Letters from Kelsey - 9

Kelsey left the MTC yesterday to leave for Houston! Her new address is
Sister Kelsey Berg
Texas Houston South Mission
4627 Austin Pkwy
Sugar Land, TX 77479

Dear y'all!

Well... here is officially my last email from the MTC. Its a weird feeling. When I entered the MTC 2 months ago I never thought this day would come. I guess it goes to show you that the days do go by and there is nothing you can do about it. I have learned a lot during my time here and yet I feel so unprepared and inadequate as I get ready to leave in the morning. I'm excited to go and teach the people of Houston. I'm excited to see miracles and to watch peoples lives change. I know it will be hard and that I have tough days ahead of me, but the hope and knowledge that I have the Lord behind me and the hope that I will change at least one person's life is what keeps me going. As many of you know the unknown and change scare me and I don't like it, but I know that its in situations like these that we grow the most. I know that considering how fast the last 2 months have gone, the next 16 months will go by twice as fast especially if I get lost in the service of others. It has been as great last week at the MTC and I know that this is just another transfer but I know that today is the first day of the rest of my life, there is so much out there ahead of me that I can only pray that I can follow the Spirit and do the things the Lord needs me too.

I guess the last thing to do is to bear my testimony:

I know this church is true. I testify that the true church of our Savior Jesus Christ was restored through Joseph Smith. I know that our Heavenly Father knows us and can call us by name. I testify that Jesus Christ is my Savior, Redeemer, and our older brother. I know that families can be together for ever. I know that nothing is a coincidence and that Heavenly Father is always in control. I am so thankful for the Atonement and for the opportunities that it affords us, I wouldn't have be able to be serving a mission or be able to be in tune with the Spirit if it wasn't for the Atonement. I know that the gift of tongues is real. I know that the Spirit will guide me to those the Lord has prepared. I testify and promise that if we follow the commandments and live our baptismal covenants we will be clean before God and be able to have the comforting power and peace of the Atonement in our lives and return to live with our Heavenly Father once again. Digo estas cosas en el nombre Jesucristo, Amen.


I am so grateful for this opportunity I have to serve my Savior and Heavenly Father. I am so grateful to all of you for your love and support, I couldn't do this without it. When ever I have a rough day I think about all of you and know that your thoughts and prayers are with me and sometimes the only thing that keeps me going is the thought that if I quit I would disappoint you all. I promise all of you that I will never give up and that I will work hard everyday. I love you all so much and I hope you all will ponder and look at your own life and strenghten your testimony, with such a happy thing as the gospel if we strengthen our testimony then we will only be happier in a world where true happiness is a rare thing. May our Heavenly Father bless all of you and your families. Until next time, when my email will be from Texas. :)

Love always,
Sister Kelsey Berg