Words cannot even begin to describe what I am thinking and
feeling right now. It is the weirdest feeling to know that 2 years has
just flown by and it only feels like a few seconds. All I can say is that
I am so grateful. SO SO grateful.
My last week was nothing but miracles. I was able to
baptize K, an amazing girl that Elder Hall and I met with at the beginning of
our time together. She was glowing and as I pulled her out of the water,
her face just lit up with a beautiful smile. She got dressed, headed
upstairs and said to us all, "Can we do it again?!" It was a
beautiful moment.
We worked hard, Elders Sterri and Hall, along with me and we
made some amazing memories. We had a little farewell party for me at
English class and on Sunday after the meetings, the Érd branch surprised me
with a going away party. They gave me the gifts and I got a little teary
eyed when the entire primary came up to me with hugs, just asking me not to go.
As hard as it is, I am just so grateful to know that I have
given all my heart to these people. I am going home with no regrets and
with the knowledge that I became the man that the Lord needed me to be. I
will miss this people though.
I will miss their hearts and their wonderful spirits. This
really is a small piece of heaven and I know the Lord called me here for these
people. I was able to call an investigator I baptized a year ago to say
goodbye and she just lit up when my voice came on the line. At the end of
our conversation, with a shaky voice, she told me that if all I did while I was
here was find her, that my mission was worth it.
The mission is anything and everything you make it. If you
spend your mission chasing your dreams, you will wake up one day to realize
that you have been living your dreams all along. The mission is a miracle
and has given me so much. Words cannot describe the gratitude I feel for
my mission.
To finish, I would like to bear my testimony that I know that
Christ is our savior. He is the key to happiness and has made happiness
possible through His church. This is His kingdom on the earth today and
if we become those who practice their faith, we will be so grateful and will
never be disappointed. We will receive all the blessings that our
Heavenly Father is just waiting to give us.
I have a strong testimony of obedience. Through obedience
to the laws and ordinances of the gospel, we slowly unlock the door to
happiness through the blessings of our Father.
I also have a testimony of laughing. Obedience, the gospel
of Christ and the Plan of Salvation are all meant to lead us to an endless
fountain of joy. If we are living the gospel, the evidence thereof will
be the joy in our heart and the smile on our faces. If we have not simply
gone through the movements, but have become who the Lord can make us, we will
be exposed to an uncontrollable smile and bottomless laughter.
In these past 2 years, I have not only been a missionary, but I
have become. As I am now, I have walked in my Saviors shoes in word and
deed.
The church is true. This is His work. I LOVE MY
MISSION!
Sok szeretettel,
Elder Jake Nelson
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