Spencer's Take 2, Semana 77 - To the very end....

Monday, October 26, 2015

This is so crazy. My buddies have been asking me what I’m going to say in this, my last letter home. I guess it is like custom to write a last testimony or something like that. But I, hipster Elder McKee, will not do that. Why you ask? Because the mission is still not over! I still have a week left!

I watched a video the other day that really made me think. On the Mormon channel there is a series called 2 brothers 2. It’s real good. Anyway, in the very last episode the oldest of the brothers in the series shares some thoughts about the mission. He said something along the lines of how the mission is set up to be a failure. There is no such thing as a perfect day in the mission. There is no such thing as a perfect missionary. If you expect to have a perfect mission and be a perfect missionary you are going to be a sad, sad man. At the end of the day everyone can look back and say, “Man that sure was stupid. Why did I do that?” it’s true! I know I have had many days like such!

In these past couple of days I have thought a lot about if my efforts have been enough. Now, there have been days where I have been on it way more than others. I have lost months of blessings due to disobedience and a lack of faith. I have had periods of time where I could really feel the presence of a third companion (the Holy Ghost) and others where I felt as if I was walking blind folded. It’s sad to think that I have let days go by. In the end, I guess I really can say that I had a great mission. I have learned a lot. I know that nobody is perfect. If there is anything I have learned from my mission, it would have to be the importance of repentance. I am really, realllyyyyy good at it now.

The mission is preparation for real life. I think I’m ready. I hope so at least! If anything, I would really just like to know what my Heavenly Father thinks about my mission. One thing I learned in my mission is that to God, it doesn’t matter what you did yesterday. What he cares about is what you do today and tomorrow. I have one week left!

I love you all. See you soon!

Home means Nevada, home means the hills.....

xoxo

-Elder Spencer McKee