On September 21, 2013 I received
my mission call to the Utah Salt Lake City West mission. I have to admit, when I first read the lines
I couldn’t believe it. I was
disappointed that I wasn’t going somewhere I had never been, rather I was going
to a place I was very familiar with. I
was born in Salt Lake City and lived there for four years. Practically my whole extended family is in
Utah and Idaho, with one family inside my mission and two five minutes
away. I accepted the call, but I think I
hadn’t posted here about receiving my call because I wasn’t excited about
it. If I had been going to Argentina or
Belgium or Russia I would have been ecstatic, reminding everyone every day that
I was going somewhere across the globe.
However, I was assigned to boring Salt Lake where I fly into every
semester to go to school and have stay for Holidays while visiting family.
However, now I’m getting excited
to go. It took quite the paradigm shift
for me to understand that I’m going to teach the gospel not be a tourist. It’s actually a blessing going to a familiar
place because I will be able to dive right into teaching without having to
worry about a language or culture to wrap my head around. Because of this assignment I will be able to achieve
so much more than if I was assigned anywhere else. With the Lord’s help I’ll be able to attune
myself to him and influence lives. Now
that I understand my purpose I’m excited to start teaching.
I’ll update you via my mom or
other family members who will record the letters I write to them. Also, if you want to send me packages (I will
be either in the MTC or my first assignment on Christmas) while I am in the Missionary Training Center (MTC) you can send it to:
Sister Annah
Kirsten Despain
DEC17 UT-SLCW
2009 N 900 E Unit 131Provo UT 84602
2009 N 900 E Unit 131Provo UT 84602
You can also email me at annah.despain@myldsmail.net.
When my P.O. box will be sent to me right before I head out for the MTC I will post it on here and facebook.
