Well, the weather is getting dreich,
which is Scottish for bad. The temperature is dropping daily, today is
freezing outside. Luckily it’s a calm day. Some days the winds blow
and the rain falls and it is just frigid. Lots of cloud cover and very
little color is anywhere to be seen. Just a bit of green and lots of grey.
I'm doing great, working hard. We get busier and busier as we find more
and more people to teach about the Gospel. I think about home here and
there, and even have begun to have a few dreams about being home, which tells
me where my subconscious is at times. Nevertheless I work harder and
longer every day. I love being a missionary, it’s a hard thing to do sometimes
but it’s never anything less than purely satisfactory. Nothing could be
more fulfilling at this time in my life than doing missionary work.
I look forward dearly to seeing you
again, and witnessing how much you've grown. You'll be 18 when that day
comes. How is school? Seminary getting any better since we last
spoke of it? Work?
I hope your life is full and busy,
it is so important to stay busy. Even return missionaries can fall
away. It’s extremely important that no matter how strong you feel that
you remember the basics of living the gospel, that is:
Reading the Book of Mormon daily.
Praying daily. and taking the Sacrament each week.
If you do these simple things, you
will never be tempted to commit any serious sin and you will be happy. I
promise.
I love you sis, have a great week.
Elder Merrill
Mom and Dad,
This
week was good and we got a lot done even though it was moves week. Elder
Oldham showed up. He's a great guy. He is humble, obedient and has
a strong testimony of the Gospel and Personal Revelation. He's a good guy
and I am seriously excited to see how much we will be able to do in the next
six weeks. We will accomplish lots and lots of work, we both feel and
know the Lord has prepared us and many others to come closer to Him. We
will find teach and baptize. We also got roped into choir practice this
week, as the ward prepares for the Stake Christmas Spectacular. I knew
very little of the music and lyrics, as much of it was from Frozen and other conventional
Christmas songs.
..... and ..... have baptismal dates
for the 6 of December, which I found out yesterday is stake conference weekend
so it may have to change. Nevertheless they will be baptized in December.
They are good kids. Others have come into the picture as
investigators. We had a good meeting with bishop last week where we went
over the ward list. It was good to be in
close communication with bishop and I know he felt great about us carrying out
his agenda with his ward. I've learned many great skills about how to
work with ward councils and wish with all my might that I knew these things at
the start of my mission. I would have done so much differently.
Humility is a characteristic quality I'm working on now and I pray and study
over the subject constantly. I know the Lord compels his children to be
humble, so I am humbling myself before he does that. The scriptures say,
blessed is he that humbles himself without being compelled to be humble.
And also, blessed is he that has faith, without needing to see, in reference to
Thomas at the visitation of the Resurrected Christ to the apostolic assembly in
Jerusalem. I love and read the scriptures daily and will speak more in my
letter to you.
Forgive my poor communication
skills. I love you and think of you all often. Thanks for all you
do to bless my life the lives of others. I'm grateful for righteous
examples as goodly parents like you who I can look up to and hope to be like
someday. Life would be much harder without you.
I love you; have a great week my
lovely Parents!
Your son,
Elder Merrill
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