. and fall into bed, usually exhausted and happy.

We Teach of Jesus Christ

Mormons are known for the things they don't drink, their emphasis on the family and the Book of Mormon they read, but in the end the central message of our religion is our Heavenly Father’s plan of happiness for His children and the Atoning sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ.

Missionaries share one thing and one thing only - the gospel of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Like Nephi, “We talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins” (2 Nephi 25:26). It may seem strange to focus so much of our lives on Jesus Christ, but the wisdom of the gospel applies to everything from the purpose of life to how we approach our work, how we relate to others, even how we take care of our bodies. The teachings of Jesus Christ have more power to bring lasting happiness than all the success and pleasure the world can offer. Every message Mormon missionaries share revolves around Him and how His Atonement and ordinances allow us to return to live with our Father in Heaven and our families in heaven.

At the end of 2010 there were recorded 52, 483 missionaries in 340 missions throughout the world. That is huge. Each of these missionaries are doing the Lord's work. I am honored to be one of these missionaries sharing the Gospel. Bearing testimony about our Savior Jesus Christ. This is a great cause that needs to move forward. Sharing the Gospel has been the most rewarding and most educating time of my life. I am so very thankful for this opportunity. I LOVE IT!

YAHOOOOOOO! FAIRVIEW!

I am serving a mission for THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS in the TENNESSEE NASHVILLE MISSION. On March 31, 2010 I went to what is called the Missionary Training Center. I was there until April 19, 2010. While there I learned more about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I learned in more depth about what I am called to go forth and proclaim. This is a message of The Restoration of the Gospel through the Prophet Joseph Smith and the Plan of Salvation. The MTC was an awesome place. I call it the spiritual bootcamp. Well worth the hardships you have there. Maybe it is being away from home or just maybe something you were not interested in but you did it for your family. Whatever the situation is I loved the MTC. It was well worth it.

On April 19, 2010 I flew out to Nashville Tennessee to start my field work. I met my Mission President at the airport. With me flew out 5 other elders. The start of our mission. The next day we had what is called a transfer meeting to find out where we would be serving at. I was assigned to the Tennessee Fairview Branch.

Fairview (April 20, 2010-October 5, 2010)
Oh how I love Fairview. I started out my real field work of my mission here. Which consists of knocking on doors, contacting people and teaching them about the Gospel. We also did many other things such as Service, Fellowshipping, Visiting other churches.. While there I was able to attend many church services. Very warmly received we were usually. There was a time or two that people were not happy that we came to their church.  But while attending these churches we learned lots.

THE FLOOD
As many people probable heard about the flood in Nashville Area. I was there and experienced it. It was a HUGE eye opener. I never knew water would do so much damage. For months we were doing service projects trying to help people in their water filled homes and destroyed yeards. We would go and try to help anyone we could that we knew of which needed help. Such heart-breaking it was to see the damage caused and the families homes ruined. Never before had I seen a natural disaster like this. After numerous back hurting days and which seemed like endless service projects it finally came to an end. It was hard to be there because the families were in such great hardship but smiles on their faces. It sure made me think about what was happening and how good my life is. Even though I had pain it was no where near how bad these peoples lives were.

Churches
I was able to attend many churches as mentioned. Here are just a few of the churches which I went to.
Church of Christ - Liberty Hill, New Hope, Fairview Church of Christ, Liberty Lincoln
Baptist - Berean Free Will, Old new Hope, First Baptist, Parkers Creek
Cross Roads Cowboy Church
I attended more than this but here are a few of them. I loved going to all of these different churches. It was quite fun and rewarding. I made many friends here at these churches. I was able to grow closer to the community and be able to serve them. Many doors were opened to us by this small act. I can't believe I left there but I had to. I was able to attend some of these churches numerous times.

I grew very close to the families there in the Branch. I will admit I shed a tear or two or three or lots
when it came time for me to leave. I was not very excited but it was probably time to. We would go fishing on a members pond. We would just have a great old time. Bonfire preparation, hikes, kick off to summer, helping with calves, gardening in a white shirt and tie, spreading manure... These are just a few of the things which we did. Many people will tell you I knocked on their doors. No Lie! I will never forget my time in Fairview. I hold it very precious in my heart. Many times I was able to go and visit the members and just feel of their great spirits and desire to share God's word and do missionary work. I was able to be out with members visiting. As a missionary everything we do is help strengthen others faith in Christ. Always we are trying to help others come closer to Him. That is our calling! Oh the memories that will be with me forever from here. I have the opportunity to be able to help others come closer to Christ and go down into the waters of Baptism for a remission of sins. How incredible is that that we can be forgiven of our sins? I know and I testify of the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. We are able to be cleansed from sin.

In my 6 monthish in Fairview I was able to increase the size of my family. Meaning I gained new friends and became very close to them. Many more friends I have now from my service there. In the mornings the LDS students go to seminary. It is a class where they study the Bible, Book of Mormon and other scripture early morning. We attended a few times and we had to be there at 6am. Very early but raised my spirit for the day. The students in this class taught me more than I can ever dream of. I honestly wish I was as righteous at their age as they are. They are not only great examples to me but to the people around them. They are very strong Disciples of Christ. They were able to share experiences from Especially for Youth Conference which sounded amazing. I respect each one of these young men and women who are so faithful in the Lord Jesus Christ.

From a father in the Branch I learned very much. I learned how to be a better father for the future. I learned more than I can even right. He taught me things about raising children and gave me different ideas on doing so. Just if I would have wrote a journal of all the things he said. They were all very profound. I would always tell him that one day he is going to be in church leadership. Gave him a hard time often which was needed. I respect that man so very much words can't even describe it. But I did not just learn from him. I learned from all of them. I have a great love for all the members of the Branch. In the hardest most challenging times of my life they were there for me. No matter what it was. I could depend on them. The examples of them do not go unnoticed. The Fairview Branch not only helped me but changed my life for the better. I want to thank each and everyone of them. They don't even no how much they helped me. many other remarkable families but I don't got enough time in my day to talk about them. Thank You Fairview Branch!!!

So many great experiences in Fairview that I will not be able to write on right now but this is the first 6 months of my mission. The best 6 months of my life. God Bless y'all!

"Yea, verily, verily I say unto you, if all units had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto the FAIRVIEW BRANCH, behold the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; yea the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men." Alma 48:17

TO BE CONTINUED...

What makes life so awesome?

This is a really good question. Well there are many different things that make me happy. The biggest thing in my life is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It includes some of the following:


GOD- He is always there for us as long as we will allow Him. Many times we push Him away because He will not push us away. He will help us in everything in our lives. He will answer any questions. He will guide us in all of lifes challenges. He loves each one of us unconditionally. I can't even say that enough. I hope everyone knows that God really exists but if not just desire to know and go off of my testimony and believe. I know He does exist. I know that God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ have Perfect Glorified Immortal bodies of flesh and bones. 


FAMILY- Through the Priesthood of God families can be sealed together forever. Even though at times it is tough to be with family that is what should be most important in life. God has given us families as a support group. When I am having a hard time I turn to God then my family. Who in all honesty would want to not have a family? I know there are many people who wouldn't but families bring me happiness. They help me when they can. My family is not perfect but they are perfect to me. They are the best. What would I do without my family? I wouldn't know. My brothers and sisters makes life even more exciting. I couldn't imagine only having 1 or 2 siblings. I grew up with 8 kids in the house which was hard, but now it is the best thing in the world. Being able to hang around with all my nieces and nephews is the best. 


One day I will be able to be a father and raise my own children. That really excites me. Knowing that I will be trusted by God enough to raise some of His children. To raise them while they are here on the earth. Why would somebody not want to have children and get the responsibility to raise them. 


MISSIONARY- I am a missionary what is there more exciting and fun to do at this point of life. I am learning so much. I cant even believe what knowledge I have now. I am able to go forth teaching about Jesus Christ helping people learn their relationship with God. What better can you do in life than give up two years to bring others to the knowledge of God for eternity and also bring families together forever. This is the best calling ever. I love being able to do this. I love being a missionary. Who wants to learn about Jesus because I am more than willing to teach you. Whether you believe there is a God or not I can help you come to know as long as you have an open mind. But even more than me the Spirit of God can show you. Sharing this happiness of the gospel with others. 


If you have any questions fell free to ask.