Well everyone this is it, the final email that
you will get from me.
It has been a crazy 2 years with lots of ups and downs but I am truly grateful for everything that I was able to experience. For this email I wanted to skip the travelogue and just record my thoughts on everything that has happened.
I can honestly say that this has been the best 2 years of my life. Now, it has taken a lot for me to get to this point but I wouldn't take back any of it. I have learned and experienced so much. I have been able to make friends with some of the best people I know. I have gone through a lot of struggles, but I am grateful for them because they have helped me become the person that I am today. I am grateful for the opportunity that I had to continually study the scriptures every single day. They have become a great source of strength and peace for me as well as a resource of endless knowledge and application. I am grateful for the relationship that I have been able to build with my Savior. It is because of him that I was able to make all the changes that I did and become the person that I am now. He is my rock and my foundation and has helped me get through the things I could have never gotten through on my own. I am grateful for all of the people that I have met out here. You all have truly changed my life for the better and I will be forever thankful for the blessed opportunity I had to get to know every single one of you.
When I reflect back on my mission, I can recognize that there were a lot of hard things that I went through. A lot of sad moments, times when I wasn't motivated, times I wanted to go home, times that I didn't really believe. But all of those things just seem like a distant memory now. They have been overcome with all of the good memories that I have. All of the funny and stupid things I found myself involved in as a missionary, the people I was able to teach, the homes I was able to go in, the companions I had, and the endless love from my Father in Heaven.
It reminds me of a scripture in Doctrine and Covenants 121:7-8
7 My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment;
8 And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes
I think we all can look back and recognize a lot of difficult moments that we went through and a lot of the time we are going through them right now. But I love how the Lord says that our afflictions will be but a small moment and if we endure it well we will come out a better person than we were. Hard times and struggles are just a part of life but that doesn't mean that they are the only thing. God sent us here to learn and grow and have joy not only for the here and now but for eternity as well.
This mission has meant so much to me and I will never be able to express in words how much it means to me.
Thank you all so much for everything that you have done and continue to do for me.
Love and miss you all!!!
It has been a crazy 2 years with lots of ups and downs but I am truly grateful for everything that I was able to experience. For this email I wanted to skip the travelogue and just record my thoughts on everything that has happened.
I can honestly say that this has been the best 2 years of my life. Now, it has taken a lot for me to get to this point but I wouldn't take back any of it. I have learned and experienced so much. I have been able to make friends with some of the best people I know. I have gone through a lot of struggles, but I am grateful for them because they have helped me become the person that I am today. I am grateful for the opportunity that I had to continually study the scriptures every single day. They have become a great source of strength and peace for me as well as a resource of endless knowledge and application. I am grateful for the relationship that I have been able to build with my Savior. It is because of him that I was able to make all the changes that I did and become the person that I am now. He is my rock and my foundation and has helped me get through the things I could have never gotten through on my own. I am grateful for all of the people that I have met out here. You all have truly changed my life for the better and I will be forever thankful for the blessed opportunity I had to get to know every single one of you.
When I reflect back on my mission, I can recognize that there were a lot of hard things that I went through. A lot of sad moments, times when I wasn't motivated, times I wanted to go home, times that I didn't really believe. But all of those things just seem like a distant memory now. They have been overcome with all of the good memories that I have. All of the funny and stupid things I found myself involved in as a missionary, the people I was able to teach, the homes I was able to go in, the companions I had, and the endless love from my Father in Heaven.
It reminds me of a scripture in Doctrine and Covenants 121:7-8
7 My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment;
8 And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes
I think we all can look back and recognize a lot of difficult moments that we went through and a lot of the time we are going through them right now. But I love how the Lord says that our afflictions will be but a small moment and if we endure it well we will come out a better person than we were. Hard times and struggles are just a part of life but that doesn't mean that they are the only thing. God sent us here to learn and grow and have joy not only for the here and now but for eternity as well.
This mission has meant so much to me and I will never be able to express in words how much it means to me.
Thank you all so much for everything that you have done and continue to do for me.
Love and miss you all!!!
Elder Murray
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