June 4, 2017

Well folks this is it....THATS WHAT YOU THOUGHT!!!!

I'd like to share something that I have learned this past year and half. There's this quote by Elder Utchdorf: 

"We are made of the stuff of Eternity. Endings are not in our destiny."

That's the best part about going on a mission. IT NEVER HAS TO END. When Isaiah and the Lord were talking, the Lord asks "Whom shall I send and who will go for us? Then I said (this is Isaiah speaking): Here am I; send me."  (2 Nephi 16:8,11) This next verse though we've usually used as a joke in the mission field but it has had a very profound impact on me this past transfer. "Then said I: Lord how long? And he said: Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the land be utterly desolate." The amazing opportunity to be a missionary or serve a full time mission will not end. The change that takes place as a missionary will not end. The principles do not end because Jesus Christ does not end. I love my Heavenly Father so much. The entire past week I have been filled with awe knowing how much God must love us. It absolutely makes no sense whatsoever. I would like to share what else I have learned and experience on my mission:

I know that there is a God. He is our Heavenly Father. I testify that He loves us. He is full of mercy, truth, justice, and love.

I know God sent His Son Jesus Christ into the world. Jesus Christ is the light. He is the truth. He is the way. There is no other thing or person that can bring you back. There is no other way that will bring you back to God. There is no other thing or person that can bring you the happiness and life that He does. He is my Savior. My Redeemer. My Rock. My salvation. I know He lives. 

The Book of Mormon is another testament of Him. I promise no other book will bring you closer to God and His Son Jesus Christ than the Book of Mormon. It is the most correct of any book on earth. 

I know that My God and Savior Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith. That Jesus Christ has brought His church back to the earth. He reaches out in love to me and you today through the prophets He calls, prepares, and leads. I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is that very Church. President Russel M Nelson is the man He works through to love, lead, guide, and chasten us. 

THIS IS HIS WORK. 

I know all this through the very Spirit He works through to testify of all truth.

I say all this in His name because He would say it. Even Jesus the Christ Amen.