In the April 2022 General Conference, President M. Russell Ballard gave a talk titled, “Missionary Service Blessed My Life Forever”. He said, “Of all the training I have received in my church assignments, none has been more important to me than the training I received as a nineteen-year-old elder serving a full time mission…My missionary service prepared me to be a better husband and father and to be successful in business. It also prepared me for a lifetime of service to the Lord in His Church.
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He concluded, “When you are released from your mission, remember that you are not released from activity in the Church. Build upon the good habits you learned on your mission, continue to strengthen your testimony, work hard, pray, and be obedient to the Lord. Honor the covenants you have made. Continue to bless and serve others. I pray that you young men and young women and your parents will see and know how missionary service will forever bless your life.”
We’ve seen that these promises are true. Missions change lives! They change the lives of the people you teach and build their faith. But even more importantly, it changes the life of the missionary. The Lord knows them and gives them experiences that help them come to know Him better. They grow spiritually in remarkable ways. They learn that they can absolutely trust Him. A mission teaches them that their Heavenly Father and their Savior, Jesus Chris love them and have a plan for them. We are witnesses of these changes happening in every missionary.
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