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- 9:29 AM

From my companionship to yours...

- Elder Gallagher

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Last Chapter (12/2/2019)

- 8:34 PM

Well, I will wait to reflect upon my mission until next week's weekly. Despite the fact that I don't have too much else to say this week. The trio life is good. Elder Borden and Elder Schreiter are great missionaries. I think this trio is even better than the two other trios I was a part of between transfers on two separate occasions. I thought of something interesting recently. It was really uplifting and profound. I kind of forgot what it was. ...That's why you write things down sooner! All I remember, basically, is that it's silly to expect someone to get through life without having made lots of mistakes. It's a given that mistakes, even big ones, will be made. That's kind of inevitable. It's okay. Just move on. That's what I tell myself anyway. I feel like I had some cool analogy for this but I forgot what it was. I'm striving to stay focused. I am trying my hardest. I'm sticking it out till the end, feeling...

Blessed (11/26/2019)

- 8:32 PM

Dear friends and family, I met an apostle of Jesus Christ this week. I don't have the picture he took with the mission yet so if/when I get that I'll send it. (Provided they get it to us within the next two weeks.) On Saturday we arrived at the church building where it was to take place. This was the entire mission meeting in one location, which never happens unless an apostle visits. We were told that Elder Uchtdorf was in a meeting with the mission leadership so we quietly gathered in the gym to line up for a photo. We got lined up and arranged for the picture waiting for a while as more missionaries filed in and we awaited the Uchtdorfs. Finally I spotted Sister Uchtdorf walking in and going near to her seat. I don't know how many people recognized her--we don't usually see her, just her husband. A few moments later Elder Uchtdorf strode in and everybody went dead silent. He said something like "I've looked all over the building for ...

"Out of Great Tribulation" (12/9/2019)

- 8:36 PM

Dear friends and family, It doesn't feel real, but we have come to the end. 23 and a half months have passed since I became a missionary. This is the last weekly email. I was set apart on the day President Monson died. I've labored through all the many changes that have happened in the Church since then. I've seen new mission rules galore all across the board culminating in a new missionary rule book. I've read the New Testament and the Doctrine and Covenants in their entirety for the first time. I read Jesus the Christ twice and the Book of Mormon 4 times or so. (I think I still am missing a bit of the Pearl of Great Price somehow.) I got to look at myself in the proverbial mirror, recoil in horror, and try to repent. I got to meet countless individuals who I will love and stay in contact for the rest of my life. I was involved in teaching 6 individuals who got baptized either while I was in their ward or afterward. I learned how to bette...