Everything leading up to my call was preparation for it. I knew I was going to serve and couldn’t wait to labor in some far off place. After four years of anticipation, the moment arrived....

  Eight months into my mission I sat in a little mission car with my companion looking out over a beautiful beach in a small ocean-side town and I cried like I have never cried...

My companion and I had been at our ward's Book of Mormon class. A member stopped me to talk about when we could come by just as another member stopped my companion to talk to her....

One day, during my mission, we were in sacrament meeting. It was fast and testimony meeting for us. Many really good testimonies had been shared and time was almost up. Suddenly a young girl, about 14...

  My best friend and I both served missions, she in Japan and I in New York. We were endowed together and then of course, went mission clothes shopping together! Knowing we would serve in...

My trainee and I were whitewashing an area that hadn't had sisters in about a year and were having a difficult time finding people to teach. (White washing is a mission term that means both previous...

I served in New York and had the amazing opportunity to teach at the church historical sites, one being the Sacred Grove.  This picture was taken in the summer time, and more specifically - Pageant...

    This photo was taken at the Peter Whitmer Farm. I found the spirit there to be unlike any other. When you would walk the grounds, your testimony of the gospel was strengthened. You...

In my first area on the mission, some other missionaries contacted awoman and her adult son and then passed us their information. Theytold us that the son's name was Fred but that he had a...