Well well, it's finally here! The day I have been waiting for for 5 years or so. Tomorrow at 11:00am I leave Farmington and head down to Provo with the parents. We'll stop somewhere to eat lunch, and then they get to drop me off at the 'drive-thru MTC' as my mom calls it, haha. It's crazy that it's finally here! For so long it didn't even feel real, and since my farewell I have just been ready to jump in. The anticipation is killing me!
The goodbyes haven't been hard, I think because it hadn't really set in yet until I said goodbye to my nephews and nieces tonight and then I had to choke back years. A year and a half is not long, but for little kids who are growing up so fast, it's an eternity! I hope they still remember me when I get home :(.
I'm starting to finally get emotional... I thought it would never come! A lot of mixed emotions definitely... sad to leave people, and scared to death, but so so excited! Mostly though right now I am feeling SO grateful for how incredibly blessed I am. I can't even believe how many people are supporting me on this journey... I am SO lucky to have so many wonderful examples and role models who care about me and give me support. From ward members, to co-workers, to neighbors, to friends' parents.
I am also especially grateful for so many wonderful friends. As my testimony is growing stronger, I am realizing the kind of people I want to surround myself with more, and eventually the kind of person I want to marry. I realize how lucky and blessed I am to have superstar friends who are so strong in the gospel, who understand the atonement, and who have their priorities right. I am eternally grateful for their examples to me and the influence they have had on my life. My friends are awesome, and I wouldn't be who I am without them.
I am also incredibly blessed with an amazing family who is supporting me as well. I look up to each and every member of my family and value my individual relationships with them. My parents are such strong examples and so are my siblings. I look to all of them as examples on how to raise a family, and how to live righteously in the gospel.
Aaaaaand, that's that! I am off on a wonderful adventure that will change my life forever, and hopefully the lives of many others. I can't wait to fall in love with the Argentine people. I can't wait to fall down, to get hurt, to feel the depths of pain, and to learn even more-so everyday how to rely on the Lord Jesus Christ to help me back up and give me the strength I need to get past my trials and progress. I can't wait to lose myself, to forget about myself and the world, and to focus on nothing but charity. I am so blessed to be able to serve a mission. Here I go!...
P.s. My MTC address is on the sidebar and my Argentina address will be up there soon as well, so I would love to get some letters from you! My mom will be updating this blog with my e-mails each week, so if you stop by make sure you send me a little note here and there so I know how you all are doing as well. :) Adios amigos!
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