Natalie September 29, 2014

Wow.

Oh what a beautiful 18 months it has been. I feel as if my heart will burst with gratitude and joy because of what God has done in the past year and a half. I Stand All Amazed. I stand all amazed at the miracles He has orchestrated. The people He has found. The people He introduced into my life. The lessons He has taught. The impossible He made possible. The unseen He made seen. And the thousands of miracles He gave me to show a daughter that her Father was there.

I Stand All Amazed that the greatest miracle of my mission

is me.

My mission has taught me many things. But one of the greatest principles I am taking with me, is that God is real. He is our Father. He is our teammate, and He is endlessly running at our aide. To help us. To lift us. And to guide us. And He speaks. If we listen, He will speak. And when we listen, we'll realize that He's always speaking. God never limits His love. We are the ones that put restrictions on feeling His blessings and divine love. The greatest gift He gave us was His son-who provided us with an Atonement. A way to be cleansed. A way to be free. A way to listen without restraint. To be awakened. To be comforted. A way to become like Him. Because that's why we're here. To realize our divine potentional and become like Our Heavenly Father to continue His divine mission.

My mission has taught me to LOVE. And that everyone needs it. We all search to be accepted and feel His love . And the greatest gift we can give to others is to be a vessel for God's love. To leave a legacy of love. I have grown to love this country more than I thought I ever could. I have grown to love companions and missionaries who have become sacred friends, amis who will always stay in my heart, members who showed me what true missionary work is, mission presidents who stood as pillars to lead this country, and my family--who i grew to love and respect more than I ever thought I could. My mission has taught me that the greatest missionaries are the ones who converted me -my family.

It hurts my heart to leave this place. To leave Paris in all of her glory and beauty and sacredness. But I am overjoyed and excited to begin the next step of my journey. Although I will be leaving the land of my mission,

I will not leave my mission

Because my mission is just beginning.

At the end of the Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis wrote:

"And as Aslan spoke, He no longer looked to them like a lion, but the things which began to happen after that were so great and beautiful that I cannot write them. And for us this is the end of all the stories, and we can most truly say that they all lived happily ever after. But for them, it was only the beginning of the real story. All of their lives in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the title page. Now at last they were beginning chapter one of the great story which no one on earth has read which goes on forever; in which every chapter is better than the one before."

My cover page and title page were more beautiful than I could have ever hoped for. And I am so excited to see where my story will take me for chapter 1. Each new page brings another adventure intertwined with God's grace and love. As we let Him write the pages of our lives, He will make our story more beautiful than we can even imagine. More beauitful than we could've ever written for oursevles. As we give Him more, He will make our stories into something more.

Thank you for all of your love and support. And for being there every single day of these 18 months. I will forever be grateful for the support that you have given me and for being a part of my story.

"If you find it’s me you’re missing, if you’re hoping I’ll return. To your thoughts I’ll soon be listening, in the road I’ll stop and turn. Then the wind will set me racing as my journey nears its end. And the path I’ll be retracing when I’m homeward bound again.

Bind me not to the pasture; chain me not to the plow. Set me free to find my calling and I’ll return to you somehow"

Love,

Your Sœur Cameron

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