I served the Lord as a missionary for a year and a half in the Frankfurt Germany Mission. It was amazing! Both amazingly difficult and amazingly rewarding :). I am so grateful I did it. And I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father and to Jesus for their help and their love.
I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one of the ways we can serve in the church is by going on a full-time mission. I entered the Missionary Training Center (MTC) in Provo, Utah on June 10, 2009. I was there for 2 1/2 weeks before flying to Frankfurt, Germany. I served with several companions in several different congregations in and around Frankfurt for a year and a half and then returned home on December 30, 2010.
During that time as a 'full-time' missionary, I lived a different life. I took a break from my studies at university. I didn't have a job--and I didn't get paid to do the 'missionary work' either. In fact, I paid to go and do it. We didn't have to worry about paying rent and we got monthly 'allowances' (part of the money we had spent to come on a mission) to pay for things like groceries. (In some missions the monthly allowances are used to pay for rent and utilities, but in our mission, those things were handled and paid for directly from the mission office.)
I served by teaching people about the gospel of Jesus Christ, helping the members of the local congregations, and helping in the communities. We helped paint houses, sang at nursing homes, helped people move, etc. Wherever and whenever we could, we tried to serve as Jesus would. Most of all, however, we tried to serve by sharing the love of God.
During that time as a 'full-time' missionary, I lived a different life. I took a break from my studies at university. I didn't have a job--and I didn't get paid to do the 'missionary work' either. In fact, I paid to go and do it. We didn't have to worry about paying rent and we got monthly 'allowances' (part of the money we had spent to come on a mission) to pay for things like groceries. (In some missions the monthly allowances are used to pay for rent and utilities, but in our mission, those things were handled and paid for directly from the mission office.)
I served by teaching people about the gospel of Jesus Christ, helping the members of the local congregations, and helping in the communities. We helped paint houses, sang at nursing homes, helped people move, etc. Wherever and whenever we could, we tried to serve as Jesus would. Most of all, however, we tried to serve by sharing the love of God.
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