This is the End...It has been one hell of a ride!

Wow to think this is it! This is it, no more last one. Well it's been real it been fun it's been real fun! Now it may seem that I am exited to go home, and I am, I am very exited to see my mom and my dad and each and every one of my very awesome sisters and brother. I am exited to see mountains and the ocean I am exited to see my very best friends and to go biking again! But on the other end I am going to miss the mission. I am going to miss the amazing people I have met down here the ones I can call family. I am going to miss the spirit the mission has brought into my life. I am going to miss having free southern food at different people 's house's every other night. I am going to miss the perfect hour set a side for studying the words of God. I have grown up hearing that the mission will be your best two years ever and I tried to make it so. The mission has not been the best two years. It been hard, there has been some long nights there has been long months with some hard companions, days that I thought there would be no end. (There is always a end) but for real its been hard y'all. But the mission has been the best two years for me! I have come to love the person I am the things I have gone through have made me better, every hard companion, every long day, every frustrating investigator, have made me better. I am not always a fan of going through hard times but I am a fan of who I am on the other side!

 I love y'all so much thank you for your support over these last two years, thank you for taking some time out of your week to read what I have to say. I am sorry not all my letters were even remotely good, but thanks for your love and prayers! 

Love Elder Gordon 

P.S. I will be speaking at the James St. building at 9:00 am July 29, 2018. There will be an open house at my mom's house from 2-4pm, stop by and say hi. 2818 Flint St.

Hold Your Breath

So the number 1 thing this week was my last interview with President Varner and the best part about interviews is when your companion is in interview and you get to talk to Sister Varner! We talked about a lot. One of the things that really stuck with me was walking the edge of  success it is not easy and it is hard but in the end it always works out always, maybe not always the way you want it but it will turn out for the better! 

Then he gave me 5 things to do when I am home to help keep my spirituality, (I assume he gives it to all missionaries) but here they are. 

1. Prayer every day needs to be a pattern habit like brushing teeth morning and night.

2. Scripture study along with prayer

3.  Strive go the extra mile to take the sacrament to show your worth of what it means to you to the Savior

4. Never let your temple recommend expire always strive to be worthy of using it

5. Temple work and family history there are so many promised protection and blessings with doing temple work.

Love you all so much see y'all soon 

Love elder Gordon 

Blessings

Blessing from Heaven! Ok so last Sunday we had dinner with some members and they had mentioned that they're going to Costco Tuesday and they offered to buy us stuff if we sent them a list of things we need food wise. And WOW that was needed because since we moved up here there has been no food in the house because it was more than halfway through the month, therefore we were broke and the sisters that were in the apartment before us left two and a half weeks before we got there so they left no food there for us. So we now have food to eat. But this week was a good week we had district meeting Wednesday, and I was asked to give the instruction and I gave it on Christ-like attributes I had them all choose a Christ-like attribute to study for 5 minutes and then tell me why they chose it and what it means to them. I chose hope and I talked about how it is the fuel for a lot of things we do, it's what keeps us going. Faith is what gets us on the path towards heaven and hope is there to keep us facing and pressing forward towards heaven. I thought it was a really good district meeting and I got to commit them all to choose an attribute in studying for the duration of this transfer! All in all this has been a good week, among many good weeks I've had out here!

Love Elder Gordon