Amazing Mission Math

Some things just don't add up when you are serving a full time mission. We discovered this during our first mission, and it has proven true again in Korea. Let me give you a few examples.

I don't like heat or humidity + I have never wanted to live in a big city or in a high rise apartment=

I love living here in Daegu.

 

OR:

extra utilities + additional housing costs + a higher cost of living =

putting more money in our savings each month

 

OR

days pass by slowly + some weeks drag by =

months fly by and 18 months seemingly evaporates

 

I confess that math is not my strongest skill. Okay, I stink at math. Still the two sides of the equations just don't balance. Why? I have my own theory. Our Heavenly Father evens the sides of the equation. As we serve him by serving his children, he makes our weaknesses strengths. He fills in where we just can't do it on our own. This isn't true on a mission only. This  is the foundational principle of Christianity. This is the great miracle of the Plan of Happiness. We can not do it alone. No, not ever. Our Savior atoned for our sins to empower us. Through and with him the equations all balance. Our lives are blessed. We are strengthened. We are forgiven. We are cleansed. He only asks that we follow him. That we serve others. That we repent when we fall short.

 

This glorious message is the reason we are here in Daegu. In the heat, the big city, spending our own money, missing our family. This is the reason we love Korea and the people here, that we are happy every morning, that we are excited and energized, that our family bonds are strengthened.

 

Although I may never fully understand this miracle, I have faith in it's promise. I gain strength from my belief Heavenly Father lives and loves us. I know that he sent Jesus Christ, his only begotten son, to pay our debt so we can return to him. By that same power, our Savior will strengthen us in all circumstances if we do our best to follow him. That is the Gospel, the "Good News"!