Ep. 140 - Author Drew Young - The Meaning of Your Mission

Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints

Society & Culture

4.7 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Drew Young is the author of the new book The Meaning of Your Mission: Lessons and Principles to Know You Are Enough. We talk about his growing up on the east coast in a large family, the challenges and blessings of moving to Utah at age twelve, discovering struggles with anxiety, being bullied, finding strength and confidence in himself, the decision to serve a mission, difficulties with the return of anxiety in the MTC, and ultimately the decision to come home at the end of his MTC experience. He then shares the challenges an early returned missionary faces including dealing with sometimes hurtful questions and comments from friends and families, wrestling with self-worth, figuring out what comes next and how the atonement plays in to all of this. These experiences lead Drew to figure out his mission in life, find peace, gain strength and now publish his new book to help others find their mission. Drew is amazing. He is so open and humble as he speaks with the spirit. His book is a powerful story of God's love for and awareness of us all.

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0:00.0	The Latter Day Lives podcast is not owned or operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
0:12.7	Any opinions expressed or implied in this recording are solely those of the host and guests
0:17.0	and not of any specific organization unless otherwise stated.
0:27.1	Hello, friends. Welcome to episode 140 of the Latter Day Lives podcast. I'm your host, Sean Rupier.
0:34.0	Thank you so much for tuning in again this week. We really appreciate it. We've got a
0:38.9	great show for you this week. But before we jump into that, we want to thank one of our reviewers
0:43.9	on Apple Podcasts. The username is Abby Green. Thank you so much for your five-star review and your
0:51.0	wonderful words. We really appreciate it. This week in the conversation, my guest, Drew Young,
0:57.1	I think this is a really important conversation and an important message that he and his book have.
1:03.7	We talk all about mental health issues, as well as him coming home earlier than he had expected from his mission. And he's just
1:13.4	got such a great message of hope. And again, I think it's an important message for all of us to hear.
1:20.7	You are going to love this. Drew is just fantastic. And coming up this week in my latter day life,
1:26.6	the funny thing about faith in change.
1:29.5	It's all coming up.
1:31.1	So sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's conversation.
1:51.0	And today, right here in the Latter- Live Studios, and yes, we are recording live for the first time since COVID.
1:59.6	We are sitting six feet apart from each other, but it is my honor to have a new author of an incredible book that we'll talk all about.
2:00.9	Drew Young, welcome to the show.
2:05.0	Thanks, Sean. It's great to be here. Oh, thank you so much for coming. You reached out to me,
2:11.2	and I was so excited to hear your story, and I can't wait to dive into the book. But first of all,
2:18.9	we've got to get to know you. So tell us a little bit about where you're from, where you grew up? Yeah, so I was born in Utah, and at the age of three, my dad got a new job and moved us out to New Canaan, Connecticut. He worked in New York City,
2:24.4	so we moved out there, and it was my happy childhood years. You know, it's a lot different out there.
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