Hello my love! How was your week? I hope you saw my earlier email about sending items/letters home. If you'd like to send some letters home, we would love it. I'm not sure if you can get things to the mission office in time, but they will pick up on Feb 2nd. This is the same shipment I'm hoping to send your contacts in. It will be cutting it close. I've ordered new contacts but they take about 2 weeks for them to arrive and then I have to ship them to CA by Jan 31st. Hope I can get them there!
We had a fun night on Friday and went to dinner with the Hines (jesse Hines parents). They were our first good friends here in TX and you and Jessie were best friends! Jesse told his parents that he has seen you a few times at BYU and that you are "awesome." Did you talk to him? He rooms with Chance Fox (our cousin - remember when you went to Steve and Debbie Fox's house for the king family dinner?) The Hines are a great family and their second son is serving in Brussels right now. He was friends with the 3 missionaries that were injured in the Brussels train station bombing. He should be coming home about the same time as you.
Speaking of you coming home... I don't want to really get ahead of ourselves but I calculated approximately when you might come home and it looks like to me the closest transfer would be July 26. Here is the hard part that I need you to think about... We have a family reunion scheduled in Utah from July 27-30 with all the descendants from my grandparents, GG and GG Jim (Brands, Millers, Albrights, Conklings and Waltons). If you do come home on the 26th, would you want to go to the family reunion the next day for 3 days? It is going to be at a dude ranch where we would be riding horses, river rafting, games, etc. I just need to know because I have already paid a deposit and I need to either plan for us to all be there or cancel our attending. We're all happy to do what you want to do. I know the timing is kinda rough but it would be a chance to see everyone all at once and I'm not sure when our next reunion will be. This is our first.
The big news today is the Cowboy game... I'm sure Dad and Gray will tell you about it. It was a disappointing end to an incredible season. But I have hope for an exciting future with this team.
How is your back? Have you had a blessing? Have you started the exercises? I was praying about this for you and I had a little inspiration... I want you to think about this as a good lesson for you. As you get older in your life, you will have increasing responsibilities with you job, wife, children and family. You will many times feel overwhelmed by it. But it is always important to take care of your health so that you can meet those demands. If you don't take time for your health, you will completely fall apart and won't be able to do much until you recoup. So taking 20 mins each morning feels difficult for you know, but I promise that if your back goes out, you won't be able to do much of anything until you nurse your it back to good health. So try to take the time to take care of yourself. xoxo
Tell me about what you and Elder Larsen are doing in your area to work with the members. I hope you're seeing progress in this area. What is elder Larsen like?
I was listening to a talk today that I want you to go read. It is in the October 2016 conference issue of the ensign that I think I sent to you. Did I? Anyway, it is Elder Bednar's talk about knowing the Lord and how we do that. His talks are so dense that I feel like I need to read a few sentences and then digest that before I go on. So much doctrine and so much truth that there is hardly a sentence of fluff. It makes it hard to read, but when you take your time, it is so full of treasures. Just try to read it this week in your personal study. Just incase you don't have it I've attached it here. I've spent so much time in seminary this year teaching the difference between testimony and true conversion to the gospel. Basically the difference between knowing the gospel is true and living it (taking it from your brain and putting it into your heart so it changes who you are). This talk goes along with that and helps me to understand that I can know the Savior better by living his teachings.
I love you so much Sam! With all of my heart and soul. Have an amazing week!!!
xoxo
Mom
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