Part of me wants to stay the other part of me is exhausted

My last message home,

SOOOOOO, this is my last week in field. It has flown by so fast. Part of me wants to stay. There is still too much to learn, and I feel like I have only tapped into the experience and knowledge that I could have obtained. On the other hand, the other part of me is exhausted and is ready to depart this life. The mission really is like a miniature life. We are born as new missionaries. We have just a short opportunity to learn and grow from our experiences. There are ups and downs, but through it all we come out refined and sanctified through Jesus Christ. We get old and soon we pass on to the next life. The whole purpose of life is to prepare to meet God, and we cannot waste away our time idle, or just plain apathetic. What we make of ourselves will determine our rewards later in life. I pray and hope that I will be able to continue onward in my 'next' life to continue to progress in this Gospel that Christ has given me.

I love you all,

Elder Wright

p.s. I found this quote by elder holland, it is my new favorite : 'no misfortune is so bad that whining about it won’t make it worse.'

If you forget for a second that it's a crawdad, it actually teasted pretty good

Hey everyone,

Life is good 'round here. It wont stop raining. We ran out of miles on our car for the month of july so we had to walk in it last night. We've also been riding our bikes all over when the weather is decent. We were biking a few nights ago, and a less-active family fed us crawdads (sp?) and watched us break them open and eat them. Then they gave us a whole bag to take home. If you forget for a second that it's a crawdad, it actually teasted pretty good. like lobster. But... I couldnt forget that it was a crawdad...

I went downtown this past week with all the departing missionaries. They all were going home the next day, but i still had two weeks. They were all done and checked out mentally, but i kept thinking about the next two weeks in the field. It was a great experience to go through the salt lake temple. We spent some time downtown, and then went back to the mission office for a lunch with the mission president. Afterwards everyone else was taking off to go with family and stuff but i just went backto work.

We had transfers, We gained a third companion Elder Wilson. He has been out just as long as Elder Cartwright. He is way excited to work and have success. He's a little distracted at times, but the three of us are working kearns hard.

Much love,

Elder WRight