So right now I'm sitting trying to decide how to best finish out my mission. Yes my friends, I understand it's coming to an end. I won't try to postpone it, but neither will I try to rush into it.
My mission truly has changed who I am and what I can do. In my life before the mission, I was not a very focused individual. That's not to say that I didn't know how to take tests or sit in a classroom, but rather, I had no direction. Now it's a little different. I know that Jesus Christ is my savior, that He loves me and that I won't have to digress to who I was.
So coming to the end of my mission I have contemplated the end of His mission. What was it that the Lord did as he ended His earthly ministry? Well, after being lifted up on the cross, he went to preach the gospel to those spirits in spiritual prison (1 Peter 3:18-20, see also 1 Peter 4:6). He continued to preach. After that, He was resurrected and helped guide the primitive church (Acts). After that, he was involved in preparing the world for the restoration of the gospel (Acts 3:10-21) and now guides His church upon the earth, preparing His second coming and advent in glory. So really, when His time to "take a break" or a "breather" came, he just continued working in this marvelous work.
That is what I will be doing as well. Sure the place might change, but if what I have been preaching for the past two years is true (which it is) and I will be with those I most love and cherish, why won't I take that opportunity to help them come closer to Christ that this might be a journey taken together? Those I most love are those most deserving of this gospel and the blessings it has. I'll be thankful to be the instrument to help them come closer to Christ.
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