tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006910670298002065.post5900488811635485176..comments2016-06-20T11:09:01.519-07:00Comments on The Nuffer Nest: My boys on missions?Raylenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17858863037356357105noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006910670298002065.post-3650770266697650792013-03-21T13:13:33.171-07:002013-03-21T13:13:33.171-07:00Thanks for the words of encouragement ladies. I&#...Thanks for the words of encouragement ladies. I'm glad to know I'm not alone, Missi and Amy.<br /><br />Melinda- Thank you for your sweet words. They really hit home and made me a little excited for the experience. I hadn't thought about how it would expand my faith as well as their's. I know when the time comes I'll have better understanding. Right now I can't get passed how much they need me because they do, they're still so small. It's hard to imagine that they won't need me as much in a few years. ;)Raylenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17858863037356357105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006910670298002065.post-86116752573218077772013-03-20T21:09:36.207-07:002013-03-20T21:09:36.207-07:00Sending boys on missions is amazing, it expands yo...Sending boys on missions is amazing, it expands your faith just like blowing up a balloon. You feel all faint and dizzy after he leaves, and you watch him go up and up. I thought a mission would be just about the one going, but really it made me trust in God more, made me exercise my own faith, and feel what true sacrifice is. It is a sacrifice for the family, for the one going, and so much for mom. After doing it three times, I watched their lives change for the better, their testimonies changing every future decision to put God first, forever. What momma doesn't want that? You can do it Raylene, you teach them well, then just put them right into the hand of God. :)pebblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08731313575759678786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006910670298002065.post-63538826562120018672013-03-19T20:23:02.533-07:002013-03-19T20:23:02.533-07:00Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Raylene! I hadn&...Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Raylene! I hadn't really thought much about what it will be like to send my son off into the world for a mission, so this gave me something to think about. I'm glad we all have so long to get used to the idea - and maybe by the time they're teenagers we'll be ready to send them off for two years ;)<br />Also, don't feel bad about not knowing stuff about Primary. I went to Primary and can hardly remember it anyway! When we sing Primary songs, I often can't remember the words, or the tune, and half the time start singing different words than my husband. I figure one of these days I'll get a CD of Primary songs or actually look at the Children's Songbook.Amy Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11039146428240018380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006910670298002065.post-38871458144709319292013-03-19T14:39:17.916-07:002013-03-19T14:39:17.916-07:00Raylene, my momma heart aches right along with you...Raylene, my momma heart aches right along with yours at the thought of sending my boys out there, where I know they will be mocked and ridiculed. I think you hit the nail on the head when you said that every LDS mom's heart does the same thing. But I also know exactly what serving a mission meant to me as a missionary, and I would never, ever, never, wish to take that experience out of my life. It was more influential than ANYTHING in my life up to that point. So of course I want for my boys to have that, because I know that they will have to be strong for this world and that will help them be strong, along with about a million other reasons. <br />As to not knowing things about how Primary operates and the Articles of Faith and all that stuff, I totally wouldn't worry. You are already doing the important things, and more than most moms, that's for sure. If you feel like you need to know all the details, you can pick Jim's brain, find pretty much all of it on the church website, or even "volunteer" to help with Primary on any Sunday. <br />Isn't it amazing how one person's decision to share can totally change us? I think that is one of the miracles of the internet and why it's still around, because there's so much junk that there must be some redeeming factor. And if you found peace with this, then that totally makes up for so much. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993452161702943411noreply@blogger.com