Week 103 - Welcome Home Elder Doyle!

Week 102 - The Mission Continues!

Dear loved ones,

Well, I've thought quite a bit about what I would write in my last email as a full time proselyting missionary, and now that it's here, my mind is blank. It hasn't really sunk in yet that I'm going home in a couple days! I think that one reason is that I've begun to realize that my mission isn't really ending or changing. And I know this sounds as cliche and cheesy as you can get. But my purpose for the last two years has been to help bring others closer to Christ, and no part of that is changing. So it doesn't feel like the ending and starting of two different lives, I'm just getting transferred again.

A couple things I've learned: God loves me, and He loves everybody I've ever met. Jesus Christ's Atonement covers all. He understands everything because he's gone through everything. The temple is the house of the Lord. Joseph Smith is a prophet. Russell M. Nelson is a prophet. The Holy Ghost is essential to a happy life. Obedience is a blessing, and it brings miracles. God can make more of you than you can make of yourself. Eating heavy dessert every night for two years makes you fat. Scripture study is important. Spiritual experiences have a shelf life, so you need to seek more out all the time. And about a million other things.

I've loved my mission. I know it's setting me up for a more successful life in the future. Please ask me about people and experiences and lessons I've learned, because I never want to forget about them. Thank you for the prayers and love and support! I've felt those sustaining prayers. 

Don't forget, God loves you!

Elder Doyle, signing off.