“Serving a full time mission as a young adult is another way you can be both a leader in the Church and prepare for the future leadership roles. I let a research team of few years ago that studied how missions prepared young women and adult women to lead and the results were profound. These returned sister missionaries had gained or strengthened hundreds of leadership competencies related to a variety of interpersonal and relationship skills, professional and practical abilities, courage and confidence, personal growth and maturity, and managing challenges.”

– Susan R Madsen

The source for this book can be found here, in A Future only God Can See For You, published by Cedar Fort press, page 41.