15 - What Language is That?

            January 2012 I received a big white envelope in the mail. It was a letter that I had been waiting for a long time to get. It was my mission call. With family and friends gathered around I had opened it up to see where I was going. Reading it to myself, I said out loud “what language is that?” My mom started freaking out thinking that I had been called to some strange land but then I eased her fears when I read the words California Sacramento Mission. The language that I was to speak, Laotian. At first, unlike my mom, I was kind of disappointed that I was going states side on my mission. I was really hoping to be called it Italy but the Lord had different plans for me.

            My mission to serve the Lao people in California was one of the best experiences of my life. I would have never given it up for the world. Like many missionaries, I had no idea what I was getting into. I wish that I could be able to say everything that I can about my mission. Write every experience down on this blog. But if I did, I would be here for weeks writing and writing. My mission really did change my life. I grew physically, spiritually, and mentally. Learning the Lao language was one of the hardest things I have ever done in my life. ແຕ່ວ່າມັນມ່ວນຫລາຍທີ່ຈະເວົ້າໃນພາສາລາວ. This opportunity I had to go and be a missionary not only changed my life only but the life of many others around me. Like I said I wouldn’t have changed it for the world.