hey family!
well...i have a week left... and not much too say. preparation day got changed to tuesday so thats why i'm writing today... its kind of silly though because i it changes for no reason and i'm sick of it... good thing i'm not going to be here for very long.
i dont exactly know how to express the feelings that i have been having lately. it seems kind of like yesterday, that i went said goodbye to you and went into the MTC... and now here we are two weeks later (years i know...) and i only have a day left. it sucks... i mean im way excited to see you again but i love the mission... i've gotten really comfortable here.
it's been kind of funny trying to think of what to talk about at church when i get home... like 3000 things have gone through my head and i cant pick... i've learned and grown so much! i feel really privileged to have served the lord for so long. if there is one thing that i have learned for sure in being here...one thing that has been anchored into my soul... is that God loves us. More than we could ever imagine! i've been privileged to feel that love and to help spread it with those around me! it hurts, a LOT, to know that there are people that dont know that. that when lifes trials destroy their lives they have no where to turn, and no one to lean on. people that use the simple things in life... technology that allows us to communicate on the other side of the world with the ones we love, and fail to realize the relationship that we can have with a perfectly loving heavenly father! who, though i imagine it pained him greatly, allowed his firstborn son to come to this earth and suffer unexplainable pain of the worst kind so that we, sinners...infideles...but most importantly,his children, to return and live with Him and the people that we have grown to love for time and all eternity. its so great! he loves us so much! 1 nephi 11:17 has become one of my favorite scriptures.
i love you so much! umm... I love you because of the examples that you show me, your diligence, your faith in the face of adversity, and because of your love. thanks for all of your support and all of your greatness! the work of the lord will continue! even in france! LoveYOu!
Elder Michael Laws
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