#13)I Hope They Call Me On a Mission

"I hope they call me on a mission when I have grown a foot or two. I hope by then I will be ready to teach and preach and work as missionaries do."

Throughout this semester I have gained the testimony of missionary work. Although I know that I will not be able to serve a mission for at least a few years, I joined Brother Bott’s missionary prep class. My sister took it last year and said that the class not only prepares you for a mission, but for marriage and life in general. For the class we were given the assignment of teaching a discussion at the beginning of the semester. I decided to teach my roommate Carly but didn’t really know what I was going to specifically teach. I prayed for guidance that I would teach her what she needed to hear and pulled out my Preach My Gospel handbook. Flipping through, I realized that my brother had taught our family the discussion on prayer when he got home from his mission. I kept looking through the book but wasn’t really paying attention to the titles because all I could think about was this discussion given by my brother. An experience I had with prayer then popped in my head and after some frustration, I decided to just teach Carly about prayer. I taught the lesson and shared spiritual experience where my prayer was answered then challenged her to pray morning and night. I promised her that if she committed to the challenge, she would be blessed. She accepted and we prayed together. After I was done, she then told me that she hadn’t been saying her personal prayers for a couple years now and asked me how I knew that she was having a hard time with prayer. When Carly said this, I received a confirmation that the Holy Ghost really does guide missionaries when they are preaching the gospel. I would have never guessed that she would be having a hard time with prayer. Ever since the day we had a discussion on prayer, we have tried to pray together every night. It has not only strengthened my testimony of prayer but made me realize what an impact I can have on others. I want to serve a mission and am grateful that I could help my roommate out with prayer.