Week 98... The Last One!!!

Well, here we go for the last weekly email I will send out as a missionary. That is a trip, and I really don't like it.

This week was super good! I was able to go out with a bang! Even with Christmas and Christmas Eve we were able to find six new investigators for Elder Nanto and his new companion to work with. That was good, because I really wanted to go out and leave this area better then when I found it, and last week, there wasn't really a whole lot going on due to a lot of things, but now there is and I am really grateful for that.

I really am tripped out that I am going home tomorrow. I have mixed feelings for sure. It went  waaaaay to fast. Years ago, (literally) I was wandering the streets of Long Beach wondering how on earth I am ever going to survive for two years as everyone and everything I know and love is back in Utah. I was a very homesick little boy, then I finally got to find the joy of my calling, through the most happiness I have ever felt down to the lowest lows I have felt. I feel like I have finally caught the vision of missions. I am finally learning how to be effective and get stuff done. And, not it is time to be done. This whole going home thing has been a huge trip. It really didn't feel real up until like right now, and even then. I am super excited to go home and see all my friends and family again, but the thought of leaving here is already making me homesick for here. I am confident that it will be alright though. I have a good support system! :)

For my final scripture, I'd like to share Moroni 10:4-5 states "And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of the Holy Ghost, ye may know the truth of all things." Brothers and Sisters, I know that what I have shared in my emails is true, and I know that this is the true church of Jesus Christ. I echo Moroni's words. If any of you do not know of these things, please pray about it so that you may come to know for yourself that they are true, and that this is The Church of Jesus Christ in which you can and will find true happiness.

Well, I guess that is all I got now. I am super nervous, but super excited to see you all tomorrow! Love you lots! Thanks for all the love and support!

Love,
Elder Lloyd