“Missionary Service Blessed My Life Forever,” For the Strength of Youth, May 2022.
Saturday Morning Session
Missionary Service Blessed My Life Forever
Excerpts
As I have looked back over my life, I have been able to see certain experiences that made a significant difference. One of those experiences is how my full-time missionary service as a young man in England blessed my life and shaped my spiritual destiny. …
My missionary service prepared me to be a better husband and father and to be successful in business. It also prepared me for a lifetime of service to the Lord in His Church. …
The Lord knows you. When you are serving your mission, you will have experiences that will help you come to know Him better. …
As an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, I now call upon you young men—and those young women who desire to serve a mission—to begin right now to talk with your parents about serving a mission. I also invite you to talk with your friends about serving a mission, and if one of your friends is not sure about serving, encourage them to talk with their bishop.
Commit to yourselves and to your Heavenly Father that you will serve a mission and that from this time forward you will strive to keep your hearts, hands, and minds clean and worthy. I invite you to gain a solid testimony of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. …
I pray that you young men and young women and your parents will see and know how missionary service will forever bless your life.