One of the RA's here in Heritage has a friend that is in the MTC right now and had the opportunity to hear President Monson's announcement at conference with all the other missionaries. This is what she had to say about it:
"Ok everybody, I am just going to cut right to the chase. Conference was divine. I wish everybody could have been in the MTC when that announcement was made! All of the missionaries watched conference together in
How amazing is that? We are so blessed to be here in the last days and to be part of the gospel message being spread throughout the world. Missionary work will never be the same and it has been quite the whirlwind this week to experience the hustle and bustle of hundreds of students here at BYU who are deciding to serve.
"Ok everybody, I am just going to cut right to the chase. Conference was divine. I wish everybody could have been in the MTC when that announcement was made! All of the missionaries watched conference together in
the gym, so every missionary in the Provo MTC was in the same room when the announcement was made about the new age requirement for missionaires. I'm not sure I have ever felt like I was part of a divinely historic moment before, but on Saturday, I did. When President Monson announced that YM could serve at 18, the room exploded with the spirit and we all gasped and had giant grins on our faces. Then, as soon as he said they had thought about the sisters as well, it got absolutely silent. It was amazing. NO ONE expected the age requirement for sisters to drop so drastically. But when they said 19 yrs old, we all stood and cheered. And I don't mean all of us sisters, I mean all 2500 missionaries in the MTC. It was as if the Spirit flooded into the room and God's army did a war cry because we knew that the biggest and the best, the strongest and brightest of God's warriors had just been called to the ranks. I so wish that every person in the world could have felt what we felt and known what we know. This is the beginning of an epic era. The gospel is going forth to the whole world and no one can stop it. God needs the mothers of His children to be return missionaries, and now that is more possible. Since then I have heard comments like "Every girl I know back home is wanting to serve now." and from one return missionary I met at the temple this morning, I heard that all of the Preach My Gospels are sold out at BYU and the Provo Deseret. I got chills up my arms when I heard that, because it meant that it wasn't just an exciting moment, but that the youth are actually taking action.
I am so proud to be one of God's chosen, going forth to make way for the tidal wave of missionaries coming behind me. The missionaries have the truth and the whole world is going to have the chance to hear it."
I am so proud to be one of God's chosen, going forth to make way for the tidal wave of missionaries coming behind me. The missionaries have the truth and the whole world is going to have the chance to hear it."
How amazing is that? We are so blessed to be here in the last days and to be part of the gospel message being spread throughout the world. Missionary work will never be the same and it has been quite the whirlwind this week to experience the hustle and bustle of hundreds of students here at BYU who are deciding to serve.
Haha I copied that too and posted it on my private blog, great minds think alike :) I get chills every time I read it! Ah!
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