July 23

Dear Mom,

I love you. I miss talking with you.

After I have been out here for a while, I have decided that philosophies of men are scary, sometimes. Before I came out here I was shaken. I love truth and wisdom, though. I feel like I am more grounded in the gospel, now. I'm glad that you are. I feel like my learning the past year has helped me connect with people out here, though. I can talk to them in terms that the understand. It shocks them to hear those words out of a stereotypical looking missionary, sometimes.

We are going to be teaching Javier again. The Spanish elders didn't visit him, so maybe I will baptize him. The Lord gives us ten fold what we give away.

I love you,
Elder Williams

Hey Dad,

I'm glad that you got my letter. I feel like we did the right thing too. But, it turns out that we will teach him now. The spanish missionaries haven't seen him, so the Ap's said we're good to go.
Sounds like you are learning good stuff that you can use in work and mediation.

I'm glad that Brandt is doing so well. I hope the girls have a good time singing and all that. Let them know I am rooting for them.

Congrats on your calling. You'll do great. The Elder's quorum president here is cool. Let me know who you pick.

I miss you too. Thank you for all of your support. Thank you for your example and serving a mission.

Love,
Elder Williams

 

Dear Elder,

 attached a file of a lesson I gave in Relief Society yesterday. It was our 23rd anniversary so I talked about how Christ uses marriage as a metaphor for the church and himself. If you get time, maybe you could read over it. I learned many valuable truths and gained insight in how much the Lord loves us.

I hope your lessons are going well with the investigators you are teaching. We pray that they will be touched by the spirit and choose to come into the fold.

Dad and I went to the St.George Temple on Monday and did the sealings for the names we had. It was a neat experience to finish them up. As we knelt across the altar and heard the prayers, I just kept thinking of "the weight of glory" . We have been offered so many promises and blessings if we will live worthily. It's too much to comprehend, but I hope to keep my covenants so that I can live with God and my family through eternity.

I love you and send you my blessings and prayers.

Mom