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Bring Them Home


I've been awake for three hours, and have spent all three of those hours trying to think of something to write for all of you.

Since last night I've been having a hard time, full of doubt, fear, and insecurity. This isn't the first time during the past month and a half since receiving my mission call that I have felt this way, and certainly not the first time within the past year and a half, as I prepared to graduate from college and put in my mission papers, that I have felt alone and without worth.

Sometimes I see girls receiving calls to the places I used to dream about being called to and am filled with pained jealousy. Sometimes I read through my patriarchal blessing, looking for solace and direction, and only feel frustrated, as if my blessing were just a blank page.

Sometimes I think about serving a mission and wonder, "why bother?"

This is how I've been feeling.
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Getting A Little Patriotic Here

So, I really should be studying/doing things for my Mark Twain final tomorrow, which is why I'm going to make this quick.

I've already let y'all know about my struggle about my mission call, and when I get stressed/vulnerable, Satan hits me with it again and it just darkens my day.

Funny thing, though. I'm slowly starting to clean out my desk drawers and do my laundry in prep for packing up everything and driving home from school for the last time, and in my art drawer (read: disorganized pack-rat drawer) I found a piece of scrap paper with a random email printed on the back.

The scrap paper that we use in printmaking is really that: random scraps from old lessons, art projects, and other professors' handouts. So, I have no idea who the person who printed out this email is, or who it's from, but I decided to read it after seeing it was a quote from Harold B. Lee.
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Guest Post on The Hipster RM

Have you met Emmilie? Have you read her precious words of wisdom at her blog The Hipster RM? If not, you have no idea what you're missing.

Emmilie, aka The Hipster RM, is a girl who's been home from her mission to Billings, Montana for a little while now, and she decided to make a blog to share her experiences and advice. It's really just inspiring for me, a preparing sister missionary, with every new post I read.

Well, I've been lucky enough to talk to Emmilie for a little while and finagle my way into a guest blog post on the illustrious The Hipster RM. It's about mission preparation (when aren't I talking about mission prep?) and if you want to read it, you can head >>this way<<.
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A Pep Talk

OYSMF has been a construction site for the past day or so, but I think I'm done tinkering for now, so don't fret if the site was wonky the last time you visited.

Do fret if it's still wonky now (and tell me!).

If this is your first time here, hey! Hello! How are you?

I thought that I would just take a few minutes out of your Sunday (or Monday, if you happen to be in the Japan area) to talk about my testimony of missionary work.
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Quote of the Day



This is a quote by Henry B. Eyring in his article titled "Sharing the Gospel Heart to Heart" in the September 2012 Ensign. It's a lovely little article that you should read if you have the time, but I especially loved this quote and thought it might lend you a little bit of inspiration if you, like me, are waning a little bit in your mission prep activities.

Keep going, pals! We can do it! And it is so well worth the wait!
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