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Eisegesis

In the words of another missionary fella: Ha lou, dajia zao an. I couldn't have said it better myself. To be honest as I'm starting to write this email I'm getting quite sentimental. I was just reading some other missionaries' emails before typing this out, and a lot of them talk about their individual missions coming to an end. One of them included the line "there is too much to be grateful for." I can't think of anything more appropriate to describe my feelings at the start of my final transfer in Calgary Canada. Elder Lim and I were downtown today street contacting when I met a woman who had distanced herself from the church earlier in her life. She didn't harbor bad feelings towards the church, but for a multitude of reasons decided it wasn't for her. Towards the end of our conversation she said something along the lines of: "Well, I know what you're doing out here is pretty rough, so keep on pushing through. Talking to all these pe...