Elder Shaw's Mission to Madagascar: Mission Farewell (3/27/2011)

My Missionary Commission

MY MISSIONARY COMMISSION

I am Called of God. My authority is above that of the kings of the earth. By revelation I have been selected as a personal representative of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is my Master and he has chosen me to represent him. To stand in his place, to say and do what he himself would say and do if he personally were ministering to the very people to whom he has sent me. My voice is his voice, and my acts are his acts; my words are his words, and my doctrine is his doctrine. My commission is to do what he wants done. To say what he wants said. To be a living modern witness in word and deed of the divinity of his great and marvelous latter-day work.
-Elder Bruce R McConkie

So today was Dylan's farewell talk. His topic was the Restoration of the Church. It was a good talk. He had many friends and family show up. They even opened the back overflow doors..that is a good turnout my friend. Again I am so thankful for all the friends he has and all the support he gets from them. He also had family drive up from Tucson which was great. We took some photos afterwards while he talked with all his friends. We didn't have an open house, so our afternoon wasn't stressed, but we are having a Madagascar night on thursday at 7:00 p.m. After church we watched "The Best Two Years" movie. Twice. It was great. I hope Dylan has a great mission and truly cherishes every moment. It is going to fly by so fast. He also had his exit missionary interview and he will be set apart as a missionary on saturday morning. Sweet!