February 8

Hello, I hope you have had another great week.
It seems that every time we meet with a group of members lately it comes up that we are near the end of our mission. They always ask us to bear a testimony. We like to do it but we are having some tender feelings about leaving these people. I think our love for them comes out in our expressions and I can see that they feel our love and they respond to it. They seem to especially enjoy hearing us tell personal stories of our early married life and some of our personal struggles. I think they see that we are not really so different from them. Sometimes I have felt the spirit so strong on these occasions, it reminds me of my chosen verse for the week.
D&C 84:88
And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go before your face.
I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my spirit shall be in your hearts and mine angels round about you, to bear you up.
I know that this is the work of our Heavenly Father, and that he loves his children all over the world.
I love you, Dad