Mark and I went to an open house for our mission. The mission offices are in our building so we didn't have far to go. Leaders from across the whole mission were invited to that event and the hosts and hostesses were the missionaries.
There was a brief presentation and part of it was a group of Elders singing a hymn a capella. As the mother of sons, it brings tears to my eyes to see a group of handsome young elders sing like that - and actually ENJOY IT! They all grinned all the way through.
Between the ages of 19 and 21, there are so many things a young man COULD be doing. Yet, so many young men in our church chose to take those first "adult" years and serve the Lord.
Anyone who faults the LDS church for anything needs to get to know our missionaries. They are amazing young men {and women} . Yes, that can do bone-head things at times but they have such power and strength of spirit when they teach the gospel. They are truly unique in this world. And, they will be so much farther ahead on the maturity scale than other young men {and women} their age when they return home.
My nephew just recently left for his mission in Utah. The first letters home have caused us all to wonder if he was mysteriously replaced with an alien because they don't sound like him. He's doing foreign things like STUDYING {and enjoying it} and saying he LOVES his parents. We think someone is writing his letters FOR HIM. But, we're all thrilled. He's been out only a few weeks and already, the boy is turning into a man! We can't wait to see his growth in 2 years.
Having him out is a great blessing out our family as we get the opportunity to help support him. Our boys get to hear about his mission and that will help them be excited about their own someday.
In some ways, I can't WAIT for my boys to serve, {some days I wish they sent tweens} but I know that I'll be blubbering with the best of them when I watch them walk through the door at the MTC. But for now, we're teaching them that they need to make the decision to serve now and not let anything stand in their way {like girls}.
One thing that has been important in our home is for Mark to share his mission stories, photos and journals with the boys. Mark served in Denmark and when the boys are a little older, we have a plan to take them there. We want them to see where their dad served and get excited about their own mission. We gave my nephew a mission journal before he left and told him to keep a good journal because someday, he'll want to share those important experiences with his own children to encourage them to make the right choice themselves when they are of age to do so.
There was a brief presentation and part of it was a group of Elders singing a hymn a capella. As the mother of sons, it brings tears to my eyes to see a group of handsome young elders sing like that - and actually ENJOY IT! They all grinned all the way through.
Between the ages of 19 and 21, there are so many things a young man COULD be doing. Yet, so many young men in our church chose to take those first "adult" years and serve the Lord.
Anyone who faults the LDS church for anything needs to get to know our missionaries. They are amazing young men {and women} . Yes, that can do bone-head things at times but they have such power and strength of spirit when they teach the gospel. They are truly unique in this world. And, they will be so much farther ahead on the maturity scale than other young men {and women} their age when they return home.
My nephew just recently left for his mission in Utah. The first letters home have caused us all to wonder if he was mysteriously replaced with an alien because they don't sound like him. He's doing foreign things like STUDYING {and enjoying it} and saying he LOVES his parents. We think someone is writing his letters FOR HIM. But, we're all thrilled. He's been out only a few weeks and already, the boy is turning into a man! We can't wait to see his growth in 2 years.
Having him out is a great blessing out our family as we get the opportunity to help support him. Our boys get to hear about his mission and that will help them be excited about their own someday.
In some ways, I can't WAIT for my boys to serve, {some days I wish they sent tweens} but I know that I'll be blubbering with the best of them when I watch them walk through the door at the MTC. But for now, we're teaching them that they need to make the decision to serve now and not let anything stand in their way {like girls}.
One thing that has been important in our home is for Mark to share his mission stories, photos and journals with the boys. Mark served in Denmark and when the boys are a little older, we have a plan to take them there. We want them to see where their dad served and get excited about their own mission. We gave my nephew a mission journal before he left and told him to keep a good journal because someday, he'll want to share those important experiences with his own children to encourage them to make the right choice themselves when they are of age to do so.
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