An Eternal Work

Hello hello!

How are you all doing? I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July. What an incredible day to celebrate all the freedoms we have in this wonderful country. I am so grateful for the right I have to not only live my religion, but to preach to others about it every day. Such an incredible blessing!

At MLC this week our new mission president, Pres. Felix shared a really great message. He talked about how this is an eternal work. He talked about the hope is that we as missionaries gain such unshakable faith that our children and our grandchildren with all receive their endowments in the temple. That was incredibly powerful for me. What we are doing out here is so much bigger than we realized. It is bigger than me, this single moment in time. This is the work of eternity. He talked about some different things we'll be doing in missionary work worldwide to better unite members and missionaries. I thought about how much unity I feel with every single missionary. It's amazing to be out here because we are all such completely different people. We come from different places and have lead many different lives. Yet we are all one, because we feel completely united in our purpose as disciples of Jesus Christ and ministers of His restored gospel. It made me think, what if every single member understood that was their purpose? How unified would we all feel with one another? If it were just automatically understood that we are all trying to share the gospel and build Zion, no explanation needed. It made me think how Zion is those who are of one heart, and one mind. We truly are building Zion right now. We do it by all being united in our purpose to invite others to come unto Christ. As members, we have covenanted to do so. We all have that purpose.

This helped me so much to conquer any sadness I was feeling with the imminent coming of the end of my mission. There is no end. With the gospel of Jesus Christ, we endure to the end, and even that leads to eternal life (D&C 14:7). This is an eternal work.

That brought me so much joy! I have a purpose right now, and that will be my purpose for eternity. Transitions will always be a part of the Lord's work. But the work of the Lord continues. And if ye have desires to serve God, ye are called to the work (D&C 4:3). We can always be a part of it if we wish to be.

Hna. Cannon