Moi Messages

This evening my ward is having a Missionary fireside, I don't know what all there is to be involved with it but I volunteered to speak about a missionary experience I had. I don't have many but I have one that I view as a missionary experience that I'll be sharing.

             "My missionary moment isn't from two Elders or Sisters dedicating two years of their lives to serve our Lord. It is from 42 teenagers just like me with 3 amazing councilors and a camp called E.F.Y. They changed me completely and for the better, I don't think they realize the impact they each had on my life. I wouldn't take back that week for anything.
              Before I went to E.F.Y. I knew that I was loved and that I was special, or I thought I knew. But we all hear that we are special and that we're loved but there's a difference from hearing and knowing. And I was only hearing for a long time. My self-confidence was rotten, I felt hopeless and I seeked for any compliment I could hold; but all that began to change after my first day of E.F.Y.
              Over the course of that week, my heart changed, my self-confidence grew, and I began to know things I was only hearing before. I felt the arms of the Atonement surround me, reminding me that I as worth it. And God's endless mercies unfolden around me as I felt His unconditional love consume me.
              I wouldn't be the person I am today, I wouldn't be constantly encouraging myself to be better, I wouldn't be the Holy Ghost frequently without my 45 missionaries who gave up a week of their summer to help a lost sheep return to the flock and feel the happiness once again. They will never realize how much that week has changed me and my future family; I'm in endless gratitude towards you all. My words aren't enough."