Pittsburgh Mission Memoirs

I feel, since it is Christmas time, I should write a little something about what it means to me. Being at BYU means that there is a lot of singing. If you sing, you are in a choir. If you don't sing, you will be in a choir. Needless to say, being in a choir around this time of year means singing a lot of Christmas songs.(Yes, I know they aren't Christmas songs, but songs about Christ....

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because...

Dear Elder Anderson, 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 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Mission. And thus began some of the most thrilling, nerve-wracking, influential, growth-filled years of...