Stewart, Madison

BFFS!  It is my last full week as a missionary in Seattle! WOW. I am so excited to be home but also sort of in denial that I am leaving. I am going to miss my mission!!!  Overall my thoughts and feelings are similar to Ammon in the Book of Mormon.  In Alma chapter 26, Ammon describes his missionary experiences.  He says "Behold, who can glory too much in the Lord? Yea, who can say too much of his great power, and of his mercy, and of his long-suffering towards the children of men? Behold, I say unto you, I cannot say the smallest part which I feel."  Like Ammon, I cannot say the smallest part which I feel. I cannot fully comprehend or sum up what I have experienced in the last year and a half! I wish I could emphasize to all of you how real these experiences have been.  Washington has become my sanctuary, my Road to Damascus, where Jesus Christ has revealed Himself to me through so many different faces and miracles. He's carried me and my efforts in trying ...

This week full of "lasts" for me!  I went to my last zone conference/ mission conference! They have all the departing missionaries bare their testimony and I sang in a musical number. I have loved all the little meetings my entire mission. We always get great trainings and its so fun to see all my bffs!!! I had to say goodbye to lots of them there too. RIP  Then we had Thanksgiving! We spent Thanksgiving with the Fisher's. Jenny Fisher has the best laugh and makes the best. I am VERY spoiled in Sammamish!!! On Sunday, it was my last fast Sunday! I got to bare my testimony and of course all my gratitude for this ward came out of my eyes through tears... I have served here for about 8 months in total. They are my home away from home!  The mission conference was basically all about gratitude! I love the quote from Elder Uchtdorf that says "we rarely find what we are not looking for." FACTS I could always use more gratitude so I've been workin on that extra sinc...