The Work of Salvation

Let's face it.  I got lucky to be called as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at this time.  This is one of the most important times in all of history.  The work of salvation has been taking off with a BOOM!

I began my mission on August 1, 2012.  The past thirteen months have flashed by at an incredible speed.  I serve in the Arizona Mesa Mission, which covers a significant part of the state of Arizona.  The Church is strong down here and just about everyone here has already had exposure to the LDS faith.  We're here to help them learn even more about Jesus Christ and aid them as they seek to change their lives for the better.

Since I've been out on my mission, many things have happened.  Two months after I got to my mission in Mesa, Arizona, the minimum age at which missionaries could come out was changed.  Elders (men) can now begin their service at 18 rather than 19 and sister missionaries can now begin at 19 rather than 21.  For that reason, since then a tidal wave of new missionaries has come out.  Within a couple more weeks, half of the Arizona Mesa Mission will consist of new missionaries that have been out for three months or less.

Even more has happened since then.  A few months ago, 58 new missions (a geographical region that a missionary is assigned to and moved around in for two years) were announced around the world.  One of them split our mission.  Dozens of new missionaries have filled the new spots just since then.  Then the unthinkable happened.  It was announced that missionaries worldwide would soon be allowed on internet sites such as Facebook and Blogger!  The wait since then has been long (for us, anyway), but we the missionaries of the Arizona Mesa Mission are now authorized to preach the Gospel online and touch people on a much grander and further-reaching scale.

Let's get started.