Missionary Week Challenge

Hello my dear friends of the internet,
       Yesterday I got a challenge from my awesome brother. He said that one of his friends challenged him to be a part of this missionary challenge. 

Here are the rules of the missionary challenge:

• No tv
• No social media, unless you are sharing the gospel
• No music unless efy or hymns.
• Study your scriptures at least twice a day
• In all conversations try to include the gospel
• Dressed up everyday this week in missionary attire
• Basically, Follow the missionary rules.
• The main goal is to give somebody the Book of Mormon and hopefully invite them to church

Who does this challenge you may ask? 

Well this is what my brother said, "They do it at huge schools where only 50 of 10,000 kids are members but the whole school knows that during this week they can ask anybody that is dressed up, about the church. It is an experience that promotes missionary work and is a huge eye opener. It is a youth challenge for the most part simply because it is something that can prepare you for your mission and help you to grow."

My brother also extended this challenge to me and my husband. We then extended this invitation to my husband's family and our ward through our ward facebook page. 

How am I accomplishing this challenge?

Today has been my first day. I don't really do a whole lot outside of my home so I haven't done a whole lot. I have talked with several people about the gospel. I am also reading the book The Power Of Everyday Missionaries by Clayton M. Christensen. I have enjoyed this book. I am learning a lot about being a missionary. I will be writing more about this book when I finish it. I am really enjoying the spirit that comes with scripture study. I have had so many ideas on what to do next in my life. I have had a lot of questions and felt very stuck for the past little while. I am now feeling a little more direction in my life. I love the Lord. I love feeling His guidance daily. I recently realized that I have a great desire to help others come unto Christ and learn of Him. This challenge is the perfect start for me. 

I also asked my brother for his experience so far. This is the message he sent me:

"Ok well honesty, it's been a lot harder than I ever expected. There are members of the church that put words in our mouth and make it seem like we are mocking our own beliefs by doing this. It's day one And there are 9 people in my school that have accepted this challenge and are dressed as missionaries. While there are several members that put us down. There are several nonmembers that personally told me that they would much rather come to somebody who is dressed up and taking action for what we believe rather than somebody who is a member but have to much worry about their ego to dress up and say this is who I am and I want to share it with everybody I see and meet."

I think that is amazing. It is sad that people believing the same as you would mock you. I am excited though. I think this rising generation is absolutely amazing. 

For those of you who are not familiar with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 

I have a word to say to those who are not members of our church. If you see someone doing this challenge, know that they truly love their religion and simply want to share the joy they have found in the gospel with those around them. I truly believe this message we share can and will bless your life if you let it. If you would like to know more there are a few things you can do.

1. If you are at a school that has mormons who are doing this challenge, feel free to go up and ask them questions, that's why they are doing this. 

2. Check out https://www.mormon.org/. Here you can ask questions and read about the basic doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. aka Mormons aka LDS. You can also connect with members and missionaries and ask any questions. 

3. If you know there is an LDS church near you, try going by on Sunday. The LDS church typically meets at 9am, 11am. Sometimes there are other times. I believe you can check online for the times near you. 

4. If you know your neighbor or friend is a Mormon. Ask them about their beliefs and how you can learn more.

Those are just a few ideas on how to learn about the LDS church.  

If you would like to know more about this challenge, feel free to message me.

I now challenge each of you who reads this post to also do this challenge or learn more about the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint.

-I choose to Believe


P.S. I plan to post a follow up next week about how this challenge went for me and others who also did this challenge. If you do this challenge and would like me to post about your experience message me on facebook https://www.facebook.com/JessalynsLife 

****Edit****
This is an article in the New Era about this missionary week
https://www.lds.org/new-era/1994/05/the-spirit-of-st-louis?lang=eng