Countdown to a child leaving on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints

​My daughter is leaving on her mission in twenty-two days. I've experienced many things as a mom, but never this before. I'm excited for her but scared. For 18 months she will be preaching the gospel and serving. During that time she can e-mail us weekly, write letters, and call or video-call on Christmas and Mother's Day. She hasn't lived away from home before so I'm concerned about her being on her own. She will be in the MTC or Missionary Training Center for ten days and then on to her mission. While in the MTC she will practice teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. She will make friends and she will learn to rely on her Savior. In her mission she will have a loving mission president and his wife to watch over her. Also, there are often couples who work at the mission home who support the missionaries. My in-laws are doing that right now in New Hampshire. I'm grateful to learn over the past year what they do to love and support the missionaries. My daughter will not have to find herself a place to live, work at a job, or decide her schedule for the day. Missionaries are always with a companion and follow a strict routine of being up by 6:30 am, exercising, studying, meeting with and teaching people, serving, and being in bed by 10:30 pm. While many things are decided for her like where she will live, the standards she will follow, the types of clothes she will wear, and the outline of her schedule, she will need to figure out how to work when she's homesick, tired, or physically ill, how to get along with her companion, how to talk to people she doesn't know, and how to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ with the Spirit. I am worried about her figuring those things out and the struggle she will have, but I know that if she submits her will to her Heavenly Father and learns for herself that the Savior Jesus Christ's atonement is for her and all people, she will be successful and will grow more than she could if she stayed at home.