Well,
I would tell you all to stop telling me how excited you all are to see me IN A
FEW DAYS, but next time I read my emails will be only 2 days before I get home,
so go ahead and write whatever you all want too....
We
have been doing the best that we can right up until the end, just trying to
inspire the rest of the missionaries that will still be here in these ´´my last
days´´. I must admit, up until yesterday I felt totally normal. But finally
yesterday it sank in that I was already in the very end. The initial emotional
reaction was a small panic attack, generated mostly by a fear of the looming
culture shock. But now I feel as calm as a lamb being led to the slaughter ;) The
truth is that I am almost absolutely terrified by the idea of going home. I
felt fine until I realized that this week is going to be full of a bunch of
´´last times´´.... But I am doing all right! I am pretty excited to be home
though. We say that a missionary ´´dies´´ when he comes to the end of his
mission, but I suppose that’s alright, as the natural next step is
a paradisiacal state of happiness in ´´the mansions of my father (and mother)´´
in Oregon. J
Yesterday
we went to visit a less active family that we just met on Sunday. They own a
meat shop and surprised us with some of the fattest steaks I have ever seen in Guatemala!
Some seriously delicious food! Speaking of food, I made a to-scale replica of
the mountainous region we live in last night with some refried beans we had
laying around in the house. Picture included:
Thanks
for the birthday wishes! All is well, and I am excited to see ´´all ya´ll!´´
Love
you lots and see you soon! Elder Rice
No comments:
Post a Comment