11.15.2012

big news + a new chapter in life



I have decided to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It will be 18 months of teaching and sharing with people what our church believes. I submitted my application/mission papers a few days ago and now I'm just waiting to find out where I will be going!

This was no small decision and took months of contemplating and praying. If you remember this post, that's the weekend everything changed. That's when the age requirements changed (for girls, the age requirement changed from 21 to 19) and all of my nicely laid plans for internships went out the window. But even after the announcement, I still wasn't quite ready. It took me a little more time to finally choose and commit to this life changing decision.

I love my life here at BYU but I'm putting it on hold for a while. This semester I really got into my major and fell in love with it all over again. I've made incredible friends and become more established in my job. But as sad as I'll be leaving all of this, there's something bigger out there for me. "Paying it forward" or "giving back" doesn't adequately express it, but that's kind of how I feel. I've been so blessed and have so much to be grateful for, this is my way of expressing it; 18 months is so short in the grand scheme of life. (I know that serving a mission is not meant for everyone so I'm grateful that there are other ways to show gratitude and help people locally).

I'm so incredibly excited for this new chapter in life. I find out where I'm going either next week or the week after and I'm getting more and more anxious! I have a particular country I want to go to but I'll be happy going anywhere. I haven't decided what to do with my blog while I'm gone but until then, thanks for reading :)

3 comments:

  1. Elizabeth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhh that is sooooo sososos exciting,I am happy for you,hope you go to Nippon (; and YES I did apply to the travel office!! I NEED A JOB We are starving poor cuz i am unemployed haha do you work there?! omg if you do text me NOW and give me advice of how to sell myself to the bosses! 2084093166 haha xo

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  2. ya girl!!! You are going to rock it! I am so excited to find out where you go!!

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  3. Promise me you'll skype us when you get the letter so we can watch you open it!

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