Here it goes….. My last email
Week 76—Jan. 2, 2017
I have thought a lot about what I´d write in this last email my entire mission. Now that the moment has come I can´t find the words of what I should say or how I should say them......
The day I received my mission call, my life changed. I remember holding my call in my hands and feeling this overwhelming love for the place I’d be going and the people I´d be serving. When I opened my call I knew it was revelation sent from God and that He needed me and wanted me to serve in Brazil, Goiania, speaking Portuguese. At the time I was scared and nervous and didn’t know how I would be able to accomplish this big of a task. But Christ helped me a long the way....
With Christ I learned......
How to forget about myself, my worries and fears and go searching to help others with theirs. I learned that Love, Patience, and Charity are not qualities we will master in one day and then check off of a list. They are qualities of Christ we have to learn and work hard for each day of our lives. I learned how to speak Portuguese after 8 months of tears, laughs, doubts, and miracles. Learning Portuguese is a testimony alone that God lives because I couldn’t have done it without him. I learned that I need to become more like the Brazilians. They are the people with the biggest hearts. They meet you for one second and invite you inside and give you all their food and clothes because they love you. They don’t have to meet you and get to know you well to love you. They love everyone and accept everyone as they are. Just like our Savior Jesus Christ. It doesn’t matter if you are rich or poor, beautiful, funny, or smart, they love you and find the good in everyone and everything. I learned that the only thing I need in life is God, The Gospel of Jesus Christ, my family, and my testimony. I learned that with faith in Christ and in his power, miracles happen. I learned from President, that I just need to keep going, when I fall or mess up, keep going. I learned we can find good in every single person we meet. I learned that I know nothing and that God knows everything. I learned that every miracle that happened out here, every victory, every baptism, every thing good that happened wasn’t because of me, it was because of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. I didn’t save anyone, or prepare anyone, that was Gods doing. He is the only one that saves and that prepares. I was simply an instrument in his glorious hands. What an honor. God doesn’t need you or me. He can bring people to his gospel however he wants. We need him. We serve him to bring salvation to our souls. D&C 4.
I learned a year and a half worth of things that I will never forget, that I hold dear to my heart. I met people, members, investigators, and companions who have changed my life. Just like everyone says, it´ll be the best 2 years or 18 months of your life. It truly has been. It is hard like everyone says but it is a different kind of hard, its enduring the hard times, keeping the faith, remembering that Jesus Christ is by your side and that you are never alone. A mission is something indescribable; I never imagined a mission would be like this. You´ll just have to serve one to know exactly what I´m talking about. It truly was the best 18 months.
TE AMO!!!!!
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