I started this blog about six years. It was originally created to begin the introduction to me serving a mission. At the time, I was 15 and was still a ways away from serving a mission. I was a junior in high school and still had many things to learn in life. In fact, I still do have many things to learn in life.
As life has progressed, I started to think about the whole purpose of this blog, "Michael's journey to serving a mission." With this blog title, you would think I am finished. Close up the blog, archive it on the internet and hide it away for someone to find in 200 years. But, NO! This isn't the end. This is just the beginning.
When I left for Vegas, that was just the beginning of my journey to serving a mission. When I came home and left for Salt Lake City, that was still just part of the journey. My whole entire time in Salt Lake City was a huge journey. I learned a lot and I grew a lot.
If you read my homecoming talk or attended my homecoming you would know how much my mission affected me. Man, it sure was a heck of a ride. The amount of ups and downs on my mission made for great life lessons. It was such an amazing time. I was able to meet a lot of people, have a lot of great experiences, and grow spiritually. I learned a lot from my mission president and those around me.
In addition to all those amazing opportunities, this part of my journey brought about many blessings. I learned a lot about myself and learned many things I needed to grow and change.
With that being said, my journey is not over. My journey to serving my mission continues because my whole life is a mission. I am constantly striving to learn and improve. I'm constantly doing things to draw closer to my Heavenly Father. I am constantly trying to become a better friend, a harder worker, a nicer human. There are always ways around to me improve.
So, with that said, my journey to serving a mission will continue forth. I am still pushing forth. And with that, we should all be striving to continue forward. We should all be striving to love more and be kinder to others. We are all on a mission in life.
I am hoping that during these times, all of you work on improving yourself in a variety of ways. I'm hoping we can work together to become a better society. Spread love all around. Serve others. Love others.
As my mission continues, I hope we can all join together in unity. As we do this, we will be a stronger society and we can better be there for each other.
Thanks for reading this. My apologies if this blogpost doesn't come across as well organized, I was 100% focused on it. But, thanks for reading.
