Last Transfer 6/17/13

Well we got transfer calls and I am staying here in Sabana Perdida with Elder Martin. We had 9 people in church yesterday and our English class is growing. President recently announced that he wants us to teach a missionary course to the members, but that he will work with the stake presidents because they have the priesthood keys to authorize something like that. So in other words it’s going to take time to get it going, and I won´t be here. I love teaching, and it would be great to be a part of it, but I know the Lord has other big plans for me. My theme and motivation this month is found in LUKE 24. When Mary and others came to Christ´s tomb to dress His body, they found the stone rolled back and angels that proclaimed ¨Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, He is risen.¨ How does this apply to me as a missionary? Well in the mission we say that when an Elder finishes the mission he ¨dies¨. But I refuse. I have not spent hundreds, if not thousands, of hours studying, meditating, and working to just give it all away. This mission has not been solely an occupation, but a foundation upon which I built. The skills, habits, principles and doctrines that I have learned will follow me through this life and the next as I continue to follow the footsteps of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I will not be counted among those who finish the mission and move on, returning to the way things were before. This commission is for life. I may have other opportunities to serve or other responsibilities, but I am, first and forever, a Disciple of The Master. Elder Jared C. Nichols