Well this is it, I'm typing this up as I'm sitting in the hotel with my parents, my mission is actually over. I have officially completed my 18 months as a representative of Jesus Christ. I can't believe its come so fast.
I decided to name this email in a very fitting way, still keeping to my theme of song titles I landed on naming it Viva La Vida which means "Live Life." Which is exactly what I've been doing, and now what I'm about to do again. The mission gave me the exact 'Reset Button' for life that I always knew I needed, and now, I get to push it again and step into the rest of my life... how absolutely terrifying.
I was listening to a missionary devotional and I wrote down at the top of my paper, "Sometimes it has to be us" after looking at it for a minute I realized, "Sometimes it gets to be us" Sometimes I got to be the reason someone changed their life, sometimes I got to be the person someone ran to, sometimes I got to be the savior for someone else. That was something I got to do. And now I get to do that for the rest of my life because I have finally learned how to be the tool God can use.
These past 18 months will always be in my heart and have led me to the people I know I will spend the rest of my life with and around. Thank you for always supporting and encouraging me to get this far.
I have grown so much, I honestly barely recognize the person I have become but I know that I am exactly who God knew I could be. I will be eternally grateful for all that He invested in me, and I hope to continue everyday to invest in His children to try and pay Him back.
So don't forget about me! Even though you won't see me around, or you don't get to read every week about my life, I still love and care for each and everyone of you. You were on this journey with me, in a big or small way you changed my life!
Please please come/watch my homecoming this Sunday at 9 am!! Go check my Facebook and Instagram if you want the link and/or address! You can also message me and I'll send it to you!
To quote a previous missionary, "I'm off to The Land of Endless Pdays on the Transfer Bus in the Sky"
I'll see you all in the afterlife!
Keep in touch!
Email: cartersavanna@gmail.com
I love you all lots and loads
Remember God is in the details
And for the very last time,
Sister Carter
