Comments on: Missions: It’s Not Where, It’s How https://ldsblogs.com/41504/mission-not-where-but-how Sat, 17 Nov 2018 03:14:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: Amy Keim https://ldsblogs.com/41504/mission-not-where-but-how#comment-590302 Sat, 17 Nov 2018 03:14:05 +0000 https://en.elds.org/ldsblogs-com/?p=41504#comment-590302 In reply to HMC.

Yikes — that does not sound like the most uplifting homecoming talk! Haha! I love what you said about how with the Lord’s help, you were able to learn to love people and a land that were so unfamiliar to you. Having a good mission experience truly does rely so heavily upon our attitude; if we have a good one, the Lord is eager to help us. It sounds like you learned that, along with many other valuable lessons, during your mission and that you continue to experience the Lord’s hand in your life today. Thank you for serving then and now by sharing your strong and thoughtful testimony!

]]> By: HMC https://ldsblogs.com/41504/mission-not-where-but-how#comment-590197 Thu, 15 Nov 2018 18:18:32 +0000 https://en.elds.org/ldsblogs-com/?p=41504#comment-590197 About a year before I received my mission call a newly returned missionary spoke in my ward. Among other things, he announced that (1) his mission was NOT the best two years of his life, and (2) the XYZ Mission was the WORST mission in the world … his talk went downhill from there. Right then and there I resolved that I wanted to go on a state-side, English-speaking mission. When I received my call to serve in that very same XYZ Mission I felt was overwhelmingly disappointed. That disappointment carried on for several months as I struggled to learn the language and adapt to the local customs. With the help of the Lord, I grew to love the people, the language, and my mission. Unlike most of those missionaries who served with me, I still speak and read the scriptures in that beautiful language. I am thankful beyond measure for the lessons I learned and the mission I served nearly 50 years ago.

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