LAST EMAIL!!!

 Hello all!! No I am not dead, not yet that is. 

These last few months have been awesome. I have been with Elder Navarro, and my last companion Elder Graham. We have had an amazing time talking to people on all forms of communication, Facebook, Instagram, random calling, knocking a few doors, talking to people on the street, even talking to people at stoplights, and getting their number to share a message with them later on! I have been on exchanges all around the surrounding areas, Fayetteville, Jasper, Mcminnville, and it has been so fun! Even a few trips to Nashville here and there for meetings. Things have been very busy. This last week in the field we have a baptism scheduled for our friend Savannah! She is the wife of another recent convert Eric, whose baptism I got to participate in back in late November. We are really excited about that. I have learned so much on my mission, I don't want to say too much about it now, as it will be included in my homecoming talk, but to sum it up it has been the best of times, and also the worst of times, but all in all I can honestly say I have absolutely loved my mission and wouldn't trade it for the world! The things I have learned and the people that I have met have truly changed my life. I am so excited to begin my life back home once again this time around with a much stronger testimony of Jesus Christ and His restored gospel. I can now say confidently that I know the reason Jesus Christ came to this earth, the purpose He had to fulfill, and the incredible task it was. I know I am still so far from perfect and have made mistake upon mistake even being here on my mission, but because of Him, I can be forgiven, and through His grace I can continue to grow until I can one day be perfect, even as Him and the Father are. I am so grateful for all the support each of you has given me throughout my mission, and I hope you enjoy these final pictures, I cannot wait to see all of you again soon. 
And to the reader I bid farewell, hoping that many of y'all have found joy and inspiration through my words. 
Brethren and Sisteren, adieu. 
Elder LaPray 

   






























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