Patience

The week before Thanksgiving my little sister who is attending BYU-I hurried to get her mission papers submitted so she could open them at home surrounded by family. But guess what? We waited and waited and her call never came. People who submitted their papers AFTER her were getting their calls, and we were (im)patiently waiting.

Two days after returning to college, she received a text saying her mission call was ready to be viewed online. So what did we do? Exactly nine hours from the time she got her call, there were 25 family members on FaceTime, and her roommate was streaming the event on Instagram live. It was amazing to be able to (kind of) be there with her when she opened it, to see her reaction, and have that immediate need of wanting to know where she was going be filled. But what would we have done in the days before FaceTime and Instagram live?

If it would have just been her reading the call on speaker over the phone, then yes, technology enhanced our experience.

But what if she had wanted family to be around her and she decided to wait until Christmas so we could all celebrate together? Does that mean technology just took away one the most exciting, nervous, and humbling experiences away from our family that would have created memories and an even stronger bond?

Due to technology, I've heard of people receiving their calls in TWO days, I was able to see my sister's reaction, I am entertained whenever I want, I can call and talk to my mom everyday, I can see that an acquaintance I met on a leadership retreat 9 years ago got engaged just 27 minutes ago. It's all so amazing, yet scary.

Are we becoming an impatient generation?





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  1. Kayla MaxfieldDecember 12, 2018 at 11:11 AM

    This is so sweet :') brought me back to the impatience of waiting for my call. PS Paraguay is awesome, and she will love it

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