The mission has been a blast!

Hosford Family,

Its’ weird to think that I am coming home in two days.  It still hasn’t nit me. I have pretty much finished packing. I still need to make a couple dedicas for other missionaries, but I am pretty much all set. I have given a lot of talks. I gave one in the Catania ward.  I talked about faith without works in dead. I asked 20 questions after going through the Joseph Smith story. 20 different things that we can do to show our faith. I even would not have gotten all 20.  I also said that we didn’t get 20 then our faith just isn’t strong enough. Then I gave them a why.  Actually two whys. One because of the Church – it’s a restored church not a reformed church. And two, I read from D&C 84 about people who don’t accept the gospel and how valuable their souls are. I really broke everyone’s boxes and everyone talked about it all Sunday.  Then at Sigonella which is an American Branch, I talked about genealogy work and priesthood keys which was a lot of fun. Then I have to given another talk at Veronica’s baptism tomorrow.  I am very excited for it.  Then I will give another talk in Church when I come home.  Then hopefully I won’t have to speak for a while.  I have been saying goodbye to everyone these last couple days.  It’s been hard, but I will be here next year. Its sad that I really do have more friends here than in America. The mission has been a blast.  Well, love you all very much.  I will definitely be some before this letter, but oh well. – Anziano Hosford