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The last one!

Wow, this is the last email I am going to send from Honduras. I feel very strange, as if I were leaving home all over again.

2 years ago, I received my mission call to come to San Pedro Sula, Honduras. A city that I didn't know existed at that time. A place where I couldn't speak the language, where I would eat food that I had never tried before. A country where I knew absolutely no one, a city where people who google it, get scared of going there. Yet, I couldn't have chosen a more amazing place to have gone if I could have.

2 years later, I realize that I love this place. I have come to love these people as if they were my family. They have welcomed me here as if I were their family. I have been with them, teaching them about Christ, about the plan that God has for each one of us. I have talked with them about the Atonement, and that through it we can receive forgiveness, strength, and comfort, because the Lord loves us. He gave his life so that we could be happy. I have seen the changes that come from living the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, the joy that it can bring into everyone's lives. I have taught about the Book of Mormon, and how it testifies that Jesus is the Christ, and if we follow His teachings we will be more like Him. I have taught about the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and about Modern-day Prophets.  I know that this is His church, and that He knows each one of us. The most profound change that I have seen has been in myself. I have realized that I am not the same 18 year old kid that walked onto an airplane 2 years ago. The change that I have seen has come from service. Not just to the Lord, but to everyone. As we serve others, we are doing exactly what Christ would do. He walked on this earth, ministering person by person, miracle by miracle, changed life by changed life. As I have aligned my actions more closely to what Christ would do, I have felt the joy that comes from worrying about others.

2 years later, I realize that I am going to miss Honduras and the people here more than I ever could have thought. I have realized that I would not trade this experience for anything.

Elder Jensen

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