Sister Gale in the Greece Region of the Adriatic South Mission

I am so grateful for all my friends and family who have supported me in everything, especially within these last few months. It was so amazing to be surrounded by so many of them this Sunday. The amount of love I have for them and constantly feel from them is unreal.  I've had several requests to share my farewell talk, so here it is! ... Good afternoon brothers and sisters! Since I’ve been away at college it seems like our ward has grown quite a bit and many of you may not recognize me. So… let me introduce myself a little bit. My name is Kaylee Gale. I just finished up my first semester at BYU and as of right now, I am majoring in Exercise Science. I am the oldest of 4 girls, and yes… we do drive our dad crazy sometimes. In exactly 16 days, I’ll be known as αδελφή Gale, or sister Gale in Greek. 3 LONG months ago I received a mission call to serve as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. And then about 2 months ago, I finally got around...

41 days left till I report to the MTC! ... not that I'm counting or anything (; These next few weeks are going to fly by. I couldn't be more excited, anxious, nervous, scared, or pretty much all of the above. Through studying my scriptures, I have been able to find so much peace and comfort. I am so grateful for words of our prophets and thought I'd share a few of my favorite verses. ... ALMA 26:12 "Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever" D&C 24:7 "For thou shalt devote all thy service in Zion; and in this thou shalt have strength" MOSIAH 4:6-8 "I say unto you, if ye have come to a knowledge of the goodness of God, and his matchless power, and his wisdom, and his patience, and his long-suffer...

Having the opportunity to serve a mission has always been in the back of my mind throughout my entire life. However, the decision to actually serve was not the quickest decision I’ve ever made. I have always had the desire to serve, but I wanted to be sure that this was part of Heavenly Father’s plan for me. This past summer I was thinking about a mission a lot, more so than I ever had before. But, I still didn't feel like I had received a clear answer on whether or not I should. There had been a day when I had just finished reading my patriarchal blessing and felt I needed to continue reading where I had just left off in my scripture study that same morning. I was in Alma 13 and had come across versus 3 and 4,  “And this is the manner after which they were ordained--being called and prepared from the foundation of the world according to the foreknowledge of God”. Following reading this, another scripture popped into my mind, 3 Nephi 22:13,  “And all thy children sha...