Last Mission Email!

 Monday Jan 20, 2020

Well its official, this is the last weekly that I will ever write on the Mission. It's a little sad to see the end of my mission but I got to learn a lot over the course of these two years.

We pushed as hard as we could this last week to finish off the Transfer. There has been a lot of really good things going in Gilmer and I'm glad to have been a part of the great work here. We got to meet with Verna and Karen again this past week. They are both doing really good and they still have the desire to meet with us. I am hoping that Karen will be able to get time off of work so that she can come to church in the future. We also went tracting a little bit this week and met a couple interesting people. There was one person that mentioned some Anti to us which is always interesting to listen to. Usually it points out the fault of men in the Church more than anything but they still can't prove the Book of Mormon to be False. It's true and has brought Millions to Jesus Christ. Something I learned about studying the Book of Revelation is that those who keep the Commandments of God will be saved. I wanted to read all of the Standard works by the end of my Mission and I finally finished the New Testament which was good for me. I should be finishing Doctrine and Covenants again tonight as well.

I also had my last District Council this week which was pretty good. I absolutely love the District in this area because of how close everyone is. I'm glad to have served around them because of the Faith they all have in Jesus Christ to get the work done. My last training was based on being Consecrated in the Mission Field. I would say that being on a mission with Real Intent is very Important. We have to Study the Scripture with real intent as well as living the Gospel with real intent. There is nothing more important in my life than doing the work for the Lord. I have witnessed a lot of really cool miracles over the course of my mission and a lot of funny events that happened. From hunting Mice in our apartment in Paris to having kids running around in their Underwear at a Birthday Party you can say that a mission is like no other time in life. There was even a time where I was making a Facebook Profile and to get that approved I had to ask Sister Dalton if it was ok. There is a picture about the text I got back after that which still makes me laugh even today even though that was the first week I was out on my Mission.

I served in 5 different areas on my Mission which are Paris, Allen, Frisco, Stonewall and Gilmer. In each of my areas I learned a lot about how to be a more effective missionary. There has been a lot of things that I learned since I have been out here. I learned how to have Faith in Jesus Christ on my Mission and I was able to understand the power of the Atonement and how it changes peoples heart and mind about Jesus Christ. If I was given the opportunity to serve a Mission again I would totally jump on that opportunity. I didn't know the Gospel that much before my mission and I felt like the average Church attendee every single week. Just go to Church every Sunday and cross it off the list. I am glad that my perspective has changed since then and that this work does have a purpose. That is to bring people to a Remission of their sins through the Authority that Jesus Christ has brought to this church. I am hopeful for what lies ahead even though I don't want to leave the mission field. I plan to be a Disciple of Jesus Christ the rest of my life. I hope you all have a great week and I will talk to you all again soon! 

                                                                        This pic is from early on in the mission