Life is AWESOME when you get to go outside and talk with people about the gospel. The feeling after giving a Book of Mormon away is unreal---you have all felt this feeling after sharing the gospel with someone. One of the most disheartening feelings as well is when you know that you didn't do your best--you didn't say what you felt you should say (aka: inspiration---revelation through the Holy Ghost). Pray with real intent--this is how we communicate with God and then he will converse back with you through an amazing member of the Godhead--the one that gives you your testimony as well as the knowledge you need---REVELATION! It is amazing to think that if someone were to see Christ and then deny him later Christ has great mercy on them is willing to forgive---IF THEY LITERALLY SEE CHRIST! BUT, if a person denies the clear, perfect knowledge that the Holy Ghost brings then they cannot receive forgiveness so easily. This does not mean that if you don't follow through with a prompting you are doomed--no---I encourage you to go and search to know why this is so--go and see, in the scriptures, what God says about the Holy Ghost. I know I have said this before in my life but many people seem to always say--I am so grateful for God, our Heavenly Father and His Marvelous Son, the Lamb, Jesus Christ---BUT---often times we forget the Holy Ghost. I love the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, the Spirit, your best friend---along with Jesus Christ and God. A lot of people always say---oh missionaries always talk all preachy and spiritually but it's NOT TRUE---the rest of the world simple speaks--DULLY, CARNALLY AND TEMPORALLY. You can have spiritual experiences that are meaningful to you when you open your mouth---that is all that is required--open your mouth. I'm so grateful that my mother opens her mouth. Every day she tells us of some experience she had speaking with a mother on a baseball team of Luke's, or telling us that she loves and cares about us, or telling us of an experience she had with the Spirit at the grocery store. My mother is humble and knows that she loved because she loves others immensely. I remember as a kid when I was sick or being rude to brothers or having problems with practicing the piano or whatever it was mother knew what to say! Thank you mother for your conviction most of ALL. Every times I get a doubt in my head that says--oh just end the conversation with this person right now--you don't need to talk about the gospel now or every time that even another missionary (maybe even your companion) says--hey let's go I am grateful to have the opportunity to develop the same kind of conviction to say--hold on a second--we need to talk with this personal about the gospel--share something, bear a testimony and ask for an address and/or give a Book of Mormon and then we can leave. Thank you mother for your conviction--your example--waking up and studying the gospel, praying with real intent--you always receive answers to your prayers. Thanks for teaching me, Amber, Nathan, Spencer, Rachel, James, Luke and Hyrum! We love you and I know that I want more than anything to live with all of you in the Celestial Kingdom and go to the CELESTIAL Bear Lake, CELESTIAL Lake Powell, CELESTIAL church, etc. We need to always share the great message of the gospel with others and never miss an opportunity to open our mouths and just as someone. Every member is a missionary right??--YES! So, there is nothing wrong with standing next to a person in the bread aisle of a grocery store for a few seconds and saying--hello! How are you? Do you live around here? Oh, I love this kind of bread! I am a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and I love the gospel and just have to ask--are you a member of the church? If they say yes then say---AWESOME! If they say no--then say---really---why not???---Let me share with you why I like the gospel--share a simple example and promise them that there life can be happier and have direction through the gospel and then get their address: Phone number and physical address so that the MISSIONARIES can meet with them. Elder Larsen and I had a great experience giving out a BOM today---p-day and Elder R.M. Acosta of the Presidency of the Seventy came and spoke and I wish I could share more but my 30 minutes is over. I love missionary work--nothing more rewarding or exciting--the days in the MTC are sometimes long and a bit discouraging but every time you get to forget it all and go out on the street and share what you've been learning---it makes you LOVE THE DAYS IN THE MTC. I love you all---thanks for the prayers. Tell the Ward hello and the family.