August
28, 2016
This
week we say good bye to one of the best missionaries we have known, Elder Lorenzo L. He joined our mission within weeks of our
arrival. We have loved him since we
first met him. He is held in the highest
esteem by every missionary in this mission.
He is a natural at teaching and his love of people can be easily felt.
Elder
Lorenzo L. is from Chile. He came on his
mission just shy of his 24th birthday. He is a certified mid-wife. He had received a scholarship for this
training and the scholarship could not be deferred. He chose to finish his schooling and then
serve a mission. Because of his
outstanding performance in school, he was offered a scholarship for a
postgraduate degree studying in Europe following graduation. However, his goal was to fulfill a mission
for the church and so he turned this opportunity down.
While
attending medical school, he fell in love with another medical student. She is still the love of his life, but
together they decided that he should serve the Lord for two years before they
married. She stayed behind practicing her profession. The wedding is planned for November.
Elder
Lorenzo L.’s parents will arrive next Friday morning. We will be there with Elder L. to greet
them. There will be many tears of joy
which will help mask some of the tears that Keith and I will be crying. Our tears will include a few of sorrow as we
bid farewell to an extremely fine man.
What
a privilege we have had in Mexico.
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