February 27th, 2008Happy "Hump Day" Elder Maughan!
It's hard to believe that this picture was taken one year ago. They say the first year passes slowly and then the second year flies by. In our case, the first year seemed to zoom past us. Looking back, the MTC experience was so hard, but I'm so happy that Elder Maughan is out there, immersed in the work and so happy to be a missionary.
In the past year, he's had so many unique experiences. He's grown in ways that he couldn't have anywhere else. There have been days, I'm guessing, that's it's been hard being a missionary and days that it's been rewarding being a missionary. I keep telling myself, "It's all part of the growing process." It's all worth it though. All the tears, worry and frustration have been worth knowing that Elder Maughan is happy and loving life in the mission field and that he knows what he is doing is important and necessary.
Before Justin left, someone gave us one of those "count down charts." You know, the one with 730 little, teeny, tiny cirles on it. I looked at it a year ago and thought, "No Way!" I just filed it right away. I pulled it out this week and looked what was "behind" us and what's "ahead" of us. It doesn't seem so overwhelming, now! Don't get me wrong, I love having a missionary. I'll just love it more when I have a return missionary!
2 comments:
You've been busy, Jamie! And it looks like Justin has been busy too. I really enjoy reading about what he's doing on his mission. Good job, Mom.
Congrats to Justin and to you guys! I have a countdown chart for my brother too, and I thought the same thing - I'll never fill this thing out! Crazy that it's halfway filled now. This will all be over before we know it! Here's to an awesome second year for both of our missionaries!
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