Subject: Bring it on 2014!!
December 30, 2013
Helloooooo
family!!
Man this
seriously is the most surreal feeling sitting here in the Kingsport, TN library
for the last time writing to y'all... Honestly it still hasn't really hit me
yet I don't think that I'm heading home in just a couple of days. I'm totally
and completely at peace with it all though, I know that Kingsport is going to
be in great hands with Sister Huber at the reigns.
Yesterday was
hard. I HATE goodbyes ugh... Thank goodness for Facebook though right? :) The
bishop had me bear my testimony which I was grateful for. I had so many people
come up and hug me thanking me for my service, I'm really going to miss this
ward. I have met so many incredible people who truly have changed my life for
the better! I thank Heavenly Father every night for sending me here.
I'm with
y'all it's hard to believe that Christmas was this week... It feels like
forever ago, this whole week has been just crazy, it's flown by but also
dragged on. Holidays as a missionary are hard, most people are gone or are busy
and have family in, they all say come back after the Holidays, so it's been
kind of a slow week work wise.
Remember
Shelley that I told y'all about last week though? She came to church yesterday!
We had a lesson with her afterwards and committed her for a baptismal date!
She's set for February 8th. :) Shes' such a sweet lady and the gospel is just
what she needs in her life right now, she's had it rough, really rough.
It's hard to
believe that 18 months has already come and gone, I'm definitely not the same
person I was when I left, I've learned and grown so much. It's kinda scary to
me that I wasn't going to do this, I wasn't going to serve a mission, I've wondered
a few times where I'd be and what I'd be doing. I'm just so grateful that
Heavenly Father stepped into my life when He did and let me know what it is I
needed to be doing. I've been able to do things I never thought I could, I've
been stretched in ways I didn't think I could be stretched and come out on top
and I've come out a much better person because of it all.
I can for
sure stand on my own two feet now when it comes to my testimony of the gospel
of Jesus Christ, I know it's true without a shadow of a doubt. I know that
through Jesus Christ and His infinite Atonement anyone, anywhere, anytime can
change. I've seen it and experienced it myself. I know that the Book of Mormon
really is the word of God, another testament of Jesus Christ and I know that in
its pages you can find peace and solace to your heart, I know that because I've
experienced it time and time again. I'm so grateful for the prophet Joseph
Smith for the courage, strength, and faith he had to go through what he did so
that we could have the gospel in our lives today, can you imagine what the
world would be like today if we didn't have it? But we do! And for whatever
reason I was blessed to have it my whole life, I don't know why but I'm going
to do my best to try and keep paying it forward so that others can experience
the same joy and happiness I've had. The gospel is true and I'll be forever
grateful for the chance I've had to let others know that.
Thank you all
for the love, prayers, and support you've given me. I honestly couldn't have
done it without y'all. Love, love, love you!! :)
See y'all in
a couple of days!!! xoxoxoxo
Sister Bedke
:)
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