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It has been by far the greatest and most worth while 2 years of my life. I have been having a lot of mixed feelings and thoughts and emotions swirling through my mind this past week, and I have been talking to Trevisan Chōrō about a lot of things. It is hard to summarize everything these past 2 years have meant to me. I am so grateful for all of the people that have changed my life and have taught me things that I will never forget. I am grateful for companions who have supported my ideas and have laughed with me and cried with me in the good times as well as in the hard times. I am grateful for members who are examples to me of a missionaries who never stopped being a disciple of Christ and who are Joyfully living the Gospel the way it is meant to be lived. I am grateful for missionary leaders who have inspired me and trained me to succeed as a missionary and taught me that numbers are not the only way to measure that success. I am grateful for my family at home who never missed a week sending me love and prayers and support, who have been with me this whole time in the principles they taught me in my youth and who will be with me for eternity as we work towards exaltation in the Celestial Kingdom of God. I am grateful for President Smoot and his Christlike example of Charity and Love and of a true disciple of Christ working with all your heart might mind and strength to serve God and help us become converted to the Lord. And most of all I am grateful for my Savior Jesus Christ and my Father who is in Heaven watching over me. I am grateful for the strength, and courage, and comfort, and peace, and Love, and Joy, and Desire and so many more things that He has given me throughout these past 2 years, the countless miracles, the answered prayers, the tears of Joy and every Spirit filled testimony. I am grateful for Their words contained in the scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon. I have gained an unshakable testimony of the Book of Mormon’s ability to answer the Questions of the Soul and bring the Spirit to both lessons and contacts. I will never forget the lessons that I have learned here in the Japan Kobe Mission walking with the Lord, serving alongside Him in His vineyard, inviting all to come unto Him and taste of the immeasurable Joy and Hope of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am a Disciple of Christ and will be forever. I am still very imperfect and weaker and less than the dust of the Earth, but I know the God in whom I have trusted and I know that in His strength I can do all things. I have a long way to go in putting of the natural man, but I know that through the Atonement of Jesus Christ my heart can be changed to be more like Him each day. I will never stop progressing and finding hearts that need healing and pressing onward ever onward in the Work of the Lord. I love my Father and Savior so much. I will forever be Their servants. I will miss this land and the people here so much, but I can’t wait to transfer home and continue serving amongst my family and friends. Well I will be back in America this Friday, so I guess this is my last one of these Emails... It has been fun.
It has been by far the greatest and most worth while 2 years of my life. I have been having a lot of mixed feelings and thoughts and emotions swirling through my mind this past week, and I have been talking to Trevisan Chōrō about a lot of things. It is hard to summarize everything these past 2 years have meant to me. I am so grateful for all of the people that have changed my life and have taught me things that I will never forget. I am grateful for companions who have supported my ideas and have laughed with me and cried with me in the good times as well as in the hard times. I am grateful for members who are examples to me of a missionaries who never stopped being a disciple of Christ and who are Joyfully living the Gospel the way it is meant to be lived. I am grateful for missionary leaders who have inspired me and trained me to succeed as a missionary and taught me that numbers are not the only way to measure that success. I am grateful for my family at home who never missed a week sending me love and prayers and support, who have been with me this whole time in the principles they taught me in my youth and who will be with me for eternity as we work towards exaltation in the Celestial Kingdom of God. I am grateful for President Smoot and his Christlike example of Charity and Love and of a true disciple of Christ working with all your heart might mind and strength to serve God and help us become converted to the Lord. And most of all I am grateful for my Savior Jesus Christ and my Father who is in Heaven watching over me. I am grateful for the strength, and courage, and comfort, and peace, and Love, and Joy, and Desire and so many more things that He has given me throughout these past 2 years, the countless miracles, the answered prayers, the tears of Joy and every Spirit filled testimony. I am grateful for Their words contained in the scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon. I have gained an unshakable testimony of the Book of Mormon’s ability to answer the Questions of the Soul and bring the Spirit to both lessons and contacts. I will never forget the lessons that I have learned here in the Japan Kobe Mission walking with the Lord, serving alongside Him in His vineyard, inviting all to come unto Him and taste of the immeasurable Joy and Hope of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am a Disciple of Christ and will be forever. I am still very imperfect and weaker and less than the dust of the Earth, but I know the God in whom I have trusted and I know that in His strength I can do all things. I have a long way to go in putting of the natural man, but I know that through the Atonement of Jesus Christ my heart can be changed to be more like Him each day. I will never stop progressing and finding hearts that need healing and pressing onward ever onward in the Work of the Lord. I love my Father and Savior so much. I will forever be Their servants. I will miss this land and the people here so much, but I can’t wait to transfer home and continue serving amongst my family and friends. Well I will be back in America this Friday, so I guess this is my last one of these Emails... It has been fun.
Love you guys! Thank you so much for reading these emails and supporting me throughout my mission! See you soon at the home-front.
What an adventure!
Elder Allred
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| Ishikawa Kyoudai was finally Baptized. He has so much Faith. What a happy day! |
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