Goodbye is really another way of saying "See you later!"

OK here I go with this. I had tried earlier in the year to create a blog for P90X and failed horribly. So I decided to transform it in to my personal journal entry and also got inspired by some of my friends blogs. Let me just tell you a little bit about myself. I am Andrew Cumbie 26 years old and right now living in Belgium but will soon be moving to California. I have been living here for the past 2 years and have had much joy being in this country and seeing this part of the world. Hopefully down the road I can post some pictures of places I went to and give some description of the areas I saw.

Today was my last Sunday at the Heerlen Military ward in the Netherlands. If you are thinking (is he in a mental ward for the military?) you would be very wrong. It is a church that I attend out here and it is the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. You may be thinking (isn't that the religion that has multiple wives?) sorry people but no it isn't Big Love. It is a church that believes in having Prophets on this earth today, that the gospel has been restored on this earth and that the Lord's church is here on the earth again. To learn more about our faith I highly recommend visiting our websites to learn more: www.LDS.org & Mormon.org.

Now to the juicy stuff. As I have told you earlier I have spent two years living in this foreign land and getting some experience living overseas. I actually leave this coming Friday to my next destination in California. It is crazy to me that 2 years have passed by already and that I am already moving again. It saddens me to think I am leaving once again,  because I will miss the friends I have made here.  I guess it is something I have to get use to when living the military life. I have been in the military for now about 5.5 years and so far have enjoyed this career, so far..

I was asked in our Elder's Quorum to speak briefly with them and say a few words. All I could tell them are a few scriptures and the importance of serving our Lord in Heaven. I shared with them a scripture that was giving to me from a friend of mine in Ohio. It was Alma 26:27 "Now when our hearts were depressed, and we were about to turn back, behold, the lord comforted us, and said: Go amongst thy brethren, the Lamanites (Californians), and bear with patience thing afflictions, and I will give unto you success." You may have noticed I wrote in parentheses Californians because in someways the lord wants us to know that we may be sad to leave but we must be of good cheer because there is more work to come. I believe that work aka service will be at my next area and I hope to have as much success or more with the lord in this area, like I did in Heerlen. 

That is all I have for you now, I hope too in the near future have many more entries for you to read. That you may get something from it or at least be entertained by my writing skills. Anyway goodnight and I pray that God will always be with you!