A former MTC student whom I dearly love responded to an email, said that he was ten months out on his mission, and asked what advice I might have. After thinking for a minute, an answer clearly came to me. I wrote it up, and as I did so, I realized it applies so much to my life now and really to everyone, each day we are still here in mortality:
I love your drive to work hard! The advice I would have given myself at 10 months (or really any time in the middle of the mission) is to not wait. In the back of my mind I had thoughts like, "Well, once I become a senior companion I'll start doing this" or "Once I get a new companion, then I'll really be able to work the way I want" or "Once I get transferred out of this dang area, then I'll start to teach more." Unfortunately, there's always going to be something less than ideal about your circumstances, and if you play this waiting game, it really holds you back from what you might have done. So you just have to give it all right now, every day, despite all the opposition and challenges. Your mission is made of around 700 less than perfect days, but if you full send whatever you are given each day, you can look back with no regrets and lots of great memories and confidence that you served well. So don't wait and just be the missionary you want to be now.
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