Forgive me but I have several posts still to do from July. These are most of the Sister missionaries from my family-both sides. On my dad's side his mom served a couple mission so she sort of counts. Then on my mom's side there is another cousin who served before me. The occasion of the picture is my cousin Colleen (far left) mission farewell. It was pretty cool to hear her calling as it is the same mission as my sister-Tampa Florida! I told Miriam she could be in the picture because she was also going to serve a mission just like her mommy and daddy. I have always had distinct views on sister missionaries. First of all there aren't enough of us out there. We never had many at one time in my mission and besides visitor centers no other mission that I have heard ever has a ton. Though secondly I recognize we sisters are not required to serve in the same way that the guys are. I always tell girls that are thinking of it to pray and let Heavenly Father tell them if that's whats best for them.Missions are incredible experiences and I'm looking forward to the day Eric and I will be able to serve together. I suppose in the meanwhile we need to get up the ompf to be better neighbors and teach our children to prepare them. I have some troubles making my mouth work- in my head I think go talk to so and so but my mouth doesn't work. It was the hardest part of my mission and when I actually got my mouth to work I always had great conversations
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My hardest part now is actually having friends who aren't LDS. I could not believe it when people told me that, but it's so true. I'm trying to be better, but it's so easy to hang out with the people you know best and the people who raise their kids the same way (for the most part at least!)
I loved my mission, and I hope that my daughters want to serve missions too. I know I'd be a very different person without my mission. I can't say that I learned a ton about the gospel that I didn't know before, but I did learn more about myself and my relationship with God. I also learned to be more tolerant of people that are different than me. Houston, TX was a real eye-opener after close-minded little Rigby, ID!
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