One thing I remember about my mission was how it gave me a perspective on myself. You can learn a lot from other missionaries that you can try to incorporate in your life to help you improve. Quite often you can see others mistakes and avoid making them yourself. It helps to make you a better missionary and prepares you for your future life. It will help you to make good decisions in the future that will lead you to achieve your goals. A lot of growth comes from the experiences of your mission.
The most valuable lessons often come at a high price. Sometimes you have to be very patient to learn patience, or you may have to be very humbled to learn humility. Many of the great attributes that we know the Savior has must be experienced to become your strength as well. A mission is a great controlled environment to give you these opportunities for growth that will define you for the rest of your life. You may never get this kind of training again. It’s like a one on one training relationship with the Savior in an environment where he can give you the most attention.
It’s like in the movie Karate Kid where Daniel is painting Mr. Miyagi’s fences and sanding his decks and washing his car so that he can learn Karate from the Master Miyagi. All the time he is doing this waiting for Mr. Miyagi’s great lessons, he doesn’t realize he is already being taught. While you are experiencing some really great lessons and also some trying lessons you are being prepared for the even greater lessons that are to come in an environment that the Savior can best teach you in. You are in his loving care, and he is very mindful of you and how he is preparing you for many great things to come. You will learn so much.
Enjoy your training as you learn from the greatest master teacher you can have while in the exact place he wants you to be doing exactly what he wants you to do. I love you and know that some of the lessons you learn are difficult, but I have confidence in you and I know how tough you are. YOU WILL BE GREAT.
Love, Dad
(Dan’s advice to Lindsey while serving in the Vancouver, BC, Canada Mission, 2008)
The most valuable lessons often come at a high price. Sometimes you have to be very patient to learn patience, or you may have to be very humbled to learn humility. Many of the great attributes that we know the Savior has must be experienced to become your strength as well. A mission is a great controlled environment to give you these opportunities for growth that will define you for the rest of your life. You may never get this kind of training again. It’s like a one on one training relationship with the Savior in an environment where he can give you the most attention.
It’s like in the movie Karate Kid where Daniel is painting Mr. Miyagi’s fences and sanding his decks and washing his car so that he can learn Karate from the Master Miyagi. All the time he is doing this waiting for Mr. Miyagi’s great lessons, he doesn’t realize he is already being taught. While you are experiencing some really great lessons and also some trying lessons you are being prepared for the even greater lessons that are to come in an environment that the Savior can best teach you in. You are in his loving care, and he is very mindful of you and how he is preparing you for many great things to come. You will learn so much.
Enjoy your training as you learn from the greatest master teacher you can have while in the exact place he wants you to be doing exactly what he wants you to do. I love you and know that some of the lessons you learn are difficult, but I have confidence in you and I know how tough you are. YOU WILL BE GREAT.
Love, Dad
(Dan’s advice to Lindsey while serving in the Vancouver, BC, Canada Mission, 2008)
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