What an awesome
experience this month to have both our Elders speaking to one another and
comparing the differences and similarities in their missions. I love reading Elder May’s testimony and
feeling the power that comes from his testimony. He is simply amazing and I am humbled to be
his mom. Love him and couldn’t be more
proud of him. Enjoy!
Hello Everyone!
Wow, May felt like a really long month for me, and I'm not
exactly sure why. There was Mother's Day where I was able to talk with my
brother, or the other Elder May, which was a super amazing experience. It's
pretty fun to share proselyting mission stories and then service mission
stories back and forth and still, they can be super weird and crazy or
inspiring and encouraging as one another. You could say that proselyting and
service missions are stuck to each other now like how the Bible and the Book of
Mormon are stuck to each other. Both missions lift each other up and help each
other now. The Bible or proselyting missions came first and are testaments of
Jesus Christ and are there to help other people learn about Jesus Christ. The
Book of Mormon or service missions are Another Testament of Jesus Christ in how
they serve and show their examples of Jesus Christ. Neither book nor mission is
better than the other but they both lift each other up and are both now needed
in order to support one another.
Another crazy thing was that I hit the year mark of my
mission. Even though it wasn't my anniversary with Save the Family, I still had
coworkers congratulate me and give me presents to honor my year mark. I posted
on Facebook about the crazy transitions that my life has made in this last year
and I bore testimony in our Fast Sunday meeting on this past Sunday about
service missions and where my life has gone because of it and I just want to
bear testimony again that my life would not be this incredible without my service
mission. I absolutely love my time working at Save the Family, I love doing
endowment sessions every week with Dayton and he seems to love the different
people I often tend to invite to come with us or the people that we meet after
our sessions that always want a picture of us or to tell us how incredible we
make the sessions with our spirits. I've performed miracles on my mission and I
have done things that I never even dreamed that I would get to do. I absolutely
love my district and being able to be district leader over them. I feel like I
have created my own district family. the more we have meetings and different
district activities, I can feel the love growing that I have for each and every
one of them and I feel like their love for me is also growing. I have come to
be at the ready to help them at any moment in their time of need and I feel
like they know that whenever they need me, I am there for them. I absolutely
love my companions, both Elder Ferrell and Elder Sanders. I feel like they have
both become some of my best friends and that I can count on them for help and
especially as their district leader and companion, I can help and watch them
grow not only to be better missionaries but also as better people.
Lastly, I love my Heavenly Father. My favorite lesson has
always been the Plan of Salvation and how Heavenly Father has a plan for each
and every one of us- even me. I love knowing that Heavenly Father already has
my life plan laid out for me and all I need to do is trust in Him, do what he
asks me to do and just enjoy life and help other people enjoy theirs. I didn't
think that a year ago I would be back at home, but I also didn't know that I
was still going to be so busy with my mission that it still feels like the same
thing, if not even more than a proselyting mission at times. I love my brother
and best friend, Jesus Christ, who laid down his life so that I might have
mine. He sacrificed everything that he had for me and wants to ensure that I
can and will see him again. Even when i make the same mistake, even 10,000
times, he is still there with me, patiently helping me with even the smallest
step forward. If I can make the smallest step forward, he treats it to me with
the biggest milestone or celebration ever! It may seem small to me, but it
means the world to Him that I am improving in any small shape or form. I know
that when I help others or I help myself improve that I can feel the love just
be poured out on top of me and I can feel so much greater to Him. I know that
this church, that this gospel is true. I would not be where I am now without it
and I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Love,
Elder Bryson May
