it's getting close, real close. i head to the MTC (missionary training center) in 19 days, we've reached the teens now! sometimes i feel ready and excited for the changes, hard work, and joy (oh, there will be so much joy!) my future holds. but others times i feel entirely unprepared and even slightly anxious, i think every missionary feels this way at one point or another, which somehow makes me feel better. i've been perusing sister missionary blogs and even found a bunch of sister missionary tips online (thank you internet!). it was almost surprising how much information is out there for us soon-to-be missionaries – surprising, but also calming and exciting! a great and marvelous work is happening and i'm about to be in the thick of it all.
i've read it at least a dozen times and in multiple places, "make goals for when you return home!" – in other words, give yourself something to do because as hard as the normal life to missionary life transition will be, it's the leaving missionary life transition that really rocks your world. i was sort of stumped at first, because your typical RM (returned missionary) comes home and keeps busy with everything the college life has to offer. i'm a graduate (and thank goodness for that) so my college days are behind me… so what was a girl who hasn't even left on her mission yet supposed to tell her future self to do? i sat, i thought, and then i wrote. the ideas just kept coming and i think i've created a pretty good list. so, this is for that RM i'll someday be in 2015.
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