Waiting For My Missionary
Because two years is but the blink of an eye in the eternal scheme of things.
Your Stories
Her Story:
I put I don't know on our relationship because it's all kind of hazey. I've known him for nearly 3 years now, which absolutely crazy. We met when we were both working at the same store. The tirst time I saw him, my jaw hit the ground. He was so cute and still is! Brian is a year older than I am and when he graduated from high school he quit working there to move on to bigger and better things. But luckily for me he decided I was cool enough to hang out with :) Over the summer we hung and eventually...... He told me he liked me! YAY! We went on a few dates and everything was going great! Then he did something kind of stupid. Let's just say the natural man got a hold of him. Needless to say I was soooo angry, I didn't talk to him for a few months. Finally one day out of the blue he called and apologized. We started to talk again. Then he came back to work at our store again because he needed a job. Of course when he came back we started dating again. It was wonderful, while we were dating he turned in his mission papers and got his call to the Edmonton Canada mission. The week before he left he asked me to wait for him... Actually he TOLD me to wait for him, but it was still very sweet. I told him that I wanted to date him when he got home but that two years was a long time for a girl to sit around and wait, and that I couldn't make any promises. But now he's been out for nearly 8 months and we've been writing back and forth weekly. I miss him lots and lots but I know that he's where he's supposed to be. I hope that we make it for the two years bcause I'd love to date him when he gets home. All I have to say is you gotta love them missionary boys :D
Her Story:
I met Ben a year before he left on his mission. He was just coming back to church and I was for some reason drawn to him. We went on dates for about 9 months before anything serious started. Ben is the most incredible person and has the biggest heart you could possible imagine. He left to serve in the
Relationship Status: We dated before the mission, but I'm keeping my options open.
Her Story:
Relationship Status: We dated before the mission. I'm not dating anyone else.
Her Story:
He was honestly thinking about not going on a mission for a long time even after he put in his papers. I remember one day he asked if I would still marry him if he didn't go on a mission. I was caught off guard. I said that even if he did stay I still wasn't getting married until I was 20. Anyway that was that and time went on. Then one day I just couldn't take it anymore. I had this nagging thought that he was only going so if I did marry him then I would be marring an RM like I always wanted. So I asked him up front "Are you going because you want to go or are you going for me?" If he said he was going for me I was going to tell him not to go. It's just not a good enough reason; missionaries should go because THEY want to not because other people think they should. He looked me straight in the eyes and I could tell that he was feeling something, something I only found out recently in one of his letters. He finally said that he was going for him. I felt so much relief when he said that.
I find it kind of ironic, though, that I had two other friends who decided to wait for missionaries both got promise rings while I didn't(I told him to either use it for his mission or save it for the "real" ring), also my missionary left first. And I'm the only one still waiting the other two are now married. LOL.
Anyway in that letter I mentioned earlier he recalled that experience. He said that he kept trying to tell me flat out that he didn't want to go on a mission because he wasn't sure the church was true. And when I asked him whether or not he was going for himself he felt the Spirit tell him "you know in your heart just as you know you love her you know that this is the Lord's church on the earth and that it is true and the Book of Mormon is true and it is led and guided by a prophet of God."
Anyway 20 months have gone by and only 4 months left. I am getting excited.
Relationship Status: ?
Her Story:
Relationship Status: We dated before the mission. I'm not dating anyone else.
Her Story:
My story has sadly just begun. I moved to a new town and to a new high school my junior year. Being at a new school I was terrified, and I deeply missed my old school and friends. But I soon got into the swing of things. I made new friends, I loved seminary, I loved my new ward - life was going great. I even started dating a guy. But things didn't work out between us and we soon broke up.
Heart broken, I thought I would never date until college, until I met my Alex. Alex and I shared the same seminary class, that was where we first met. I realized how strong of a testimony he had; that was what I was first attracted to (besides his good looks of course). Alex and I started talking and became good friends but I realized I wasn't quite ready for a serious relationship just yet, so I slowed things down between us. I soon realized how completely stupid I had been and begged Alex to reconsider. He being the kind hearted man he is, did.
We've been dating for 5 months now. I know, I know, it seems short, and I definitely shouldn't be this smitten, but he's got me wound around his finger. The day Alex got his mission call I couldn't have been more excited!!!!!! Alex has been called to serve in the east El Salvador mission!!! and is to report to the MTC on September 14!!! So these past few months we have been both preparing for him to leave. I've read all the LDS missionary girfriend websites I can find, and can't help but be a little discouraged at the low percentage of people who actually end up marrying there missionary, but I know that if it is the Lord's will that everything will work out.
So as I said before, my missionary story has just begun, but I can not wait for him to leave. Don't get me wrong, I am going to miss him terribly but, he is serving the lord faithfully, there is nothing that could make me happier than watching my Alex serve the lord! I can't wait to hear about all his companions, the crazy food he has to eat, the failure stories, the success stories, the baptisms. I can't wait to hear it all!!! My Alex is going to make a fantastic missionary, and if we make it through the two years and get married, or not, I want to help him make his mission the best experience of his life!
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Thank you so much, and I hope to have stories to share very soon!
