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Courage to accept thy will

I'm about to be so cliche and start out with a story from my mission. But before you roll your eyes into the back of your head or stop reading just know that this story is more about what I learned in the moment and not really about missions or missionary work. I was about 6 months into my mission and I had been serving in Grand Forks, ND the entire time. I was training a new missionary who was pretty much the opposite of me, very quiet and introverted, not one to speak up. Very sweet girl, but I remember thinking, Heavenly Father are you SURE this was the missionary you wanted ME to train? (if you were wondering the answer was yes and I learned so much from my time with her) We didn't have much work to do and having been in the area for as long as I had I was incredibly tired and sincerely didn't know what to do.  One Sunday we are sitting in Sacrament meeting singing hymn 169 As now we take the sacrament. During the 3rd verse someone sitting behind me asked me something s