A WEEK FROM TOMORROW!!!

Elder Petersen at a District Breakfast this week:

A little over a week people, and this guy will be back in the states! We absolutely cannot wait!

And with single digit days left- has hasn't slowed down the missionary work on bit! :)

WELL,

THIS IS GONNA BE A SHORT ONE, SORRY!

SO JUST YESTERDAY WAS MY VERY LAST SACRAMENT MEETING, LET ALONE MY LAST FAST AND TESTIMONY MEETING. SO I GOT UP AND BORE MY TESTIMONY AND YOU CAN GUESS I CRIED... NOT SOBBED LIKE I DID IN THE TEMPLE, BUT JUST A CHOKED UP WHIMPER...LOL. I NEVER THOUGHT THESE DAYS WOULD COME, AND AS MUCH AS I COUNT THEM DOWN AT TIMES, AND DREAMED OF THEM AS A GREENIE... SOME DAYS I WANT TO HIT RESET! I KNOW THAT THOSE OF YOU WHO SERVED A MISSION WILL KNOW WHAT YOUR MISSION MEANT TO YOU, BUT I DONT THINK YOU WILL EVER UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH MINE HAS DONE FOR ME! I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL MY OLD AREAS TO INVITE MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS TO MY MISSION FAREWELL, AND ITS SO NICE TO SEE THOSE WHO HAVE PROGRESSED, AND A BIT HARD TO HEAR ABOUT THOSE WHO HAVEN'T. BUT THE FEELING OF KNOWING THAT IM A DIFFERENT PERSON FOR THE BETTER THEN WHEN I LEFT HOME MAKES ME WHAT TO CRY. I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD BE THE PERSON I AM NOW. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE ABLE TO STAND ON MY OWN TWO FEET AND TESTIFY TO SOME ONE OF THE LIVING CHRIST! I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE THE ONE SOMEONE WOULD CALL TO HAVE A QUESTION ANSWERED ABOUT THE GOSPEL. AND THE GRATITUDE I FEEL TOWARDS MY FATHER IN HEAVEN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY CANNOT BE MATCHED! I HAVE LOVED AND WILL CONTINUE TO LOVE MY MISSION! I LOVE CANADA AND I WILL ALWAYS HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART FOR THE PEOPLE HERE! (EVEN IF THEY DO SOUND FUNNY WHEN THEY TALK...LOL)

I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW HOW MUCH I TRULY LOVE YOU! YOU MEAN THE WORLD AND EVERYTHING TO ME. IT IS SO COOL TO HEAR ABOUT ALL MY BUDDIES GETTING HOME, AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE FOR NOW THE HAPPINESS THAT IS FELT (AND RELIEF FOR A MOM AND DAD THAT WE'RE ALIVE...LOL) WHEN A MISSIONARY WALKS OFF THE PLANE TO HUG THEIR FAMILY! THAT FEELING HAS BEEN A DREAM FOR A LONG TIME, AND NOW THAT ITS ONLY 10 DAYS AWAY, I CANNOT HELP BUT GET EXCITED! I LOVE YOU GUYS, BUT PLEASE DO NOT WORRY, ALL IS WELL, AND IM DOING WHAT I NEED AND WANT TO BE DOING! NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT MY TIME AS A MISSIONARY AND NOTHING CAN EVER CHANGE THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT THIS GOSPEL AND THE TRUTH IT BARES!

I LOVE YOU!

LOVE,

ELDER LOGAN NEIL PETERSEN