Dear Elder Summers, I felt prompted to write something to put on your blog. I hope you don’t mind. Today marks the last of the double digit days until you return. Tomorrow (May 21) will be nine days and single digits until we see you again. It’s funny, I have been counting down the days until you come home. The day you left the number was 735 and it seemed like an eternity we would be apart. The progress was slow at first. All I could...
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Hey everyone! Elder Sanders and I are having a blast being back together as companions and have had some pretty awesome experiences as we were out talking to people. On Saturday we rode through a grocery store parking lot giving pictures of Jesus out to people and we met a women that was in a part in her life where she needed the gospel. As I handed her the card she started to tear up and explain how she really needed this in her life...
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Time is an interesting construct. We use it as a gauge for length as well as accomplishment. It’s the one thing all of us wish we had more of. The interesting thing is, the more time we measure, the more we want or think we need. Time also has a way of sneaking up on you like a ninja. You may think you have been judicious in your usage of this rare commodity or even think you have found a way to store time to be used when you need it...
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Let me preface this with the backstory. Christmas fell on a Monday which is P-day for the missionaries. Christmas along with Mother’s Day are the two holidays that the missionaries are allowed to call home. With all of that going on, Elder Summers did not send an email this week. He and I talked and wanted to provide an update on something meaningful. This is my gift to him, I wrote the message this week and hope you find...
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A year ago on this day we were all a nervous wreck. The previous evening the Stake President and Bishop came to our house and you were set apart as a full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. When you were set apart you needed a companion to be with you until your flight left the following day for Salt Lake City Utah where you travel to Provo and the Mission Training Center. I had the privilege of being...
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