So today was an interesting day. Got up early, even though I didn't have church until 11...but then I didn't exercise like I have been doing, because missionaries don't exercise on Sunday, so I figured I shouldn't bother with it either. I lounged around, played some piano, and read some of Mormon Doctrine by Bruce R. McConkie (brilliant stuff). I went to church, LOVED sacrament meeting, and then I taught our Sunday School class with Britten. It was so good. He is a really great teacher. Then, I skipped Elders Quorum.
WHAT?
It's okay, it was for perfectly good reason. Spontaneous and kind of nerve-wracking reason, but good reason.
I have this friend who was able to serve as a full-time missionary last summer, more particularly a young performing missionary, in Nauvoo, Illinois, for our church. In September, he started asking a bunch of people to audition to be a young performing missionary this coming summer. When he asked me, I told him that I would like to, but there was just no way. I didn't have a job, so I would have no way to pay for it, and I had some commitments in the summer that I couldn't back out on. Also, young adults would be auditioning from all over the whole nation...and elsewhere, for twenty spots: ten male, ten female. So I didn't do it.
Four of my friends (all in Latter-day Voices) were accepted and called to serve as full-time missionaries this next summer in Nauvoo. I was so happy for them. There just can't be many experiences greater than that one. I wanted so badly to have been able to do it.
Then, my commitments I had for the summer fell through, and I started looking into selling the Living Scriptures door-to-door somewhere in the United States over the summer, and making a whole lot of money. I had an interview and everything! Then, I got a job working as a Regional Campuses and Distance Education Facilitator on Utah State campus, which I love. Everything was looking pretty great.
Then, about four days ago, just as they were getting ready to follow up on me to see if I would commit to selling the Living Scriptures over the summer, I suddenly felt like I should hang back, like it wasn't the right thing to do. So I kind of put it out of my mind and continued with my busy life.
The very next day, Devin (the friend who served in Nauvoo last year) approached me again and told me that not only was the Church now looking for two male and two female tech missionaries for Nauvoo, but there was also still a spot open as a young performing missionary. Apparently, as they were praying and praying about who to call to Nauvoo, nine of the ten male spots were filled, but they just didn't get a confirmation about any of the others who tried out (even though some were really good!) that they were the one...so it's just empty. They have done the summer with only nine Elders before, but they also just don't know if they just hadn't met the tenth Elder yet. It was like everything had just clicked into place for me to possibly fill that tenth spot...and, if not, perhaps be a tech missionary!
So today, I showed up to the meeting, where two girls came (one of them being a surprise...I brought my sister along!) hoping to be tech missionaries, and four guys came. One hoping solely to be a performing missionary, one solely to be a tech missionary, and then I and one other came in hopes to be one of either. As they discussed with us the rigorous and miraculous work that comes with being a young performing/tech missionary in Nauvoo, my heart just leaped at the thought of being able to be a full-time missionary again. There are just so many more chances as a full-time missionary to jump into COMPLETELY impossible tasks and see them accomplished anyway through faith in Jesus Christ. I wanted nothing more than to have all those extra commandments from the Lord again. I was brought back to my own mission, where I was able to serve as a leader at one point that allowed me to know and serve about 160 other missionaries. Nothing can compare.
And so I auditioned. And filled out a form to be a tech missionary. Now, all there is to do is wait. They didn't give any kind of day to look for an answer...so I have no idea if I will find out in two days or two months what my fate is. I don't want to get my hopes up in case it doesn't happen...but there would be nothing sweeter than this experience.
Fingers crossed!!
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