Tuesday, May 4, 2010
May 4 Letter
First of all, can I just express to everyone how grateful I am, for everything. I am grateful for the opportunity to be here. I'm grateful for the scriptures and the inspired words in them. I'm grateful for this earth and everything that's on it. It is so beautiful and good. I'm grateful for the sun which graciously shines its rays upon this earth everyday and gives life to everything on it. The oribits of the planets, the contents of our atmosphere: It's just amazing to me how perfectly everything has been organized and designed. I'm grateful for my family which has supported and loved me since I was born. I'm grateful for all the friends, teachers, and other influential people in my life that have helped me become who I am today. I'm grateful for sufficient food to keep my body running well. I'm grateful for clean, running water whenever I want it. I'm grateful to have a roof over my head and a bed to sleep on at night. I'm grateful just to be alive. I'm grateful for the love God has shown me by giving me all these things and by gently leading me along the path He wold have me walk, the path He knows will give me the most joy and lead me to realize my full potential as a child of God. Just had to get that out there.
And, semirelated, if whoever reads this is wondering if God really cares about him or her I would recommend to that person to pray to God. But when you pray, just express gratitude for anything and everything you can think of that you consider yourself fortunate to have. Don't ask for anything. Then, you will begin to realize the depth and breadth of God's love and concern fo you. I know from personal experience, not just here at the MTC, that oftentimes these types of prayers can be the most comforting, powerful and spiritually uplifting prayers of all.
Anyway, thanks for the addresses, Mom. Although, if you talked to Stephanie to get Jonathan's address you should have gotten hers too. Haha. Oh well, if you could get it sometime that would be nice.
Elder Cousino is back to normal now. I don't know what happened. he just stopped taking all the medication, and he was pretty much fine again. Thank you for your prayers.
Awesome that the Magic are doing good. Let me know what happens.
Ya, the weather in Utah is so wierd. So, you know how those most recent pictures looked like Spring have finally taken over? Well, on May 1, it randomly started pouring down snow again. And now, it's warm and sunny again. I don't get it.
If everything works out like its supposed to, I should be leaving May 17. Only two more weeks! I can't believe it. I might get stuck here a little longer though, because of recent Visa troubles with missionaries going to Mexico.
Tell Marc good job at the race!
Love, Brett
And, semirelated, if whoever reads this is wondering if God really cares about him or her I would recommend to that person to pray to God. But when you pray, just express gratitude for anything and everything you can think of that you consider yourself fortunate to have. Don't ask for anything. Then, you will begin to realize the depth and breadth of God's love and concern fo you. I know from personal experience, not just here at the MTC, that oftentimes these types of prayers can be the most comforting, powerful and spiritually uplifting prayers of all.
Anyway, thanks for the addresses, Mom. Although, if you talked to Stephanie to get Jonathan's address you should have gotten hers too. Haha. Oh well, if you could get it sometime that would be nice.
Elder Cousino is back to normal now. I don't know what happened. he just stopped taking all the medication, and he was pretty much fine again. Thank you for your prayers.
Awesome that the Magic are doing good. Let me know what happens.
Ya, the weather in Utah is so wierd. So, you know how those most recent pictures looked like Spring have finally taken over? Well, on May 1, it randomly started pouring down snow again. And now, it's warm and sunny again. I don't get it.
If everything works out like its supposed to, I should be leaving May 17. Only two more weeks! I can't believe it. I might get stuck here a little longer though, because of recent Visa troubles with missionaries going to Mexico.
Tell Marc good job at the race!
Love, Brett
April 27 Letter
I probably can send more photos soon. I can order prints anytime I want at the bookstore straight from my memory card.
I guess you could send me a phone card to call in the airport. Or I could just call you collect and then tell you the number of the payphone and then quickly hang up and have you call back. It's probably safer to have a calling card just in case. Less than three weeks now before I leave. I can't believe how the time has flown by.
My spanish is coming along fine. I don't really feel like my spanish-speaking abilities have improved that much since I've been here, although I'm definitely more confident and actually willing to speak it now. I know way more than any of the other gringos in my district. My teacher often asks me about spanish grammar principles or how to say a certain word in english. It's funny. Not to brag or anything.:-)
Had another great devotional last week from Kevin W. Andersen of the Seventy.
One of the Elders in my district, Elder Cousino, has been really sick for the past couple of weeks almost. He's been having sharp chest pains, feeling dizzy and throwing up a lot, and no doctor can figure out what's wrong with him. He's already been to the hospital twice. Any prayers for him are greatly appreciated.
Sory my email is so short this week. I don't know where the time goes.
Love all you guys
I guess you could send me a phone card to call in the airport. Or I could just call you collect and then tell you the number of the payphone and then quickly hang up and have you call back. It's probably safer to have a calling card just in case. Less than three weeks now before I leave. I can't believe how the time has flown by.
My spanish is coming along fine. I don't really feel like my spanish-speaking abilities have improved that much since I've been here, although I'm definitely more confident and actually willing to speak it now. I know way more than any of the other gringos in my district. My teacher often asks me about spanish grammar principles or how to say a certain word in english. It's funny. Not to brag or anything.:-)
Had another great devotional last week from Kevin W. Andersen of the Seventy.
One of the Elders in my district, Elder Cousino, has been really sick for the past couple of weeks almost. He's been having sharp chest pains, feeling dizzy and throwing up a lot, and no doctor can figure out what's wrong with him. He's already been to the hospital twice. Any prayers for him are greatly appreciated.
Sory my email is so short this week. I don't know where the time goes.
Love all you guys
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