One Day more,
Well today I am sitting in the Abilene Texas Library one last
time. I am emailing home one last time. And the next time you hear from me
I will be Keegan, no longer Elder.
I think for my entire mission I have always wondered what I was
going to say in this email. I wanted to say something super spectacular that
would make everyone cry tears of joy, but now that it is actually here I don’t
know what to say. These last two years have literally taken my breath away. Reflecting
back on what has happened in these two years I have thought about what has
happened and the man that I have become.
In my departing interview as a missionary my mission president
chose to read a passage of scripture with me, he chose 1st Corinthians 13:11. It
talks about how when I was a child I spake as a child, I understood as a child,
but when I became a man I put away childish things.
Before I left on my mission I was kinda a crazy guy as some of
you might have known, I really didn't understand the gospel at all. I really
thought I did with all of my heart, like I really believed I had a testimony,
and I could speak and defend it all I wanted, but that was just because I have
been blessed with the ability to speak well. I now can say that I have come to
know that this is the truth. What I have been doing for the last two years was
not and will NEVER be a waste of my time. It’s funny because so much I took
this experience for granted, but now that it is finally here, I am going to
miss it so much.
The people I have met, the things I have been able to do and the
lives I have been able to have a hand in saving. I am a new man. I have become
the man that I have always wanted and dreamed of being, I have finally become
the person who will be able to make a difference in this world. I have always
dreamed of doing something great, I know that I was not simply put on this
earth just to live, I was put here to be alive. And before my mission I was not
capable of making the change in the world that my Heavenly Father expected
of me. But soulfully because of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The thing I have
been teaching and preaching for so long now. So so long now. It finally has made
the impact that it needed.
I was sitting in the temple the other day in the Celestial Room
pondering if my mission was of worth to the Lord and I got the undeniable
feeling that it was. That He accepted my two years and that is all I could ever
want. Even if I hadn't baptized a single soul on my mission I would not trade
this experience for anything. I have seen Life, Death, Happiness, Sadness, Love,
Hate, Truth and not. I am Keegan no need to worry :). I am Keegan Fjeldsted
Christensen, but I am no longer a child, so be ready for me world.
I want to leave with saying I Know with everything that I am
that Jesus is the Christ. I know that He lives and because He lives we are
never alone. I know that Joseph Smith Jr. was the prophet of the restoration of
the gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that through small and simple things great
things are brought to pass. I have also come to know that life is incredibly
short. So short that it is a blink of an eye really. I know that missions
are meant to help you become you. The real you. I could not say one part of my
mission that was the best, because it all contributes to you. I have come to
know what love really is these last two years and I really really do love you.
I don't know how much I can say it because I do. And I am so excited be a part
of your lives once again :)
I love you guys, be
safe out there and know if you ever ever need me again I will be there for you.
Love, one last time Elder Christensen
