Instrument to God.

Through the years, I have sent brothers on missions.  It is what is expected of a worthy nineteen year old male raised in a Mormon family.  A couple years ago, the youngest brother returned home from his mission.  As far as my family goes, we believed that he was the last one.  But little to our knowledge was that God had a different plan for such a remarkable young lady.  Though she hadn't even reached the age of accountability, she has filled out the papers and sent them in without a second thought.  I knew she was considering the idea of a mission for about a year now, but it never dawned on me that she might really go.  Back tracking a few years, I figured that she would go up to college, find Mr. Right and would get married.  But like I said, sometimes God has a different plan.  This remarkable young lady will touch the lives of anyone she comes in contact with.  She radiates the spirit in all her walks of life! She is close with God and has a burning testimony.  I know this, because she has impacted my life.  Only 22 months apart, and sometimes confused as twins, she has been with me from the beginning.  I would consider her my best friend, my sister, and now my missionary.  My sister, Kelsie Dawn Mason, has made the decision to be an instrument in God's hand while she puts her life on hold for 18 months.  I am so proud of her example and faith to go do God's work.  We don't know where Kelsie is going yet, but where ever she is called, I know she will bless the lives of those people just as she has blessed my life!  I am going to miss my older sister!  But I know that this is God's plan for her and I am going to support her in this calling.  Sister K. Mason,  I know you will bless the lives of those where ever you go. The story of a girl, who has to say goodbye for a time to someone who impacted her life tremendously, but it is a goodbye she is willing to overlook.  "A missionary, someone who leaves their home for a time, so that those they teach can be with their families for eternity."  This is the price I am willing to pay.  I love you Kelsie.  

You will forever be my "Sister".