A LETTER FOR MY MISSIONARY FRIENDS BACK HOME

Dear Elders, Friends, and Goonies,
Honduras life is awesome! Washing my clothes on rocks, sitting on dirt floors,  teaching the Gospel, and eating tortillas with beans, eggs, and rice every day. These past nine months have been awesome. The Lord has really humbled, blessed, and taught me a lot of things in a little under a year. I love the people of Honduras. I have had three ares, five Comps, and a whole lot of wonderful experiences. I feel like I am leaving my family again, every time I leave each area and companion. I started off on the Beach in Tela, then was moved out into the boonies (Los Morelos) to open up that area, and now I am here in Vista Hermosa with my greenie comp, with 3 months in the mission, from Guatemala. The Lord has blessed me with five awesome companions, four from Guatemala, and one from California. Every day I learn and see something new. I can't imagine serving anywhere else other than in Honduras. I feel like I have found (and am still on a giant treasure hunt to find more of) my long lost brown brothers. The people here are so humble and thankful for life. It makes one just sit and ponder...what really does make one happy? I am so grateful for the wonderful experiences I have had. The experiences I have had and felt can't even be written on paper. I have come to realize the words of the Apostle, Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin (that I heard in the MTC), are reality. He said, "The mission is like a football game. It's gonna take everything you got and more. You are going to experience pain, bumps, and bruises, and awesome experiences. The bumps and bruises will fade away with time, but the memories and friendships we build will last a lifetime". The mission really does have its ups and downs, but with all the blessings one receives, it is all worth it. I would never trade anything for the wonderful, life changing experiences I have had, and I am looking forward to another year and three months of great times...that of committing my Brothers and Sisters of Honduras to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Once they are committed, they will become Power Houses in helping to bring to pass this great work of building God's Kingdom. Well, Goonies and Friends, I have to make things short...if there is any advice I could give to any of you, it would be: Study Hard, Pray Hard, Be Obedient, and Work your Guts Out, and the Lord will do His part. Always Smile and don’t be Afraid...Fear breaks us...Face your fears and never be scared to talk to anyone. We have Priesthood Power, and the greatest message in the whole world, and there is no reason to be ashamed about anything. I have learned, not too long ago, that we need to bring our passion, will, strength, and everything we've got, to be united with the will of God, and keep pushing every day, so the Lord will always be by our side. We aren’t alone. I love my Savior, Jesus Christ and everything he has done for me. I love my calling, and there is nothing I would rather be doing right now than serving in this Work of the Lord. I am grateful to be a member of this Church. Too often, we run into members of the Catholic Church who say, I was born a Catholic, baptized a Catholic, and I will die a Catholic. Well, that is almost my conviction as well...Except, I was born a Mormon, baptized a Mormon, and will die a Mormon. I will never deny the truth of this Gospel, and of the Book of Mormon. I love you all, and hope everything is going great. Until we meet again.  Hale Pinta mis Hermanos, Con Amor, Elder Lee

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