coming home.......

The last time.....

Well hello everyone for one last time... 

I really can not believe that this will be my last time writing from Argentina... The mission has gone by way too fast! Seriously i still remember the last week before coming out on the mission. All the fear that I had for the time of 2 years! I thought it would be sooooo long, I thought i would miss everything so much, I thought only about myself. Wow was I so wrong and wow has the mission changed my life forever!

Ok first a quick update of the week! It was great! We have a lot of people still progressing! And this thursday we will be baptizing Carmen Meza, Danilo Diaz y Nicolás Garcia! They are all so awesome! Please say some prayers for them so that they can all have such a special day on thursday! So to be hoenst, i dont really know what to talk about, thinking about the whole mission now just gives me a blank... 

But i do want to bare my testimony with all of you. I know that God lives. He is my Heavenly Father. He created me in his image and he loves me. Not only me but all of you as well! He really loves us and wants the best for us! For this eternal love that he has for us, he sent his only begotten son to die on the cross so that we could one day return to live with him. Jesus Christ taught us 5 steps to be able to be guilt free and clean of everything that we have ever done in our lives. Have faith, repent, be baptized by someone that has the Priestood Athority to do it, recieve the Gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands and endureing to the end. It really is not a harder life following Christ. I have learned that here on the mission. A lot of people see the commandments as restrictions. But here I have gained a personal testimony of how important each commandment really is. It does not restirct us but free us from all pain and suffering. Following Christ is the only way to be truly happy. And there is no other way to follow him then in His church that he established by His prophet Joseph Smith. I know that Joseph Smith was called of God to restore this gospel to the Earth. As a young boy at the age of 14, he saw God the Father and Jesus Christ! I know this to be true. There is no room for doubt in my body. I have felt the Holy Ghost testify to me of this very true thousands of times here in Argentina! There is no article, book or statement that can deny the testimony that I have recieved by sharing this message with others for 2 years! I know that this gospel is the most important message that we can share with the world. Everyone needs this messange in their lives if they want to return to live with God. Perhaps, they do not know that. But we do. That is why I gave up everything for 2 years to share it! I have gained many testimonies here in the mission! I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God, written for us in these days to guide us. But more important that all that, these 2 years have brought me closer to my Salvador Jesus Chirst. I know that he died for me, was resurected and lives for me today. I know that he is constantly beside me, guiding me in this life. I know that he loves me and is pleased for all that I have done for him these 2 years! I love my Savior! I love this Gospel! I love this work! The mission really has been the best 2 years! I will never forget the memories, people or lessons that I have learned here! It's really sad to see this time go! I have loved being a missionary and will continue loving it until the last day!

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Con Amor,

Elder Zaugg