Wednesday, February 12, 2014

February 10, 2014

Dear Family,
This week was great, and constructive. We had lots of experiences that were hard, and miraculous at the same time. This week I have seen poverty, anguish, depression, despair, and trials of a thousand kinds.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Here is Elder Talbot’s letter from Feb 3, 2014.
 Crazy awesome week in the mission field!
We have had a great number of things transpire recently :) First of all, we had a fantastic Zone Conference on Friday at the Bellevue Stake Center. That's where the missionaries from two or three of the local zones gather together to hear from the Mission Presidency, and be instructed and strengthened; I was DEFINITELY helped a lot by this Zone Conference :D
Here is Travis’s letter from Jan 26, 2014
January 26, 2014
Thank you so much for fantastic emails and letters this week; AWESOME!!! I really, really appreciate it. I was SO HAPPY to get the CD set of Jesus the Christ you sent! I listen to it in the car, and it's GREAT. Elder Talmage is very, very inspired and surely was guided by the Lord to create that work. What marvelous scripture it is. As I listen to it and deepen my knowledge of Jesus Christ, I am prepared to get out and chase people down to tell them about Him! It's awesome :) THANK you. As well, thank you for the fantastic letter you sent; I really, really liked it a lot.
Here is a letter from Elder Talbot from Jan 20, 2014.  Sorry I have not posted for a while.  Love the optimism here!  Joyce (Travis's Mom)

January 20, 2014

This week was a tough one. But it's all about how you look at it. The Lord pays special attention to His missionaries and carries us through the trials. I suppose the best way of resolving our own trials is setting them aside to alleviate the pain that someone else is experiencing. President Choi commands, "When you get sick, DON'T get sick!" I've discovered that the best way to not be sick is to go knock doors until I feel better, or let the rain wash it out of me. When you're blatantly rejected by a bunch of people in one day, you might get frustrated and kick a bush (as I did), but then the best thing to do is just go to the next house on your planner.