This week is the last week of the transfer and one of my zone leaders is going home. It is a strange thing to see missionaries go home. They really don't want to leave. I've thought about that. Why would anyone not want to leave? You get all these "privileges" back once you go home. Etc. It has brought light into my purpose here. I think in part it has to do with making another transition. Again, it is something that you've never done before. There is always an element of uncertainty. But that is not the biggest reason why missionaries don't want to go home. It is because when you are a missionary you are living at a level of purity and consecration that you have never before attempted to live. We teach to avoid temptation. We teach to replace negative thoughts, actions, and influences with good ones. Simply cutting out the negative influences of the world that come through TV, Internet, and radio creates an atmoshphere where you can be more spiritually sensitive. We have time every day to study from the scriptures. We get to teach and talk about the restored gospel of Jesus Christ daily, and the restored gospel is more than just another nice Christian religion. That is our claim. We have more, we have the Priesthood of God, we have the modern revelation, we know that the Lord speaks to us today just as he did with His children in ancient times. God doesn't love us any less than He loved His people in the days of Moses. Therefore we have the same blessings they had.
I am so glad to have the restored gospel in my life. I'm thankfull to be in Sedona to be able to appreciate the beautiful earth that God created for us.
Love Elder Fagersten in AZ
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