Hey guys, sorry this is coming a day late. I feel like I don't need to say it's been a crazy week, but I enjoy being mildly redundant, so here it comes. It's been a crazy week.
Last Monday, as you all know, I got the bad news that I would be coming home. After that, the rest of our day was spent cleaning, packing, and more cleaning. The mission wanted our houses in great shape, and we couldn't leave anything behind that was from missionaries. That meant we were throwing out the junk from who knows how many missionaries. We left to take pics and visit a family for one last dinner. We didn't know when we would leave, so in the morning we finished fast, and then said goodbye to a few more people. In the afternoon, we left to another area which was closer to the bus station. We got there and got word that me and one other Elder in the district would be leaving for the offices that night.
We left the bus station late, and arrived at the offices even later. We got to stay in a hotel and then in the morning, the majority of the missionaries in the offices left. I stayed because I was leaving Thursday. Wednesday was a very strange day, because I was going home. It felt so wrong. That night we had a meeting with President Palmer. It was amazing. It was all focused on the Love that Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father have for us. It was a great meeting. I left early the next morning for the Veracruz Airport. There we took a plane to Mexico City, and I got business class. The 30 most luxurious minutes of my life. Then we waited for a while, until we left for home.
I got home feeling sad. It really sucked. I went through customs and then got to go out to where my parents were waiting. I'm home now and I'm trying to figure out how to be a missionary while chilling in my house. It's definitely a big change.
--Elder Thompson
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