Gems-Teachings: To the Future Missionaries of the Church

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"To every young man I would say, do you want to be happy? If so, comeand join with us, 52,000 strong and counting, and serve your fellow man as a missionary for the Lord. Make the commitment to give two years of your life to the Lord. It will change everything. You will be happy. The fog will lift. You will come to love the culture and the people you are called to serve. The work will be difficult, but there will also be great satisfaction and joy as you serve. If you are faithful during your mission and thereafter, you will look back on your life and say with President Hinckley, 'Everything that has happened to me since that's been good I can trace to that decision to serve a mission and give my life to the Lord.' "

(David F. Evans, "Your Mission Will Change Everything," Ensign, May 2006, 33)