Elder Cole Underwood: Why I am a missionary

To start the week, we had a going away party for one elder and one sister. These parties are pretty big because the members put them together for the missionaries. There was food and island dancing, super fun.

We got ourselves into some service that was way too much work. They asked us to tile a floor. We didn't realize that they didn't have any of the tools we need and no way to get them. It was hard and took a lot of time. Now we know what projects we shouldn't do.

The mission is the most fun, most hard and most challenging part of my life. A lot of the time it is too hot, too early, and too wet to get up. We could choose to sleep in, not study, and mess around all day. No that would be too easy. We get up before the sun, work out, and start studying do then we can go to 8 hours in the hot, wet outdoors. How do we do it? I have wondered the same thing myself. Some people say it would be nice if we got everything without any struggle, we would be weak! Then wehn something hard comes up in our life, we wouldn't know how to handle it! I am grateful for all of the trials the Lord has put in my life because they are for my benefit and for the strength of my spirit and body. I am doing this because I love the gospel, I love Christ, and I love it way too much to not share it.