Mission Prep

Tonight, I attended a Stake General Priesthood Meeting. The first speaker was a young man about to go on his two-year full-time mission. Naturally, his subject was related to missionary work. Specifically, it was how to prepare for a mission, yet, he said that the counsel in his talk could apply to anyone, even those who had already gone on their missions, largely because our missions aren't over. As the next speaker said in his talk, God is always willing to give us more missionary opportunities, as long as we're prepared to take advantage of them. Besides, doing the things that would make us good missionaries also makes us better disciples and can help us prepare for whatever missions God has in store for us, whether they involve missionary work or not.

Missionary work is going to become increasingly important as people continue to question and challenge our beliefs and practices, and we'll need to be prepared to share our beliefs and our testimonies if we want to have any hope of clearing up misconceptions. But whether or not we're ever called upon to explain our beliefs or defend our testimonies, we should still do what is necessary to strengthen our beliefs and our testimonies, which is one of the key components of mission prep. Some of us have already gone on our missions, and some of us never will go on missions, but we should continue to prepare as if we were about to go on missions, because "every member is . . . a missionary," and God will need us to be well prepared for the missions that lie ahead.