Conference was wonderful!

Conference was wonderful, and it caused me to think about the family a lot, as well as my future here in the mission and further down the road. One of the odd things I realized is that counsel to parents is now something I should probably be listening too. As strange as that is, it makes me smile. As I focus on improving my connection to God and my love of and service to Jesus Christ, I´m sure things will become more and more clear. I just want to be able to use all of my talents and abilities, known and unknown, to their greatest potential to serve God, my family, and my fellow man. That´s a tricky bit of systems engineering if done alone, but I know The Lord has given me every single thing I have for a reason, and I want to give back in the way He has in mind.

Yes, actually. Shirts, shocks, and specifically pants would be appreciated. I´ve decided to stop carrying my wallet around because I realized that it´s what created the hole I have in one of my pairs of pants and is starting a hole in another pair. That...or the fact that I wash my clothes by hand. I think I´ll go with the first though.

I can understand the Zac Reese sentiment...and I think I´ll just leave it at that. ;)

Honestly, I think I´m probably the same weight as when I left the MTC (somewhere around 145 pounds I think). I say that because on the one hand, we do lots of walking and exercise and whatnot, but on the other hand my metabolism is ridiculous. One thing that has changed is that my hair is a lot more golden, and I´ve tanned a lot. As we get into the hotter months soon, we´ll see how far I can go in that respect. In the house I tend to eat egg omelettes, hamburgers, hotdogs, and quesadillas (all cooked by ME), but lunch every day can be one of a million things. I take care to take vitamins though, because Mexican diets are heavy on starches and meat, and not so heavy on everything else.

Danny, the 9 year old who´se baptism has been postponed for almost a month now, has another day set for Saturday. The biggest change, though, has been that his inactive mother and his nonmember father who had a bad runin with the church a year or two ago came to general conference, and they were greatly edified. They walked out of the session really looking like a loving, happy family. I really hope that will be able to last for them, that family (and in particular Daniel) has so much potential. I´ve even got a tie that he bought me. Please pray that things will turn out well for his baptism this Saturday and that his family can some day be sealed in the temple.

I´ll write more when I have more time, but for now this is goodbye. Thank you so much for everything you write every week. I love you, and everyone else in the family as well. Get them all and my friends to write! :P Take care, and know that The Lord Jesus Christ is with you and loves you, and will help you overcome all your problems if you will just go to him for help and search out His will, the things He would have you do. The rest, including inner peace, always comes.

Love,
Elder Lund