I seriously cant. I dont even really know.
No manches guys....
Ok, I am done freaking out!
On to the letter.
Well, I aint going to write much cuz we will talk real well in a few days!
OH MY GOSH!
Ok, seriously though.
I seriously dont know what to feel right now!
GAH!
Your going to be outside of security!!!! Holy Moley!!!!!! I cant believe the time has come! This is my last letter to you guys while I am on my mission! Holy Snapper Jacks!
Again, with the freaking out!
Went to the temple on Friday... It was cool. President let us go as a gen! All that are going home went together! It was a cool experience! And I will tell you guys more on that in a bit.
Also had that baptism, Fernanda is her name. She is the last of a part member family that we have been trying to reactivate. Now we just got to get the dad to stop working on Sundays and we will be good! She is going to be confirmed next Sunday, my last day!
Ok, here is the order of the hugs when I get off the plane. Mom. You are first! Sorry guys, but gotta give Mom the first hug! Then Dad, then everyone else! Oh and I know its a rediculous request but can you guys bring cameras? I want to see how I am when I see you guys! Hahahah!
This week I have my final interview, Mexico Independence day celebration in the church, our "Last Supper" with President, and a confirmation! Anything else that happens I will tell you about on Monday!
Ok, so I decided this is something I wanted to do.I will give my last testiomony/reflections of the mission shpeel...
The mission has been something life changing. At the beggining you think it is never going to end, and the only thing you think about is going home in two years. But as the time goes on and you begin to dominate the language and teaching you begin to realize how wounderful this all is and how much the Lord really cares about each and every single one of us! Its something marvelous! And now that I am going home in a week, I just stand amazed at how fast the time has goine! How much I have grown, physically, emotionally and spiritually! Its something that has changed me entirelly as a person! As I enter into my last week I find my self having the desires to serve longer! To keep on going! To help more people! Its a mix of emotions that just leave ime in awe! I have had to say goodbye to so many people that I dont even think I will see again in this life. I look back at the lives I have changed, and the people I have helped! I look at them, and think all I was was an instrument in the Lords hand. I helped the Lord change those people! I cant even begin to describe the emotions I feel in these times! They are feelings I will never forget! The experiences that I have had the oppurtunity to go through -both good and bad- will forever change my life and the lives around me. I know that because I have done done this for the Lord, that he will bless me forever! When we went through the temple on Friday I went in with fasting and prayer in my heart. I asked the Lord if he was pleased with what I have done, and as an answer I felt the same burning in my chest and the same feeling of overwhelming peace and joy that I have come to know as the Holy Ghost. I know the Lord is pleased with what I have done! I cant describe how happy and amazing I felt as I recieved that answer on friday! Its a feeling I will never be able to forget! I want to continue serving! But I know it is time! The Lord needs me elsewhere! And I will be able to help many others come unto Christ through other means!
As we have been taught and as I have come to know through much study, prayer and fasting, I know that the Work of Salvation is of God. This is his work and I have been on his errand these last 24 months. I know without a shadow of a doubt and testify with all that is me, that this is the Lords church! God and Christ live! They love us! And want us to return home with Them. I know that this is the only church that will lead us there! I know that Joseph Smith saw them on that fateful day in teh Sacred Groove. I know the he was a prophet. I know that through the power of God, he was able to restore this church, the same church as Christs when he was on the earth, and translate the Book of Mormon. I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God, and together along with the Bible, they have the fulness of the Everlasting Gospel. I know that Thomas S. Monson is a prophet of God, and that he too was called to lead us in these latter days. I am so thankful for this chance I have had to serve Him in these latter days, to build up His kingdom to prepare the way for Christs Second Coming. I know everything that I have taught the Mexican people these last 24 months is true. I testify of them and I do so in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
I write all that and I still dont feel like I have expressed everything I want to... Is that just so odd how impossibly hard it is to express how you feel! Gah! It is so awesome!
I guess I can say more in a week! Hehehehehe. As you can tell, I am excited. But I am also sad. I am happy, but I am also nervous. I feel like I am in a bi-polar emotional rollercoaster right now. But its alright, cuz I know that the Lord is ready for me to come home. He has other plans now in store for me, and I cant wait to see what they are!
I love you guys! So much! Thanks so much for everything you have done for me in these 24 months! I know I can be a pester sometime, but you guys have put up with me for the last 21 years. Now its time for me to give something back! I hope I can serve you guys as well as I have served the Mexican people. I dont think there is enough I can do to ever repay what you guys have done for me! Thank you! Thank you so much!
I cant wait to see you guys! But first, I have to finish strong! On to my last week!
Take care!
Hasta pronto!
Lider de la Zona Elder TSFWWWWPRB Winslett -for the last time!-
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