When it began. Letter Home

I'm not really sure how to start this letter.  It is P-Day and I finished emailing you like 3 hours ago or something. Who's counting? I just told you guys to send me a letter so it only seems appropriate that I send you one too, You guys don't even comprehend how much I miss you all! I'm just a boy going off into the big scary world by myself with people I don't know for 2 years. I'm so scared. We had a devotional and a doctor came and gave a 2 hour lesson on how to stay safe and not die from a random disease. There's basically a 100% chance that I will be sick for over a month with some crazy disease from just drinking water, eating food, or from the bugs. Why the heck am I here?! People leave every week. Every week I think to myself, is this my week? Should I go home? and then I remember why I am here. People need ME. They don't need a different missionary, they need Jonothon Richard Garry. I cannot leave and I will not leave. This is going to be the hardest thing I will ever do, but it will also be the best thing I ever do and the thing that makes me the happiest. If I didn't absolutely know that this was the true church of Jesus Christ, I wouldn't be here at all. I love you and miss you but unfortunately you will have to wait the full 2 years to come and see me again. By then, I will no longer be a boy I will be a man. I will be an adult and a leader. I will be fluent in Spanish and able to answer doctrinal questions thrown at me in 2 languages. I am excited for my mission. 2 years is a long time but I'm in it for the long haul. 2 years will end eventually and when it does I won't want to leave at all. I'm excited to get to that point because that is when I will become the best missionary possible. I love you all very much. I pray for you every night. Keep me in your prayers and seriously pray that I can learn this language! It's tough but I can do it. Hasta Luego!!

Week 101 Best 2 Years

Alright, so I guess this is it, and I don't really know how to take it. For the last 2 years this has been my life and now I have to go and change my whole life in a second. It's weird but I know that I did my part for the Lord, and I know that He will do his part for me. It is all about faith.

So I guess I will just say the main thing that I have learned in my mission. And I mean there are so many different things to say, I could talk about how the Book of Mormon is true, that Joseph Smith really was a prophet, I could even mention that this is the True Church. all of which are true, but I think what I want to say more than anything, is that I know that my Redeemer really does Live. And I have had the privilege to walk side by side with Him. I realized that every time I was happy, excited, scared, sad, frustrated, or exhausted, there was the Lord with me helping me out. Every night, I would go to bed, my feet would hurt, my back would hurt, I would be so exhausted, so frustrated from the names that people screamed at me through the day, so sad because people didn't want to hear our message, and when I just didn't want to go anymore, I would try to think of the poem that Elder Duncan of the 70 read to us in the MTC saying that Jesus` hands and feet hurt too when he was crucified, that his back hurt too when he had to carry the cross up Calvary. He also heard bad things being yelled at him. and He was also rejected. I would just try to remember that I was in good company and that if He could do it, I could too. I know that He was there for me in the hardest of times. Even Christ didn't want to keep going in the Atonement as his whole body ached as he was suffering for our sins. I would remember that and think, if He can do it, I can do it. He has been my biggest example and my best friend during this crazy mission.

I testify that He lives. and because He lives, we can too. We have a Heavenly Father who loves us, and cares for us. He hears our prayers. I love this gospel. If we let the gospel change us, we will become the people that our Heavenly Father wishes we become.

Thank you all for being apart of my crazy Honduran adventure. Listening to me complain and praying for me when I needed it most.

I love you all and I will see you in a little bit.

For the last time,

Elder Garry

Week 100

Alright, this week was a big tough but it went by so quick!! I am hoping that this week goes by even quicker,
So this week we received news that Elder Renlund of the 12 Apostles will be coming to our mission on Wednesday! I'm super excited!!! He will be my 3rd apostle in the mission!!!! I will leave ready and edified to go home! hahaha
Also I had my last interview with President Bowler, that was really sad. I almost started crying when he just talked about how much he loves me. I have always had the question of "Was I a good missionary" and president told me that he was proud of the things that I accomplished in my mission and really answered my question and through the Spirit, I felt a confirmation that Heavenly Father is also happy and proud of me. I was so happy and content. in my interview, Pres. told me that I have to get married and start looking for a wife......crazy.
But this week should be fun, I'm excited. We will have a few days to work, then I will only have 3 more days until I am home! I love you all

Elder Garry