What a great day it has been! I have looked forward to this day for the past four days! Garrett emailed us last week and said that Tuesday was going to be his P-Day, while in the MTC. I have looked forward to his letter today since then. I have also hoped that, maybe, I would be able to catch him while he was on the computer and say "Hello!" Well, I was able to "talk" to him many times through email. I did not catch him on the computer until later in the evening, but still, he responded back to my messages quite a bit today! I was thrilled! (I guess thrilled would be obvious because I am ending each sentence with an exclamation mark!)
I am starting to think that looking forward to those writing days is what keeps a mom going and what may make this mission go fast....I hope! Garrett sounds like he is doing well and having a great time, which makes me happy. It is good to know that your kids are okay when they are away from home. I am just ecstatic that I had the chance to talk to him through the computer, even if it was emailing. For now, I will take it! But I cannot wait until 6:20a.m next Tuesday when I will get to hear his voice!
Anyway, I have another letter to share....But first, if you want to read what Garrett has to write go to this website: http://www.missionsite.net/eldergarrettchristensen . I love that it organizes all his letters on this site....it is wonderful!
Okay, I have another letter I want to share. I want to be able to come back and read this letter time and time again. During one of mine and Garrett's email exchanges, he asked who wrote Parker's letter for him, I had no idea what he was talking about....I was thinking that maybe Parker wrote something goofy to his brother. I asked Parker what he wrote to Garrett, Garrett was wondering who wrote it. He then asked if I wanted to see what he wrote. He pulled the letter up on the computer for me. I was incredibly touched by his letter. What an awesome example he is to me. I just love my kids...that is all I have to say! But I did not want to lose the letter that Parker wrote, it definitely was a letter from the heart! So here it is:
Well... not much has changed. Subway is still the same old stuff, except for the fact ______ got fired, but anyway! I was sitting in seminary the other day and got bored, nothing unusual, but i was flipping through pages and wound up on the M's of the bible dictionary and started reading, I came upon the word Miracles. As i read it it was all normal scripture references and words and then i reached the end. The last sentence says " Miracles are a part of the gospel of Jesus Christ. If miracles cease it is because faith has ceased. See Mark 6:5–6; Morm. 9:10–20; Ether 12:12." I know that this is true seeing that in past month one friend I'm not way too close to started to leave the church, a group of his friends started praying for him and as i was talking to him in class the other day he said he went to his room and saw his scriptures, he continued to tell me he opened them up and got this comforting feeling so he started reading. After reading he said he got this feeling he needed to go to church the coming Sunday, he said that while he was at church they watched the new video for the Youth, the theme this year is come unto Christ and he told me how on the video the picture of Jesus got his mind turning and he thought about when he was baptized and the spiritual rush it gave him, he then started listening to the lyrics and he said when the words "let him and he will take away your pain, when you feel his love you'll never be the same" really hit him. He then heard the part "by his grace hes calling to you... with arms open wide" put him into tears. I feel that tender mercies like this are what keep us going, I know tender mercies in my life are what keep me going and are what keep me true and strong to the faith. I don't know if you've heard the new theme song yet but its one of the most beautiful songs and it has tons of truths that on any bad day will help you! Another thing I love about it is all of the miracles that Jesus preformed that are mentioned in it. This song is the best song to listen to when sad, mad , or just feeling down. every time i listen to it it almost brings me to tears, no joke! But anyway, I'm very happy of the example you've set for me and I'm looking forward to serving my mission. Well, for now have a great time and talk to ya later bro! Also just remember to look for those tender mercies in you life, my seminary teacher challenged us to write every single one down and I've been doing that, on any bad or hard day just go back through all the tender mercies you've had and it will turn a frown upside down and lighten your day!
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