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Well hello team, I can’t believe the time has come. I am set to go, today is Monday morning and I'm packing up all my stuff and later tonight I will head over to the mission home and hang out with president and the rest of my batch until Thursday when we all fly out of the Philippines. I can’t believe that the time has come, it has gone so fast, and this last week we have worked hard and done really well, and it really hadn't hit me yet, I was just working and knowing that I'm going home this next week but it didn't really bother me. But last night, I was informed that I will be going into the mission home tonight and it just hit, and suddenly it’s a lot more quiet as I'm packing, I guess ;I now realize that my time as a missionary is coming to a close, and it’s really sad. I know I'm happy and excited to get home and see my family and friends after so long, but at the same time, I love being here in the mission and being a representative of the lord Jesus Christ, and these last few days I have realized that I will only put the tag on my shirt a few more times and then my time is done.


It has been an honor serving my Heavenly Father and my Savior in this glorious work, and to carry the name of my Savior on my chest. I will truly miss this all, I love this work, I have been blessed so very much, and I love this people. They are so lovable and amazing, I'm just so blessed to have served in the Philippines and to have served these people. I have really been thinking a lot this last week, and doing some serious soul searching trying to see if I have done all I can in the two years I have served. I know that I'm not perfect but I feel strongly that I did the absolute best I could in the two years that were given me to serve the master. I love him so much, and am so thankful for the blessing he allowed me to be apart of in the lives of so many people., Most of all, I'm so thankful for the blessings he gave me, and the testimony he has burned into my heart of the truthfulness of this work and that he truly lives. I know with all my heart that Christ lives, he runs this work and has guided me through thick and thin these last two years, and I know that everything he put me through was for a purpose and I have seen the growth in myself because of the trials he has given me, and I'm thankful for his divine guidance in overcoming those trials, growing and learning from them.

My testimony has grown tremendously from these two years in the service of my Savior and king. I know he lives, I have felt his love and his divine power to heal the broken hearted, I have witnessed the power of the atonement in the lives of those I taught, and most of all in my own life. I have seen the great change that comes upon those that give their heart to God and let him work a magic in them, that they could never do without him. I love this work so much, I will miss it so much, and I wish I could do it all over again. What a blessing, like said...when you give the Lord a crust, he gives you a loaf in return, The two years I have given him is but little compared to what he has given me, I stand amazed knowing that he has done so much more for me, and my little two years sits but little in his comparison, but yet he has lifted me and blessed me far more than I deserve. But I love him so much for it. If I have gained one thing on this mission, it is that I have gained a testimony of the divinity of Jesus Christ, I know he is the Son of God, and the Savior of the world, he paid for our sins, and mine especially. I didn't see him work miracles on the roads of Jerusalem, but I know he lives, I have felt his love. And that is what its all about, he did it all because of Love.....I know that Joseph Smith was his chosen prophet, I know without a doubt in my heart, that the book of Mormon is the word of God, and anyone who reads it WILL come closer to Jesus Christ than any other book on this earth.

I testify to everyone that the work is true, and plead with anyone in the age of a mission, to drop everything and go on a mission, it will change your life, as it has changed mine. It is the greatest work the world has ever known, and some still don't know about it, so we need to be the ones to bring this message to the world. Like Omni, I would that you would come unto Christ.....Drop everything and follow him, take up your cross and follow in his footsteps, and he will carry you farther then you could ever imagine. He will bless you far more than the sacrifices you will make to go on a mission, in the eternal perspective, the things we give up really mean nothing, but the work you will do on the mission will bring salvation to the souls of men, and will ripple into eternity." And if it so be that you should labor all your days, crying repentance unto this people, and bring, save it be one soul unto me, how great shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of the father!"

I have just a few days left to wear this badge with my team name on it, Jesus Christ. I love you all and hope your doing well, I will see you all soon in Salt lake International, or aka...ZION! lol Have a great week. Kita-kitz....:) Love you all. See you soon.

And now, my beloved brethren, I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him, and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him, and continue in fasting and praying, and endure to the end; and as the lord liveth ye will be saved.