Letters to Missionaries

Cousin, Alma 37:6-7 caused me to marvel. I weighed on the verses for a while. For reference, I will reprint it... 6 Now ye may suppose that this is foolishness in me; but behold I say unto you, that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise. 7 And the Lord God doth work by means to bring about his great and eternal purpose, and by very small means the Lord doth confound the wise and bringeth about the salvation of many souls. The term "small" was repeated over and over and I thought like a traveled course there are tiny corrections that mean a ton! I have learned small repentance or small choices mean a ton. Listening to the Spirit in small ways and showing obedience day by day, learning line by line it seems that Alma (an Old Testament prophet) understood an eternal principle and I loved that he shared it. God loves us. I am eternally grateful for the Book of Mormon. Share it daily. Remember we love ...

Thanks for sharing!  Cousin,  My classmate and I have been charged with finding the Lord this Easter in the Old Testament. Let me tell you the scriptures are full of His example, after all, he influenced Nephi, an Law of Moses prophet who saw the Savior in all things. Now it's my turn to do the same. I'll send you what I find. Again we love you and cheer for your success.  Cousin Nathan

My dear cousin,  Your example reminded me of a story my sweetheart tells of missionaries whose pranks got out of hand. They teased and teased each other to the point that Nair was used on a sister. That leads to a chase and false accusations. Lots of tears were shed. While zone leaders were sorting the issue out, the falsely accused was outside a Dennys next to a woman on break. It was Utah so they thought the waitress was a saint, so the missionary was asked to temporarily sit with this woman. The missionary was in tears and stressed. This wonderful woman offered a cigarette to ease the missionary's spirit. Refusing the offer the missionary took the time to explain the situation but more than that, teach the gospel. That waitress joined the church. We know because she was a friend of my wife. Now, this new saint was not happy about the pranks or teasing but about how the Holy Ghost can turn a terrible experience into one where God can be made manifest and can put us in the right p...