Henry's Letter of the Week

ok so before i write anything else and forget--phonecall.
> ok so here is how it works i call you from a prearranged time and tell you the number to call, you call back. use the phone card if you want. and yeah. as for the 30mins-- might i quote my zone leaders and the apostel they quoted: "you are sealed to your family, you are not however sealed to your calling". i was asking them about the call and the response i got was more or less a "well, it is possible to only go the 30mins and no more--in a perfect world, which we dont live in. and besides that i dont know about you but if i only talked 30mins everytime and tried to go back either I or the mission president would have to watch our backs." i was basiclly worried about trying to be obediant and wanting to talk, felt much better after. so here is what i think we are going to try: about noon Christmas day, 12:00pm dec 25, 2009. ok now that i am done with that. (but even with a little more time rene would have to cut it short) they did tell me that the reason that the time is so short is because a lot of missionaries get "trunky" when they talk to their families. i dont know why the best part of my week is when i get to read your letters for some reason i am always super pumped to work afer i read them.
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> tell lucas hi for me and send me his email address por favor. oh joey congrats you have now inherited my "driving privaliges" i am sure you are soooo happy. but hey at least you are walking everywhere! it gets really old really fast. oh and dont borther stressing over , well, anything. it really isnt worth it, just enjoy everything and work hard and everything will be ok. dont even think about worrying about career or college until 1/2 way thru junior year you can start thinking about worrying then. oh and good call waiting for gradma to be able to come... you wouldnt want her to pray for you =) good to know that you havent changed Dad. though the stories always will. (oh mom tree or no tree its still Christmas, as long as Dad sleeps in) my comp is pretty good from what i can tell as far as things are concerned. i still only understand about half of what he says. and yes i know that we dont have a lot but we share what we have, even if that means giving the house to someone else =) but seriously thanks for teachign me how to share and why we do it.
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> ok story time: so so far we are 3 for 3, 3 bapts in 3 weeks, and have ones planned for the rest of our sats until the end of the transfer. but this past weekend we were only panning on having 1 and were at the bishops house telling him about it when one of the guys we had been teaching called. hes 15 and freaking awsome! he calls us and says "hey i want to be baptized this week... is that possible?" of course we were like DUH! but so way glad that we live with the ZLs bc it makes interviews so much easier. i was also very proud of my self bc i got to stay in the area and lead the way to the appointments. but so the ZL interviews him and comes out and just says" dang, i dont know how you are this lucky man." i also got to baptize him on Saturday. it is and was VERY humbling to think that i preformed an ordenance for him that will last for all eternity and marks the start of his journey back to our heavenly Father. to say i was grateful isnt enough. ok and so in one of my personal studies i thought of this and wanted to share it with you guys. ok i was trying to think of something that would help me be a better missionary and would still be good for after. this is what i came up with.
> remember the who's, what's, when's, where's, and why's.
> who: are you/ do you represent/ are you family/ is counting on you to work today/ has been waiting for you to bring hope/ are you as_____
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> what: do you want to do/ does you heavenly Father want you to do/ does it mean to be a repersentitive/ have you been given/have you been taught/ would your savior do to help this brother or sister/ is important___
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> when: are you going to return/ are you going to share your blessings/ are you going to help those around
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> where: are you/ do you want to be...after the mission, in this life, in the one after/ is the best place for me right now/ is your savoir right now?
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> why? .... in your favorite phrase why not? why not be obediant? why not help everyone? why not show love in everything you do? why not be the child He wants me to be? why not share my blessings?
> obviously why is the one that compliments all the others and adds more meaning to them. the cool thing about this is with everything on the surface they were all superficial but with 10 seconds of thought they are all significantly deeper than what i wrote.
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> love is a wierd thing, yet i gots it fer all o' ya. thanks for everything you guys do, that is to say i am glad that i dont have to worry about you guys doing anything too dumb, other than eating a hamburger/talking on the phone and drinking a soda all while driving a giant yellow truck pulling covered white trailer 70+ miles an hour down I-75 in rush hour traffic. but know one we know does that. but seriously be careful watch out for one another and know that i love you even though you cant see me.