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My Mission Call
By Steven Fales | July 2, 2010
I was so excited when I received my mission call to serve as a full-time missionary for the Mormon Church! I was nineteen.
May 11, 1989
Elder Steven Heard Fales
Las Vegas, NV 89102
Dear Elder Fales:
You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the Portugal Porto Mission. It is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 24 months.
You should report to the Missionary Training Center in Provo, UT, on Wednesday, 16 August 1989. You will learn the discussions in Portuguese.
You have been recommended as one worthy to represent the Lord as a minister of the restored gospel. You will be an official representative of the Church. As such, you will be expected to maintain highest standards of conduct and appearance by keeping the commandments, living mission rules, and following the counsel of your mission president.
You will also be expected to devote all your time and attention to serving the Lord, leaving behind all other personal affairs. As you do these things, the Lord will bl3ess you and you will become an effective advocate and messenger of the truth. We place in you our confidence and pray that the Lord will help you meet your responsibilities.
The Lord will reward the goodness of your life. Greater blessings and more happiness than you have yet experienced await you as you humbly and prayerfully serve the Lord in this labor of love among his children.
We ask that you please send your written acceptance promptly, endorsed by your bishop.
Sincerely,
President Ezra Taft Benson
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