"I want to be a missionary..."

      You know, it's great being a missionary! I get to meet new people all the time and I get to make lasting friendships. I get to witness miracles on a daily basis and, most importantly, I get to be a representative of the Lord, Jesus Christ! Everyday, I literally take His name upon me as I put my name tag on which bears His name. I get to be a representative of Him and experience all that comes with that. I get to know Him. I have the wonderful opportunity to share my testimony with all who will listen. I get to be like my Savior! What more could I ask for?
       Each of us can be examples of truth, righteousness, and each of us can be like our Savior; if we choose to be so. God has blessed us with the wonderful gift of agency. Thus, we are free to choose, to act, to experience. It is why we are here! But we will be more happy, more blessed, and our joy will be more full if we choose to follow the Savior.
       I know that as we exercise our faith in Jesus Christ that we can know that He lives. We can feel His love for us and that through Him, we can be forgiven.

One of my favorite scriptures on being a missionary:
"Lift up your heart and rejoice, for the hour of your mission is come; and your tongue shall be loosed, and you shall declare glad tidings of great joy unto this generation." -Doctrine and Covenants 31:3

Sister Reid