Missionary Work

Hey Ladies!

As some of you know, I am going to be missing out on the great activity this Wednesday because Russell's family will be in town.  Why are they in town on a Wednesday?!  Well, because Wednesdays are the days that missionaries come home!  :)  Russell's brother, Bryan, will be flying into Pensacola from serving a two-year mission in Bolivia.  We could not be more excited to see him!  It will be a great reunion.  With seven boys in that family, we will have lots of missionaries to greet in the future { in fact, we will have another one in just two months! }.

Missionary work is so essential to God's plan, to share His gospel and to change lives.  Keep in mind that serving a mission is a priesthood duty.  I know that many of you young women desire to serve missions, and that is a worthy and righteous goal.  If pursued, it will lead you to the temple and will change your life forever.  As a young lady, it is not only important that you remain clean and worthy to serve one day (if you choose to do so), but that you help the young men around you stay clean and pure and worthy to serve the Lord when it is time for them to do so.  Do not tempt them by dressing immodestly and speaking vulgarities.  Do not distract them with unworthy media and entertainment.  Instead, honor them.  Honor yourself.

Of all the things I love about Russell, his choice to serve a mission - mostly to be worthy to do so when the bar was set higher - is one of the most important.  To know he was clean and pure and worthy to serve prior to his mission, and to know that he was still clean and pure and worthy to kneel before me at the temple three years later, and most importantly to know that he is still clean and pure and worthy to kneel with me each night in prayer is something that will bless my life and my family for eternity.

And it starts now.

It starts with you.

Now is the time to prepare to serve and to prepare to enter the Lord's House.

We love you.
Sister Salmon