Elder Durrant has completed his mission and returning home!!

His return is May 5th. He will have his homecoming talk at the Ricks Creek Ward at the Centerville North Stake Center on May 14th from 9:00AM.

Well Done Elder!! Well Done!

Last email below.

Hey Y'all!

How's everyone doing? Well, this is my first and last group email of

my mission. I just never really got around to doing group emails for

some reason. I guess I just liked to personalize things.

Well, as the title also suggested this is my last P-day on my mission.

The two years has come to an end. It's crazy how fast two years has

gone by. I still can't process the fact that I'm going home this week.

It never really hit me until yesterday when I had to pack my suitcases

and give a short talk in sacrament meeting about my mission. All I can

say is that it has been a ride! These past two years have been the

time of my life. It's sad to say that my time here in Japan has come

to an end. I have truly been able to love my mission, the gospel, and

the people I served. I don't want this experience to end but all good

things must come to an end. I have lived in Japan now for 10 years of

my life. I've always loved Japan but these past two years have helped

me have a deeper love and a more personal connection to this country.

I just wanted to give a quick shoutout to all of you all and say

thanks. Each and every one of you have helped me and inspired me

before, and during my mission. You have all had a profound influence

on me and the decision I made to go on a mission, and the decisions

I've made on my mission. I couldn't have done it without you.

I am truly grateful for the opportunity I have had to serve the Lord

in the Japan Kobe Mission these past two years. I have loved every

area I've served in, every companion I had, and every missionary I've

had the opportunity to work with. I am grateful for all the good, bad,

hard, easy, fun, painful, joyful, and spiritual experiences I have had

on my mission. Each one of those experiences have helped me build a

firm foundation upon the rock of my redeemer. I'm thankful for trials,

not because they are fun or easy, but because of the opportunity I

have to learn and grow from them. I have truly been able to strengthen

my testimony that God loves all of us and has a plan for all of us,

that the afflictions we may face in our lives truly are for our gain,

and that our Heavenly Father will be right there cheering us on and

helping us so we can overcome our trials. God loves broken things and

through him we can be made perfect.

The gospel is true. The savior lives. Heavenly Father truly does love us.

Thank you all for all your love and support these past two years. To

those who are home, I'll see you in a few days. To those who aren't,

I'll see you whenever you get back haha. Also, to all my past

companions, starting with my trainer Jonathan (oh man that sounds so

weird), the promise is still there that we are all going to a Taylor

Swift concert once everyone is back. #TraditionsOfOurFathers

I love you all and will end with the words of Jacob in Jacob7:27

"And I, Elder Durrant, saw that I must soon go down to my grave...And

I make an end of my writing upon these plates, which writing has been

small; and to the reader I bid farewell, hoping that many of my

brethren may read my words. Brethren, adieu."

Thank you all and have a great week!

- Elder Durrant