If any of you would of asked what were my plans when I turned 19. I would of said finishing losing the weight, send mission papers in August and then leave.
And now a year ahead, here I am.. not on my mission yet and although at first I was disappointed about that. I got discourage in 2012, I wasn't working out everyday in the week, which then lead to not working out for weeks at a time.
I tired to get back into working out couple of times, and each time it lead to the same thing.
when 2013 rolled around, my plan was to send my papers in April... that didn't worked out either.
But here are the good things that happened.
I made some amazing friends from the YSA branch
I kept the weight off which I have already lost
A friend of mine from the branch told me , he left late for his mission
if he were to leave when he turned 19, he would of been done with his "mission" before even leaving for his real mission, in his real mission he said there were people there that needed to hear the Gospel by him.
April of this year when I got discourage and was mad with myself for not leaving already
I had a feeling to read my Patriarchal blessing...
and in it said I would be able to serve a fulltime mission at the appropriate time
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By reading that I got so much peace.
I know I'll be able to go on my mission, it's not at the time I had in mind, but rather it will be in Heavenly Father's time
Isaiah 55:8-9 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
For as the Heavens are higher then the earth, so are my ways higher then your ways, and my thoughts then your thoughts"
I won't know until I go on my mission, but just some things I have thought about.
The mission age requirements have changed for the guys from 19 to 18. (note not recommended for everyone to go then, just getting that out there)
But maybe one of my companion(s) I'll have on my mission is one of the 18 year's old, or there's someone out there that needs to hear the Gospel from me and their not ready to hear it yet
or that there is just no room in the mission I'm suppose to be in.
My plan is to get my call in September, I have been working out and I have been losing weight, I have a good feeling that this is it :)
A friend of mine from the branch have worked out with me couple of times per week, not lately just because he has been busy a little.
Although I'm not 100% done with this trial, (I haven't left yet) I have seen blessings come of it, mostly the amazing friends I have gotten to know from the branch. if you're new to the blog and haven't read much of anything yet, I have Asperger's Syndrome and it's hard to be social, so being able to make and keep the friends I have here is amazing.
I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for everyone, he has a plan for me and I'm going threw that plan, even at times when I didn't know I was.
If things don't go you're way, keep going.. you wouldn't know at the time but God is leading you in life, he has a plan for you
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it :)
