Farewell Testimony- April 2018




To our beloved Elders and Sister of the Great OCM!
How blessed and grateful we are to have had the opportunity to serve with each of you in this wonderful Columbus Ohio Mission! We have planned, prepared and looked forward for this missionary opportunity for 40 years and it has been not only a wish come true, but even better than we ever dreamed! Our testimonies of the Savior, His Gospel and His Atonement have been so richly enriched and we have seen miracles in the lives of so many people, including our own!  How grateful we are for the restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and all that it means to us in our lives and the lives of people we have met in Ohio! We are so grateful for the blessings of repentance, temples, prophets, scriptures, baptism, personal revelation and the gift of the Holy Ghost. We have been humbled to watch each of you missionaries, young and old work so hard to dedicate your time and energy in the Lord’s service. You are all such wonderful examples to us! We have been so blessed to have had President and Sister Stratford as our Mission President and wife- what amazing, loving and faithful leaders they are! What a blessing they are and have been to us and all OCM missionaries!
We are so blessed to have the assurance of the Lord’s timing in our lives!  We know that this is His Work and we have been blessed enough to get to be a part of it! It is our prayer that our service here in Ohio has shown our Heavenly Father and His Son just how grateful we are for all of the incredible blessings and tender mercies He has extended to us.  We leave you with our testimony of the truthfulness of this His work and ask His richest blessings to be with each of you as you go forward and serve Him among these wonderful people of Ohio! May the Lord continue to bless you as you serve with “power from on high (D & C 38:32)“!   
Much Love, Elder and Sister Blanchard



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