Emails from June 12th

{SORRY FOR SLACKING OFF!! It has been a crazy couple of months for me...I apologize to you, and to Zach, for not keeping this updated. But I will be better! I promise!!}

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Brittany...!

 

Congratulations on all those things, especially your engagement! That is soooo cool. Apparently mom called someone in the office and told them to tell me so I found out a few days ago. It was kind of scary though cause the office usually calls when you did something wrong or something.

 

...Unfortunately I will miss it, but I will still be there in Spirit which is all that matters....

 

Next thing. You are now a missionaries dream member..congrats! No really that is way cool Britt. Giving a BoM was the perfect thing to do especially with your testimony. And you offered to have him over to take the lessons with you. That is PERFECT! Do it at our house because the missionaries in our area are zone leaders apparently so they know whats up. And yes, we can give blessings to anyone. They just have to know that they need faith in order for the blessing to work and they need to understand what the blessing is all about. But ya, blessings are super awesome things!

 

Honestly talking to nonmembers about the church is totally different. I had to get used to that at first and it is still a little weird. You have to explain things very simply as if they were a child. Kind of hard for someone who grew up in the church. It is also hard to answer some of those questions that people bring up. I get a lot of anti stuff here, but in your situation we pray to God through Jesus Christ. It is pretty confusing and I still dont fully understand it. There is a scripture that goes with it, but I dont remember where that is.

 

That is totally cool that you had a good Missionary experience. Keep it up! It gets better. And the more you do it, the better you get at doing it and it strengthens your testimony by a lot! It is way cool stuff. That is why being a missionary is so exciting!

 

Well I have said a lot finally in an email and now I am pretty low on time so I will end here. Love you Britt and congrats again!

 

Elder Connell
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Hey Dad,

 

Happy Fathers day this weekend! I will try to get a card out sometime this week for you to enjoy. It is nice to hear what is going on back home. Thank you for all the updates! I do not have much time because I spent so long writing Brit. She is engaged, im sure you heard. Cool that Jacob is going to Colorado! Wish he would have come to Ogden, that would have been cooler. I did get moms letter btw.

 

I am still with the 2 companions and not much has happened with my investigators except that there are a few now that are digressing, it is frustrating and it is adding to my stress. I have been a bit stressed the past few weeks, but I am hangin in there.

 

One of the Bishops here is related to the Thompsons somehow. He is Bishop Costley, so ya haha small world. I really like Plain City though, it is very homely and everyone seems to know each other.

 

Well I will write you this week. Love ya!

 

Elder Connell