The Grand Beginging

Day 0:
I'm leaving for my mission early tomorrow morning.  Before I head out and am deprived of the internet for the next two years, I decided that I should explain the reason for this blog, as well as how it got it's name.  As I've already mentioned, I'm leaving to serve an LDS mission for two years to the Mexico Ciudad Obregon area.  While I'm in Mexico, I will spend most of my time teaching faith and repentance in the name of Jesus Christ, as well as serving the people I meet in Mexico.  As per the rules of my mission, I will be given a missionary companion that I will be joined at the hip to at all times.  I'll be required to live a rigorously structured life that includes waking up a 6:30 and being in bed by 10:30 each day, studying for several hours a day, and surviving with very little access to the internet.  I won't be able to visit home at any time during this period, I'll only be allowed to call home twice a year, and I'll only get to write home once a week.  This is why nearly all of the posts that come up will be published by my mom.  I will be sending her a letter each week telling her what to publish for this blog though.
The title of this blog is a play on words from the primary song, "I'm trying to be like Jesus."  Growing up, this was one of my favorite primary songs, and it seemed like a fitting choice for the blog.  I've decided that all of my future posts will start with the words: I'm trying to be like...  Or at least that's the plan.
In addition to this blog, I'll also be able to email, or at least write depending on my area, anyone that is interested in what I'm doing or how my mission is going.  If anyone wants to email me, I can be reached at matthew.gooden@myldsmail.net.

104 weeks to go:

Elder Gooden