Hello all!
Well I am going to be honest, I have been
dreading writing this email. I´m not quite sure what to say in it. This
last week has been great. I will start off with the great things.
I
had splits with Hermana Cameron and it was so much fun to be together
once again. We went on a really long run in the morning all around Jaén,
and it was a perfect way to spend one of my last mornings there. Running
through those streets thinking of all the wonderful memories there and
what a special home it has been.
We also had a
wedding this week with some investigators that have been waiting for about 2 years
now for
their papers to get married so they can get baptized. Well it finally happened and they got married. It was so fun to be
there for them and to see how happy they were. They will be baptized
next month which is something they have been looking forward to for a
loooooong time. Miracles happening I´ll tell ya!
The
rest of the week has been full of goodbyes...and hard ones. Yesterday
in Sacrament it was awful! I gave a talk and it was so hard to look out
at all those people who have become my family and think that I might not
see some of them ever again. It is awful! At the end, they all stood up
and we sang God Be With You Till We Meet Again. Whew, that one sent me
over the edge! It was all so perfect. Now we have a couple more people
to see before I leave on Wednesday.
This ward has been such a blessing. I have had so many good experiences
with them. I have had good experiences with all the people in Spain in
the areas I have served in. I have been so blessed to be with all of
them. They have given me the testimony that the Lord really does send
you where you need to go on a mission and to the people who will help
you most to grow. The people here in Spain have helped me in ways they
will never know and I will forever be grateful to them for it. I wish I
could put them all in my bag and take them back with me! It´s
interesting because for members of a ward, missionaries come and go and
it is normal for them. But for us missionaries, our wards in which we
serve in become our families and our homes. It is so hard to leave these
people who have made such a difference in my life in such a big way.
Well,
I just want to thank you all for everything. Really thank you all for
your prayers and your support. Coming on a mission has been the biggest
blessing in the world. My love for the gospel has grown in ways I never
knew were possible. My testimony of Christ and all he has done has
increased because of the little tender mercies that the Lord has shown
me during this year and a half. He is so mindful of every single one of
us and wants us to be happy so bad. I am so grateful for the love that
He has for all of us and how often He shows it. I look forward to
continually grow in the gospel and use all the the Lord has taught me
here to continue on. Gah, I don´t want to end this email, but I will leave
it at that. Just know that I love this gospel and all it has to offer
for families and I know that it has a power that will bring true
happiness. I´m so grateful for the blessing I have had to serve the
people in Spain and for the many, many, many blessings the Lord has given
me here with people, experiences, miracles, everything. The mission is
amazing! Thank you all for everything, and I love you!!!!
