Top-Notch Tuesday - I'm Going On a Mission.

Nothing could be more top-notch than that.

I have so much homework I should be doing right now, but my head is so full of thoughts that need to be written down before I start focusing on something else. So I'm sitting in the Artist's Block Cafe in the Fine Arts Building, waiting for my smoked turkey avocado sandwich and feeling like the luckiest person in the world.

After being on the waiting list for a looong time, I finally had my interview with the stake president tonight, which means my mission papers are completely out of my hands and I have nothing left to do but wait.

Just like in my bishop's interview, I felt like the stake president knew everything he was supposed to say to me. He said, "Because I've been blessed to be your stake president, Heavenly Father told me some things about you while I looked over your papers. You're going to be a powerful missionary; let me tell you why." I don't know how to explain it, but it was like he knew everything about me, but only as the best possible version of myself. Like he knew the person I could be.

 He told me that he knew I had a teaching heart, that my heartstrings are easily pulled by children and people who are less fortunate than I am. He told me that Heavenly Father knew that I wanted to use my education to bless others and that he would help people in my mission to see that. He promised me that even though the people I would teach on my mission would have fewer opportunities and life chances than I have had, that they would not be intimidated by my education because they would be able to tell that I didn't think I was better than they were. He told me that I was trustworthy and that I'd always wanted to be a good friend.

And then, very suddenly, he said, "Hilary, you will learn to trust people again. I promise you that you will be able to trust. And you will find yourself in the temple with someone who you are absolutely crazy about, not just someone who is good enough. I promise that you will be so glad it's him and not anyone else, and you will know why everything happened to you exactly the way it did."

As soon as we put just a small amount of trust in our Heavenly Father, he puts a tremendous amount of trust in us. I am humbled and grateful that He would even let me be a small instrument in his hands, that He would allow me to participate in His miracles.

I will be getting my mission call sometime in January and I have never been happier!