6

Completion of Your Mission

6.0

Introduction

Prepare yourself now to continue living your life as a disciple of Jesus Christ and as a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after you are released. Although your mission will have ended, you will continue to seek to fulfill your life’s mission of returning to live with Heavenly Father.

6.1

“My Plan”

As your mission draws to a close and with the help of your service missionary advisers, complete your “My Plan.” Share it with your service missionary advisers. After your mission, you will be assigned a mentor who can help and support you in following your “My Plan.”

6.2

Concluding Your Mission

Because you are still a missionary until you have been released by your stake president, you are expected to follow all missionary standards until that time.

6.3

Serving and Growing after Your Mission

When you finish your mission, continue to live the gospel and maintain righteous habits that help you stay close to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Use your talents and abilities you have developed to strengthen others and build up the kingdom of God. Make sure to:

• Share your mission experience with others.

• Follow your “My Plan” and continue to set goals throughout your life.

• Pray and study the gospel daily.

• Attend and participate in your home ward or young single adult ward; ask your bishop for a calling.

• Seek opportunities to serve in the temple if there is one nearby.

• Continue to seek opportunities to serve others.

• Attend institute or other religious education classes.

• Seek education, training, and employment opportunities.

Live so you will experience the kind of joy described in the Book of Mormon when Alma the Younger met fellow missionaries later in life:

“As Alma was journeying from the land of Gideon southward, away to the land of Manti, behold, to his astonishment, he met with the sons of Mosiah journeying towards the land of Zarahemla. …

“… Therefore Alma did rejoice exceedingly to see his brethren; and what added more to his joy, they were still his brethren in the Lord; yea, and they had waxed strong in the knowledge of the truth; for they were men of a sound understanding and they had searched the scriptures diligently, that they might know the word of God.

“But this is not all; they had given themselves to much prayer, and fasting; therefore they had the spirit of prophecy, and the spirit of revelation, and when they taught, they taught with power and authority of God” (Alma 17:1–3).