Tenacious

My sweet cousin, Sister Conley, 

I know God is with you and hears and answers all of your prayers; perhaps not at the speed or way you expect but in a perfect way that both strengthens and deities all you pray for. I am continually grateful that you allow me to be part of your mission through prayer and letter. I am grateful to Heavenly Father for your success. Wisconsin is blessed for your service and beautiful spirit. Please know we pray for you daily and for those seeking the Savior and His gospel. Let me give you a poem quoted by an apostle...

If you want a thing bad enough to go out and fight for it, to work day and night for it, to give up your time, your peace, and sleep for it.

If all that you dream and scheme is about it, and life seems useless and worthless without it.

If you gladly sweat for it and fret for it and plan for it and lose all your terror of the opposition for it.

If you simply go after that thing that you want with all your capacity, strength and sagacity, faith, hope and confidence, and stern pertinacity.

If neither cold, poverty, famine, nor gout, sickness nor pain, of body and brain, can keep you away from the thing that you want.

If dogged and grim you besiege and beset it, with the help of God, YOU WILL GET IT! — Les Brown

Sister, God will be with you always if you want it. I promise this in the name of the beloved Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.

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