Week 73: That's a wrap on gautlife!!!!

I can't believe I am writing my VERY LAST mission email. 

This week another drunk guy had the audacity to yell at me hahha He asked me why god took his mother away and I explained to him that it was part of god's plan and he SCREAMED in my face and tried to hit me with a rolled up pamphlet hahaah 

That same night some random person called us late at night asking if we could ¨make room for him in the inn¨ hahahaahaha I WAS LIKE UHHHH NO !!! I hung up sooo fast rip

We go running in the mornings next to some volcanoes and one of them low key errumpted cause a ton of smoke started pouring out hahaah but it never ended up exploding!!!! #guatdeath

Then my district held my funeral because hermana salisbury is gonna die in 8 days hahaha #ishouldntbealiveGUATEDITION

Thank you all for following the GUAT LIFE. You only guat once. I honestly think I deserve my eagle scout after this hahahhaah I FOR SURE earned every merit badge at least twice.

Where did the time go? In about one week I will have made it back to the comfort of my home and family, as if everything was the same again, but I know I will never be the same. That girl getting on a plane to Guatemala city on July 17th, 2018 is not the same girl that will be coming off the plane in a week. This 18 month mission marked my life, in such a way that I can't return to who I was before the mission. I was able to see the conversion of so many hearts and one of those was my own. That in it self made every bit of hunger, rejection, rain, heat, sweat, tears, parasites, raw meat, tired feet, spanish confusion ALL WORTH IT. It was all worth it because now looking back I have changed my life. The real mission is AFTER this one. The mission of enduring until the end. I am very aware that I am SO far from perfect but I am amazed at the way the Lord has molded my heart these 18 months. This work doesn't end when my plaque comes off. That is when it starts.

 I'm so excited to keep working hard, and build off of these things I have learned. A mission isn't for everybody but it might take you a lifetime to learn what you COULD HAVE learned on your mission. Because of the mission I have found the discipleship path. This mission helped me learn the importance of this path and gave me the conviction to STAY THERE. I know, like it says in jacob 5 in the book of mormon, that this is the last time the lord with nurture his vineyard. I know that we ALL have the privilege to work in His vineyard. We can all be His hands and care for our neighbor. I have learned to be His hands. I know He lives. I know He loves us. I know that he hears every prayer and that His presence has always been the difference. I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints is the only church on this earth that has all of the saving ordinances to grant us eternal life. I know it because I have prayed.

 I know. I have testified and will continue to testify because I have such a conviction of the gathering of israel. I know we can only gathre israel with the book of mormon. I love the book of moron and I love the bible. I know christ came and bore record to the lamanites here in the americas. I love the guatemalans. I have cried on multiple occasions because I know the time is coming in which I have to separate from them. I feel as if I am leaving my home again. But I know and I can truly testify that this call to guatemala was inspired. It was not by coincidence that I was sent here. I received and accepted this calling before I was born. I went into evreu area (san marcos, mazate, malacatan, coatepeque and San felipe) looking for the familiar faces I had promised in the pre earth life. I feel such a peace in my heart saying that I found them. I feel peace saying I can now go home and start a new mission, cause I still have so much work to do. I testify of all these things and I do so in the sacred name of whom I represent, even jesus christ, amen.  

Signing off for the last time...

Hermana Salisbury