From Santo Domingo to Provo: Carrying Missionary Fire Into Everyday Life

Missionary fire is easy to recognize when a whole day is built around it. The harder test comes later, when scripture study competes with classes, relationships, food, sleep, exercise, and the ordinary drift of a BYU semester. Susanna Cameron’s answer is not dramatic. It is prayer, ward service, saying hi, and learning to keep choosing God without a missionary schedule doing half the work. Susanna, or Susie, comes from Rexburg, Idaho, and now studies history at BYU in Provo. She has grown up with two faithful parents who gave her a foundation in Jesus Christ while still making space for questions and doubts. That combination matters. Her mission, a terrible accident, and the healing process prepared here for going back to the field but didn't smooth the journey of coming back home. Susanna shares how she has been able to find connection and purpose here. Doing things that is the shape of everyday discipleship. Not a performance. Not a perfect system. Just a returned missionary who admits goals used to stress her out, laughs that personal progress was not her jam, and still keeps asking where she can look for God where she has not been looking before. Tune in to hear Susanna's keys to unlocking divinity!