Vannessa 1

My dear wonderful and inspired niece

First God bless you and keep you safe and warm.

I wanted to write and tell you that we Binghams and Rocks are blessed y your service and how "well pleased" we are of your work, prayers and service. We feel it every day.

I wanted to warn you of some things that perhaps mean nothing now but was impressed to say. Don't be seduced by the coolness. All too often Satan, that mean old scratch, tries to treat us like a puppy and attracts us to a harmless worldly thing (a red ball) only to throw it out to the street (dreadful sin) to get destroyed. How awful it is when we see our brothers and sisters fall for such tactics. 

The path to sin is enticing and alluring. Envy and greed are tasty as is pride and deliciousness. Dont let the lambs fall into this trap. Like the trap used to catch monkeys, (a coconut filled with fruit big enough for a hand to small for a fist) we can be caught and destroyed by plain and simple means.

You are a daughter of a loving Father who has given you a choice companion to be by your side. Guard her and protect her and encourage her to do the same. Work hard together and you two will be unstoppable but again keep your eye on the prize and not on the red ball of sin. She and you are choice daughters of a Devine being in a strange land. The children of Germany will want a solution. Show them how the gospel is that solution.

Sing and hum the hymns. Music is a prayer of the righteous as we learn in D&C 25. Let your voice ring in word and song. Help Germany heal and find the Comforter in all things and hundred if not thousands will thank you for it.

We love you and wish you God's blessing.

Gott sei mit dir, bis wir uns wiedersehen.