Hi everyone!!
It is sooooo bittersweet as this is my LAST weekly email as a set apart, full time missionary. I have absolutely loved these last 18 months I have spent here in the Idaho Boise Mission. The people I have met have changed my life completely, and I have grown in every way possible. I am grateful to all of you for your thoughts, love, and prayers during this past year and a half! It has meant more to me than you know! It would be impossible for me to sum up these past 18 months in just a few sentences, so I would like to share with you all my simple testimony of the things I know to be true.
I know that God loves His children- that is each of us. He loves us unconditionally, perfectly, and eternally. That is an unchanging truth. I know that He manifested that love for us when He sent His son, Jesus Christ, to be our Redeemer. I know that, through Jesus Christ, all things are possible. He is a healer, a peace maker, our example, a friend, and our Savior. Because of him, I, and each of us, can repent and overcome our mistakes and sins. We can return to live with our Heavenly Father and with our families forever. I know that Christ's church was restored upon the earth by the prophet Joseph Smith. I know that through the power of God, Joseph translated the Book of Mormon and that it is true. I know it's the word of God and contains the answers to all of life's questions. I know that by reading it, we can have more peace in our lives. I know there is joy in living the gospel. I know it changes lives. I know that Heavenly Father has a beautiful, perfect, uniquely individual plan for each of us. I KNOW He loves us, and I love Him and my Savior, Jesus Christ.
I love you all!! See you all this week ;))
For the last time,
Hermana Rawlins
