We Are Doing a Great Work and Cannot Come Down

My son, A, has less than 50 days before he returns home from Mexico. He had mentioned that he was getting told by the other missionaries over and over that he was going home soon. We could tell he was bothered but didn't know how to support him in these last few weeks. And then we ran across this talk by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf called "We are Doing a Great Work and Cannot Come Down"

He tells the story of Nehemiah in the Old Testament and how he rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem in 52 days. He stood firm and did not let himself get tempted away from the work. (See Nehemiah 6:15) We told A that we would see what we could accomplish in the days he had left and he could too. This will be our theme for the rest of the 6 weeks to keep us focused!