Final letter dated May 15, 2024

Dear yall, It has been 370 days since I finished my full time service as a missionary. Dad has been requesting that I write a final letter ever since I went back to Georgia after my service and it's been long enough that I finally remembered to write this out. I have since lost the emails of the sisters in-law so please show this to your wife if you think they would like to read it (excluding chris). This has been such a weird year with different learning curbs and experiences. being a part of 4 different play productions, getting back into college, having a crazy summer, and everything that has come along with readjusting has been strange and different, than anything I expected. Going back to Georgia was such a wonderful opportunity and I'm glad I got to do that so shortly after my mission. The people we visited still remembered me and showed so much love to me. I think back to all the people whose lives I touched and enriched often. My service has been a tremendous blessing throughout this year and has allowed me to focus more and has given me courage when I have needed it. When I had hard days at work, tough classes, hard moments that I needed to get through, doing what I did on my mission and applying Christ's enabling power got me through all of it. It's surreal looking back to those two years. I don't feel like I actually did any of it but they are still my memories. Due to the fact that I've had an entire year to reflect on my mission and I've had countless experiences of walking in the Savior's light and serving him more fully, I can't put all of that into one e-mail. So, I'm just gonna bear my testimony here and share it with each of you. I don't know if this will help, but it comes from my heart and it's been something that I have felt very deeply throughout this year and I hope to feel this deeply about for years to come. I loved my mission. It was so phenomenal in helping me to become a man and figuring out who I truly am. I will never look back at my experiences and think poorly of them. I loved it entirely. It brought me closer to Christ through every means necessary. I became a lot happier. I got a lot stronger and to this day I will praise my Lord and my God. One of the biggest lessons that I learned on my mission, was that when I would faithfully serve anybody that came across my way, I would feel better. I would find myself in a better mood, more eager to work, and more willing to do things that were difficult and hard. I love each and every single one of you so much. You are my favorite group of people because you are my family and my fold. I want to thank each of you for helping me when I would struggle on my mission and since coming home. That always meant the world to me and I am so glad that each of you did that for me. I hope that you felt the powerful peace and power that comes from service because you each deserved it in those moments. They were more than I can count. Christ loves us. He is willing to shelter and care for us through all our difficulties. Serving him was the greatest thing I have ever done. Thank you for showing me his love. I say that His name, Amen.