PREPARE TO SERVE
The decision to leave home for an extended period of time to serve God as a missionary was a relatively easy one for me. Growing up I felt fairly indifferent to the idea of one day serving a mission. I really didn't want to at one point. However, as I approached my last year of high school in late 2012 to mid 2013, I began to feel it was the right thing to do. (Senior Photo, Lindsay Kay Photography ) There were several things that began prompting me that I should go on a mission. One of the strongest began when a large surge of hype about serving missions began to enter the hearts of my peers and other young people around the world after President Thomas S. Monson's historic announcement that lowered the church's age policy for young Elders and Sisters. Here is that announcement: "...effective immediately all worthy and able young men who have graduated from high school or its equivalent, regardless of where they live, will have the option of being r...