Hey mum,
I’m happy to hear Evan remembers me well; it does my heart good to think I had something of a good impression on the kids. It’s the whole desire of my youth to have a positive influence on their lives, I made plenty of mistakes, I just hope their memories aren’t as good as mine when it comes to it ha-ha.
Remember, nothing does a child’s heart better than to see his parents praying aside the bed every night, despite arrogance and ignorance from my end, which I’m sure had you two worried, your influence and example was always there and was the SINGLE and ONLY thing, in some cases, that kept me on the right track desiring to do good.
I love you mom, thanks for everything, I hope one day I can feel as if I have paid back the kindness and sacrifice you’ve shown me, but something tells me that won’t ever come. You’re amazing, and dad is alright too. Have a great week, see you soon.
Elder Merrill
Ps. Evan has impressive taste in music, Elvis is Gospel
Gold!
Dad,
Some missions are like fly fishing
in the Colorado River. You just cast and cast and you have success. Some
missions are like deep sea fishing in Alaska with a guide that has a shotgun,
you just hold the rod and go through the motions and a big fish pops up every
time. This mission is like fishing for tiny crabs dug deep into the cracks in
the depths of the ocean of shark and eel infested waters, and once the crabs
are caught, which requires diving deep and picking them by hand, the predators
come out of their holes to do all they can to drag the crabs back down.
This mission is hard, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I am pleased
to serve here, the difficulty and challenge is a witness to me that God knows
I’m tough, but wants to make me tougher. He knows I’m rough on the edges,
and wants to smooth them out. He knows my potential and has given me a
job to do, and only through fishing in the deepest and darkest waters can I
become the fisher of men that he has in store for me to become. This
caliber of refining could not happen in an "easy mission", it could
not happen in any other mission. The challenges I’ve faced in this
mission have carved my soul and filled the gaps necessary to take me
higher. Your example took me to this point and will continue to take me
higher. Thanks, I’m out of time but I love you and appreciate all of your
support and love.
The work will change with the times, but as we know, God never changes. He knows the hearts and minds of his children, we can only work harder and harder and hope it is enough. I feel successful; I have changed and awakened to the reality of our eternal situation. Love you, thanks again. Have a great week.
The work will change with the times, but as we know, God never changes. He knows the hearts and minds of his children, we can only work harder and harder and hope it is enough. I feel successful; I have changed and awakened to the reality of our eternal situation. Love you, thanks again. Have a great week.
Elder Merrill
Dear Sydnee,
Well you’re growing up, and I’m not
there to see it, thanks for updating me I hope that life is great for you and
that you’re happy. My mission is going well, and is going by very fast, I’ve
done a lot of good and hard things and have dealt with many problems and had
many light days, and many dark days. The dark days have only driven me to
come closer to my God and the best way to do that is to pray always! If we pray
for every reason every day, we can surely live in this world, without being of
the world. This is what God wants for us while we are here, remember, we are
just passing through this life. I love you Syd, keep making great
choices, it does my heart more good than you could ever imagine to know my baby
sister is accepting the outstretched hand of Jesus Christ that offers love and
peace above all things, and salvation.
Love you,
Elder Merrill
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