" On Your Mission, You Are Asked One Thing...

 

Back home, you talk to those you know.

Here, you don’t know anyone until you talk to them.

Back home, when someone said they weren’t interested, it meant you stopped trying.

Here, when someone says they aren’t interested, it means we will try again later.

Back home, when you got tired, you took a break and got some rest.

Here, when you get tired, you pray for strength and push along.

Back home, when things got hard, others helped you.

Here, when things get hard, you help others.

As a missionary, you are asked to rise above the human expectation.

You are asked to not just endure heartbreak, but overcome it. Again and again and again.

You are asked to constantly give all that you are, and when you feel that there is only one drop of yourself left, you are asked to give that too.

You are asked to earn the trust of those who don’t even trust themselves.

You are asked to bond a family together, close and strong, then pull your hands away so they can stand on their own.

You are asked to walk into Hell on Earth and testify of Heaven.

You are asked to be an answer to prayer, to be someone’s angel, someone’s last hope, to be a hero.

You are asked to make the world better.

 You are not asked, however, to do it alone.

You are not asked to go first, to pave the way or bear the brunt.

That was asked of someone else.

Someone who was far stronger and far better than you or I.

 

You are asked to rise above the human expectation.

He was asked to never even reach down and touch it.

You are asked to overcome heartbreak.

He was asked to make it possible.

You are asked to give yourself until there is nothing left.

He was asked to take everything you give, and carry it.

You are asked to earn the trust of those who don’t even trust themselves.

He was asked to put his trust in them.

You are asked to bond a family together, then step away.

He was asked to be that bond, and to always be that bond.

You are asked to walk into Hell on Earth, and testify of Heaven.

He was asked to be your solid foundation when Hell on Earth walks into you.

You are asked to be someone’s last hope, to be someone’s angel and hero.

He was asked to be the only hope, to be the savior and redeemer.

You are asked to make the world better.

He was asked to change it.

 On your mission you are asked one thing…. ‘Do you love me?’”

 

 

By Sister Sara Barlocker

Kansas Wichita Mission

February 2014