Well, everybody. This is it. This is the
last email you'll get from missionary me because next Monday is the last day of
my mission. I don't even know what to write today. This past week just went by
way too fast. Too fast, indeed.
We were finding a lot, and visiting
people and just making sure everyone was doing alright. I enjoyed every minute
of it. As my mission has wound down, I feel like it has only sped up - Faster
and faster until the whole thing is a blur. I was sitting down last night
staring off into space and I decided I would try and replay my entire mission
in my mind.
As I did I realized that I have done
things I never thought I would do. If you would’ve told me 2 years ago that I
would feel comfortable stopping random strangers on the street to tell them
about God, I would have laughed in your face. Or if you would have told me that
I would be running for buses at 5 in the morning because of misjudged timing,
or that I would be able to make some of the best friends I have ever had, I
wouldn't have believed you. But these are the things that have happened. I am a
better person. I have made some of my best friends here. I have ran for buses
on more than one occasion, I feel absolutely normal just stopping people on the
street to tell them that I am a Mormon and that makes my life, and that I would
like to share that with them as well. And above all else, I have come to know
that my Savior lives and that He loves me. That he would do anything for me.
That the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is God's restored Church
on the Earth and that His only concern is that we return to him and make every
single moment count. I know this to be true. And I will never not know it. It
is the most amazing thing that we can share with anybody. I wouldn’t trade this
experience for the world. Never would I ever. The Savior can mold us, shape us,
and refine us. And above all else, He can save us.
SCOTLAND
IRELAND MISSION
LISBURN
BELFAST ZONE - 4 TRANSFERS
Elder
Blosil
Elder
Allred
Elder Tolk
BRAY DUBLIN
ZONE - 2 TRANSFERS
Elder Bates
Elder Giles
COLERAINE
BELFAST ZONE - 4 TRANSFERS
Elder
Richards
Elder
Cropper
DUMBARTON
GLASGOW ZONE - 4 TRANSFERS
Elder
Milburn
Elder
Sheppard
STRANRAER
PAISLEY ZONE - 3 TRANSFERS
Elder
Ritchie
Elder
Rodiguez
TILL THE
WORK IS DONE MY FRIENDS!!! SEE YOU ALL SOON!!!!!!
P.S. I am about out of time for now,
but I will send pics a bit later!!! Love you all!!!
-Till the Work is Done
- Elder Mickelsen
