I Can Become Strong Through the Lord

I am going on a mission on April 24th which is really coming soon!  As excited as I am, I can't help but have some days where I am filled with doubts.  I doubt my ability to learn a new language and live in a new country.  I get down on myself when I think of the amount of courage and persistence that a mission takes.  I start to have deep feelings of inadequacy and I start to feel severely unprepared.
However, I felt so much peace and reassurance when I read from the book of Mormon this week.  In 4 Nephi, Ammaron is looking for someone to give the plates to.  He settles on giving them to Mormon.  This is shocking, though, as Mormon is only 10 years old!  I can't even imagine.  I have a little brother that's 14 and that seems way too young--10 is just crazy!  However, Mormon was mature, learned, and had a testimony of Christ.  He had these amazing qualities that God worked with.  Heavenly Father shaped Mormon into the instrument God needed Mormon to be.  Mormon, at 10, didn't have every quality he needed to be so imperative in the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.  However, he had the desire to be a man of God.  He knew what he needed to become and he let the power of God change him.
This is so reassuring to me.  I think I have a few qualities that will help me be a good missionary.  However, there is SO MUCH that I need to learn and I know I am not even close to being the missionary Heavenly Father needs me to be.  As I come to Him, though, and give Him all that I have, Heavenly Father will work with me and help me grow.  He will be patient with me and help me grow into my potential.
I know that when I go to Brazil, there will be times when I feel like a measly 10 year old.  There will be times when I just don't know what to say, or when I am so exhausted, but I can't let those feelings drive me to inadequacy.  Though I may feel unqualified, I need to remember that Heavenly Father trusts His children with amazing things.  I know He has a plan for me to become someone great.  I am so excited to serve Him so soon.  I hope I can emulate the qualities of Mormon as I serve as a missionary.  Heavenly Father, through the healing power of Christ and the Atonement, helps people become more amazing than they ever though possible.