Capitulo 15

Hola Familia!

Que loco tiempo esta pasando muy rapido! me siento como you solamente

llegue en el campo dos dias en el passado! Pero estoy casi terminado

con mi primero cambio! Quiero que ustedes sepan que mi mission es todo

a mi! Me encanta mi mission y espero que cada persona que sirve un

mission tambien siente como mi.

That crazy time is passing too fast! I feel like you only
arrives in two days in the field passado! But I'm almost finished
with my first transfer! I want you to know that my mission is all
my! I love my mission and I hope that each person who served
also feel like my mission. (Google translated)

It was a great week, the work is goin well here and I love it!

Thankyou for all the letters that I recieved (including a 5 letter day

on tuesday) thank you to the Harkers, The Kearl's and Bishop. I really

loved the picture of the temple, it was great to see what it looks like

now that it's done! That's also a really cool story about Brett, glad

to hear he's doing well back home.

Hey quick note I've just thought about the emails that I feel the best

about after I write them, and they’re always the ones when I answer lots

of questions. So please have everyone send me questions I like

answering them!

Ok first off Elena great to get your email. I'm sorry you had to use

google translate, but sometime in the very distant future that I'm not

going to think about when I'm not a missionary that would be awesome

to translate Spanish for you anytime. I love the Spanish language! It's

good to hear that you like your new roommate, and that is a little

strange that there are people at welcome week younger than me. I still

feel really young sometimes. That's probably because I really am

especially when I talk to the missionaries in their 20's

Mom and Dad! it was great to hear from you too, in answer and

explanation to a few questions, yes a spice kit would be wonderful the

first one you mentioned sounds fantastic! also if you could send me

some more tape for my mouth, and my blue jump rope that would be great

because I'm running out of tape and the jump rope would be good for

excercise. Also I have three more temple cards, but I don't know how

many more times I'll be going to the temple because I could quite

easily end up serving most of my mission on the western slopes and not

have temple access so send me a few cards and I'll make sure they all

get done. On the photos, the one in front of the Provo temple is me

and the other elders in my MTC district just taking a funny picture we

were being  Daniel, Shadrac, Meshach and Abednego and ....... their other

two friends ..... who are not named in the Old Testament. The guy in

the back who photo bombed us ...( shaking my head )

You also asked what I've learned out here in the Mission field. Wow

where to start and what to tell.

1. This one won't apply quite as much to you two but I think all

missionaries should know it. Part of being a good missionary is being

a good companion, or just good with other missionary's in your

district or Zone. You could have all the scriptures memorized and be

the most spiritual missionary in the world, but if you don't love your

companion and work in unity with them you won't be near as affective.

2. There's no excuse not to be exactly obedient. I've seen lots of

missionaries who will say that you need to loosen up and have fun on

your mission. I can honestly say that the most fun I've had on my

mission is when I am being exactly obedient, fun and obedience do go

together. Others will say that its more important to follow the spirit

and not be a Pharisee. The problem with that is that Preach my Gospel

and the white handbook were written by apostles and others under the

direction of the Spirit. I have seen a lot of missionaries use that as

an excuse and break rules in the name of the Spirit. I think that

sometimes the Spirit may prompt us to do something against the rules,

but those are rare experiences.

3. Patience is one of the most valuable things you can have on a

mission (Mom and Dad you should be pretty good at this, after all you

raised me- that takes patience) Whether it's patience with

investigators, patience with the members, or patience with your

companion. It is extremely important.

There's so much that I've learned on my mission and I wish that I

could share it all, but for right now that's probably all.

I love you all, and I hope that everything is going really well back home

Elder Redd