Dear Elder T-T,

I hope you have been having a successful and inspired week. How are your people? I'm glad you were able to attend the temple. We'll make sure to finish up the work and do the sealing for the names you found. How exciting to do the work of your ancestors!

I've been sick this week, so it's been 'blah'. The sad thing is that we have had such nice, beautiful days, but I haven't been outside much to enjoy them. I think I'm on the mend though. Sore throats and coughs seem to hang on for a long time unfortunately. Brandt's been sick too. :(

A quote from Emerson: "Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which flows into you as life; place yourself in the full center of that flood, then you are without effort impelled to truth, to right, and a perfect contentment." 

Reading this made me think of missionary work and your immersion in the gospel. You are radiant with the light of Christ and are fulfilling this scripture: "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." John 10:10

Life only comes from life. You are alive in the work of salvation and are giving that spark of joy to others. I'm grateful that you are an ambassador of truth. 

I hope you are well. We are counting down the weeks now! I can't believe how fast the time has gone. We're getting that little bedroom with the bathroom ready for you. I've been putting together a quilt and cleaning stuff out. It's going to be great! Can't wait! But I can wait because I know how much you love your mission and love to serve. I'm still looking forward to getting you home though. :)

I love you and send you my prayers.

Love,

Mom

Dear Mom,

We had a great week. Sue, a new investigator, wants to get baptized next month. She called the Bishop and had an interview with him. She told him that she wanted to get baptized, so we got on that quick. We've been having intense lessons with a guy named Steve. He knows the Bible really well. The truth of everything we teach is in the Bible, even though the Bible is incomplete. We also are teaching an awesome couple named Scott and Andrea. They are super intellectual and home school their kids. I'm teaching people in Pennsylvania, England, Poland, Germany, and the Philippines. It is pretty cool.

I'm excited for you and Dad to take those people to the temple! I'm looking forward to taking the people that you've found through the endowment. 

I'm sorry to hear that you have been under the weather. That's no fun. 

I love that quote from Emerson. I've been studying some of Hugh Nibley's articles about the scriptures, and it has opened my mind to how entrenched the influence of the Gospel is in history. So many things have been lost from mainstream Christianity, but it has all truly been restored. Everything we do in the Church has been done in past dispensations. Specifically, I have been studying Enoch. Most people discredit him and his writings as fables, but it has confirmed my testimony of the Pearl of Great Price and Joseph Smith's call as a prophet. Here is the first article in the series. I've found them gripping. http://www.lds.org/ensign/1975/10/a-strange-thing-in-the-land-the-return-of-the-book-of-enoch-part-1?lang=eng

Thanks for getting everything ready for me. I'm looking forward to seeing you and the family. 

Love,

Elder Williams