Wore Out His Shoes in Christ's Service

"Greater Love Hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."

You remember when you were little and you grew up singing, "I hope to be a missionary." You envisioned yourself with the name badge and with the white shirt and tie. You imagine getting the door slammed in your face, running from the dogs, and seeing those crazy miracles everyone always talks about. You encircled yourself with the thought of what it would be like to bring someone to the truth and perceive what that must feel like. It is truly humbling to know that the Lord has allowed me to experience all of these things. It is truly humbling to see the Lord's hand every single day within the things I have done. My experience as a missionary has in the simplest of terms transformed my life into something greater than I could have ever made it. Notice in Matthew 4 when the Lord calls to His servants and pleads, "Follow Me, and I will make you Fishers of men." Notice how it doesnt say come and make yourself a Fisher of men. He says If you come, I will make you that way. In John 2 the Lord when the Lord turns water into wine, we very seldom realize that he was not only preforming the initiatory miracle of His Ministry but he was exampling the very thing He said to His Apostles. He took something in its worthless form and made it the best that it could be. How much does it cost to get water? Most of the time its free and sometimes at a very low quality. How much does wine cost? Some bottles of wine cost hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars. So it is a parallel of what the Lord can do to us if we allow him. My Friends, I have experienced this in only a small amount and my soul continually cries out to Him in prayer, "How Great Thou Art." I know that what I have experienced is nothing but a sliver, a forerunner as to what the Lord has in store for me. The mission has merely prepared me for the greatest and most miraculous things to come. I am so very grateful that the Lord allowed me to give my life for these people and I thank Him often with my tears.

My Purpose will always be to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of others. My life may change, trials may come, different joys may enter but that purpose will never change. My mission has changed not only my life but my very nature is different. The statement that I know that Jesus is the Christ is an eternal truth. The Mission is just a spec of dust among the span of mortality but oh my, what a wonderful spec. I often ponder of people, families, events, companions, and many other things and it is truly humbling to me to know how merciful our Father is to us. That He is willing to allow one such as I to further His marvelous work is something beyond ones comprehension. There are so many eternal truths which the Lord has made known unto us over the dispensations and I am so grateful for the many times that the same Lord that established these truths was generous enough to confirm them unto me. I have truly seen the effects and influences of the adversary. He has truly reeked unspeakable havoc upon myself and my family during the span of these years while in my service. However, I have seen the Lord deliver us. I am just so grateful and truly humbled for all He has done for me.

I love our Savior... He is Everything to me... The least that I can do is help others come to the same joy and peace which accompanies this information. I would do anything for Him if he needed me too, for He is the Messiah and knows all things as to bring us immortality and provide us Eternal Life. This is His Church... The Book of Mormon is the word of God in every sense of that phrase... He has made a perfect Plan for us... I know these things with everything that I have... and I gladly bear them unto you in the very name of Jesus Christ Himself.

"And then someday when I stumble to the tree,
Ill fall down at the Feet
Of Him who drank that bitter cup,
and made this fruit so sweet."

Thanks to all who have helped me.