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Well, I did it! I served a full-time mission in Paraguay!! I am so happy. I have a ton of different feelings running through my head right now and it is just crazy... But, it`s all good! To start off, I thought that I would just have you all know that on Saturday, Karen and Marcelo were MARRIED and then Karen was BAPTIZED!! It was just the best ever. Definitely the best way to end the mish. I was so happy for them. We have worked so much with them and I can`t even explain to you the difference in that family. They are just so cool and happy and they have such a testimony!! So, it was a bit of a stressful day and all, but in the end... Everything turned out PERFECT! And, to just mention, Paraguay won the game in futbol (soccer) and made it to finals!! It was crazy!! Like they literally won the game (against Brazil) and then everyone was like screaming and stuff in the streets and then ALL of the invited people came like barging into the chapel for the wedding. And we just had a wedding! And then a baptism and it was the best day ever. So, that is the big event for this last week.
Well family.... It`s about to be all over. This is my last letter to you all from Paraguay and it is pretty weird to think about it like this... But, hey.. It had to end at some point! I really have had such a great experience here. I honestly have learned things that I NEVER thought I would learn on a mission. I have met people and loved them like I NEVER thought I would before. I really have loved the mission. For sure there have been the ups and downs and many times where I have wanted to just go home already and also the many times when I just wanted to live with the people here and be a part of their family. I have experience hot, hot, HOT and HUMID weather and also rain up to my shins weather, and I have also felt the spirit the most strongly I have ever felt in my entire life. I have loved being here in Paraguay and I wouldn`t trade the time that I have had here for anything. I don`t really bare my testimony too often on the letters that I have sent home... But, I just want you guys to know that I really do know that this is the true church. I honestly have NO doubt about it. I know that this IS the church that Christ built. He is our Savior and He did die for us. I know that Heavenly Father loves us and listens to us. He is our Father and loves us SOOO much. I know that we have a prophet that lives and guides us. He also loves us and really does speak with God and receives the revelation that we need in these days. I know that the priesthood is real and that it can do miracles. I KNOW that the Book of Mormon is true. It is the truest book on the face of the earth. It is literally the evidence that we have that Heavenly Father loves us and that He has restored His gospel. And I know all of these things... Because I have felt it. I have really been able to experiment for myself and KNOW that what we do as Latter-day Saints is true and that we are in HIS church. And there is only one. I know it with all of my heart.
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| Last P-Day at Pizza Hut |
I love you guys so so so much and you honestly have no idea how excited and happy I am to see you guys again!! I can`t believe that the time has come, but I am STOKED!! I love you so much and want to thank you for every letter that I have ever received in my mission from you guys! They helped me soooo much! I know that I honestly have LA MEJOR FAMILIA EN EL MUNDO!! And I am soooo grateful for that. I know that we are going to be able to be together forever with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ one day in neverending happiness (Mosiah 2:41--my fav scrip) and I am even more stoked for that :)
Con muchísimo amor siempre, Hermana Chloe Whittaker
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