End of the Road

Yup, just like everyone else, I am getting sent home tomorrow. I will catch a plane early tomorrow morning. It is so sad to be leaving this wonderful country. I am going to miss is a lot and I am going to miss the wonderful people I met even more.

This obviously isn't when I planned on coming home but I am so grateful for the mission I was able to serve. It wasn't what I signed up to serve but it definitely was what I needed to serve. I don't know why I am coming home right now but the Lord does and I have faith in His plan.

I was actually supposed to leave last Saturday but something went wrong with the flight and I have been staying in Kyiv for the past couple of days. I have gotten an amazing opportunity to spend it with the AP because his last comp went home too. But I definitely know that one of the reasons I didn't got home on Saturday was because I was supposed to come here and meet some more awesome missionaries and learn from them. These last couple of days have been an emotional roller coaster but they were such testimony building days. I have a strong testimony of the scriptures and personal revelation. I have been asking myself so many questions lately during all this craziness and every single time I open up my scriptures in the morning the answer is right there in front of me, laid out so plainly. God has been blessing me with so much knowledge and it is so comforting and reassuring to know that He lives and He is always there and ready to help....all we have to do is ask.

Don't get me wrong, I am so excited to see my family but it is going to be sad not being a set apart missionary anymore. I would not trade this last 21 months for ANYTHING! They have given me such a boost in my life and I hope I can use that knowledge to continue to bless the life of others.

Thank you all for your love and support while I have been out here. I know God lives and I know Jesus Christ lives and is our Savior. I know He suffered for me and for you. I know that ONLY through Jesus Christ we can live with God again. I know the Book of Mormon is true without a doubt in my mind. I have been blessed with the opportunity to read it over and over again and it continues to it's truthfulness every single time. I know Joseph Smith was a prophet of God and how great it is that we get to hear from our prophet today, President Russell M. Nelson, in just a couple days!.

Right now is just the beginning! God is good. Trust in Him. He knows what He is doing. 


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Elder Kenyon Matua