Week #100 July 4, 2018

Hi hows it going! Well this is the 2nd to last time that i will be writing you so lets hope that it is a good one. Getting close finishing the mission is a very weird feeling. I keep going back and forth between happy to go home and sad to leave. It pretty much depends what is happening when we have good lessons or cool things are happening i am sad to go but when people are dumb and annoying i am happy to being close to going home. Its also kind of stressing too because there are somethings that i need to do before i go that i haven´t done. On friday we have a self sufficiency class with all the people that are going home. On monday we are going to have a mission conference where we give our last testimonies. on tuesday i have my final interview with president Gwilliam. and then my last pday i am going to go say goodbye to people in my wards and on friday we have a temple trip with president gwilliam.

I have been really excited for the 4th of july this year. Maybe its because i live with 3 latinos or maybe because i have lived outside of america for the past 2 years. But whatever the reason may be i have grow to love america even more during these 2 years. America is such a special place and unique from all the world. No other country compares with it and i am so happy to be an american. Even though it has been great to be in chile for 2 years serving a mission chile cannot compare to the united states of america. Today i celebrated indpendence day by watching some of the tabernacle choirs special 4th of july programs. I am so proud to be an american and if anyone is upset or isn´t liking how america is, they can go live outside of a america for a time and i´m sure they´ll be happy to come back. 

I will talk to you next week for the last time through email. 

Love Elder  Austin