Hey Dad are you there?
I'm
here kiddo. How are you?
HEY, I’m good. We had to run to the church, so I can email
for like 10 minutes, how are you?
Good.
So good to hear from you. Sounds
like life is pretty good in the UK. Are you happy?
Yeah, it’s going well. I'm
pretty happy. The only problem is like half the people we are teaching never
meet with us!! It is driving me nuts!
That's
very normal. Just remember that working hard and caring a lot doesn't mean
being miserable. You are great. Are you
stressed?
No I am not stressed,
things are good. I just get bugged at
times.
I
know. Very frustrating. Just remember that they have their choice. Yours was to
go and try. You are doing great with your part. Just stay happy and try. What
others do is out of anyone's control. Have
you made friends in the mission?
Yeah. Elder Murri and I get
along well, and the members in Southend are really good. We hung out with a
couple yesterday that I am really good friends with. And there are some other
people as well.
That's
great. You are really amazing and a great example of how to do things right. So
proud of you.
The Book of
Mormon musical is coming to London. That
is going to make things very interesting for me.
I
know. I am working on what we will say. I am told that in NYC it created a lot of
interest for missionaries. Hope that is true for you. Btw,
I will send some talking points today. Hope they help. Let me know if I am
sending the right topics.
Send me things on:
Science and Evolution
Bible and Book of Mormon
working together
Ways to combat atheism
Shaky Joseph Smith things
How to build righteous
character
We get lots of questions
and stuff on all of these.
I
will do my best. I know if I was
searching for truth I would want to hear it from you.
By the way, I was reading
some D&C and it said something about the church being condemned for taking
the Book of Mormon too lightly. Is this
still true today?
I
hope not. Maybe early on they didn't know just what they had. That may be true
for some still but I hope not. To me there have been many people who started
churches even during Joseph's time. The thing that sets us apart is that book.
Oh yeah and somebody asked
us why all Mormons are Republicans. What
do you say to that?
I say
they are not. With 14 million members you find diversity within the church
across the spectrum--race, politics, nationality, ethnicity, and in opinions on
almost any topic. What unites us is a desire to follow Christ.
Cool cool, that about does it. I gotta go.
