Quarantine Life!!

Hello, my family and friends! Sorry, it's been a little while, lots have changed since the last time I wrote that's for sure. We have been in a national quarantine here in Argentina for the last 11 days. Sounds fun, right? Hahaha it's been quite the experience but good thing I am here with one of my best buds Elder Watson from St George! The quarantine has been one of the most challenging parts of my mission for sure, but not all has been bad. We have had lots of time to study and reflect back on what the mission is and how it has truly changed us. Last Sunday was quite the rollercoaster of emotions as they told us we would be returning home and I would be released from my missionary service. Kinda hard to describe the sadness and confusion that we went through. Not going to lie, didn't get much sleep that night but one thing that was constantly in my head was that I had done my best. These past 20 months have been some of the most difficult and rewarding times of my life as I have seen lives change and on an even bigger scale, my own life change. I am grateful for the chance that I had to everyday represent the Lord as a missionary of his church. 

I may still just be a 19-year-old kid that doesn't know much, but I have learned a couple eternal truths in this short time. Truths that are eternally true for me, that are true for you and that are true for every person on this earth. Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. The atonement of Jesus Christ gives every single one of us the opportunity to "be born again" and change our lives every single day to be a little better. There is one truth that I know and that is that God is a selfish God, sometimes its a little hard to get an answer from him and I know that he isn't always just going to show up and save the day if we aren't looking. One of my favorite scriptures is Doctrine and Covenants 6:36. As we look unto God in every thought doubting not and fearing nothing, I know that he will be present in our lives. He will be there when we call and he will provide the saving that we need. My time in the mission has taught me how to do just that, to doubt not in promptings from the spirit, to not fear as I seek to do the Lord's will, and most importantly, to look unto him in every thought. Making Christ the center of my life has lifted me in times of my times of need. The mission was the hardest thing that I have ever had to do. It took all out of me in order to raise me to be the person that I wanted to be. My invitation to all of you is to look unto Christ, look unto him in the good times, look unto him in the bad times, and even the times you have been locked in an apartment for 11 days😉, I promise as we look unto him, he looks unto us. His love is always extended and I hope that we can all accept the infinite love he so freely gives. 

The mission has been the greatest experience of my life and I am so grateful for the people I have met and taught, seeing their testimonies grow is what has strengthened me and made me into a new person. I am grateful for all of your support and love! I love Argentina and it will have a piece of my heart forever!!

See you all soon (hopefully haha)!!

Love,

Elder Henderson