No True Endings...Only Everlasting Beginnings

Well this was a pretty long week for me. A long week full of goodbyes. Some expected, others not so much. But the great hope that the gospel brings us is that we will all see each other again. I was struggling pretty bad with everything but then I read Pres.Uchtdorfs conference talk about being grateful under any circumstances and it helped me a lot. The more I read it and thought about it I realized that the endings in this life really aren't endings, they are just short pauses compared to the joy and how happy we will be if we are obedient.

It was hard to say goodbye to all of the friends I have made over the last few months in Chulucanas. Some of them were pretty much family to me. Some even cried. I might have even cried a little too haha. Now I am in Piura in Castilla in the Jorge Chavez Ward. Today is independence day in Peru and there was a ward activity so I already know a lot of members from the ward and I am excited to get to work with them. My companion is Elder Cisneros from Ecuador and he has 3 months in the mission.

How grateful I am to my Heavenly Father that in his plan there are no true endings, only everlasting beginnings.

Love you guys.

As Logan mentioned he has struggled with the loss of his friend Daulton...I have had a few emails back and forth with his mission president and he said this has been a trial of his faith...but he is improving. Logan referenced Presidents Uchtdorfs I'm going to include the part that gave him some peace, the talk is from the April 2014 General Conference.

We Are Not Made for Endings

In light of what we know about our eternal destiny, is it any wonder that whenever we face the bitter endings of life, they seem unacceptable to us? There seems to be something inside of us that resists endings.

Why is this? Because we are made of the stuff of eternity. We are eternal beings, children of the Almighty God, whose name is Endless and who promises eternal blessings without number. Endings are not our destiny.

The more we learn about the gospel of Jesus Christ, the more we realize that endings here in mortality are not endings at all. They are merely interruptions—temporary pauses that one day will seem small compared to the eternal joy awaiting the faithful.

How grateful I am to my Heavenly Father that in His plan there are no true endings, only everlasting beginnings.