The Mission
Two years in the American South.
Latter-day Saint missionaries pay their own way, go where they are assigned rather than where they ask, and spend two years working for nothing. They are given a companion, an area, a bicycle or a car, and a name tag that puts the name of Jesus Christ above their own.
“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.”
Ammon, after fourteen years of missionary work among people who had every reason to kill him instead.
— Alma 26:12
The guitar D&C 25:12
I learned about the love of Christ by getting good at something, and then giving it away.
Partway through the mission, the mission’s own account — Believe., based in Nashville — filmed me with a guitar, talking about what practising an instrument had taught me about how Christ loves people.
It is the only piece of my mission that exists publicly, which is why it is here rather than a summary written after the fact.
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Elder Tanner Yost explains what he has learned about Christ’s love by fostering his talent on the guitar. Posted by Believe. Nashville, April 2024.
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Missionaries are assigned a companion and an area, and go where they are sent.