Post conference happy!

Today was filled with about 5 emails from my boy! That makes for a BIG smile on my face. He continues to do well. Love him!

Hi Mom! 

So it sounds like you had a fun weekend! I wrote Colby a letter back and we talked about his experience golfing. That is awesome for him. Sky Mountain is still my favorite course in Utah!

I'm limited on time today but I wrote to Colby and Dad so you can check out their letters as well. I wrote to Dad a little bit about General Conference. I especially enjoyed Saturday's sessions with talks by Elder Bednar and Elder Cardon. Sister Dalton's talk was powerful too. Elder Uchtdorf's talks were my favorite of all the conference! He speaks so well.

Don't worry about sending that CD! I can just get it when I come home.  There were some things I wanted to ask you if I could get on CD, namely: Reflections of Christ (short video with pictures of Christ and a nice melody, probably from LDS.org) and Mormon.org videos. I am not sure about downloading mormon.org videos so if you do find out that you can, let me know and I will tell you which ones I like best.

Ok I am out of time but I hope to be back on in a sec. I just have to send this short email before it is deleted. 

Ok so to continue,

Yes mormon.org videos. They are super nifty to use in lessons with younger people, or anyone really because they bring the Spirit in super easily. Not everyone has a computer though so we can't always use them. That would be awesome if you could buy them from the bookstore or something. Also, if you could send a copy of the talk "Identity and Destiny" by Elder Callister I would like that. Elder Thompson suggested readings. Then if you would, I need another pair of upper garments. I think I'm going to try the mesh :) My roommate had it and he said it's the best. Low neck - old man style. Size L. I don't need more bottoms but I kind of want to try the mesh bottoms too. So just one of each and I'll tell you how I like them so maybe I can get more. But that's good for now. Thank you!!

Guess what they have around here? Pei Wei! I haven't been yet but I had some left overs from some other missionaries. It was pretty good. We also went to De Lorenzos - amazing - and Chipotle. They have a semi good selection in Princeton. We also went to a super good pizza place on Nassau St in Princeton, where they have lots of good places to eat and expensive stores for snooty princetonians. Not very many of them are friendly... I wave and nod to basically everyone but no one even gives a smile in return. They need the gospel of Jesus Christ in their life. Ya follow me? 

1. Yes we just went to the church with all the missionaries. We got a ride from our zone leaders or members. But not really anyone came on Saturday, except for the priesthood session, we got a bunch of less active members there! 

2. We do not eat that often with members here. We had one sunday two weeks ago where we ate at two members homes but besides that it's about once every two weeks. You'd think with all these wealthy people we'd get fed more often! But I think they are just super busy and never home together with their families. We have lots of young families and couples so it's understandable. Plus they'd have to pick us up... which makes it even more difficult for them. We get food from the Spanish elders a lot though. Something about hispanics - they love to feed guests. They are good to us. They are super generous and humble people.

3. We (my companion and I) get along really well. He's funny and we have similar interests. It took about two weeks to get in the groove of working hard but this last week I think we started to get it. We taught a bunch of lessons and got out on time, stuff like that. Fortunately he has desire and he is a good missionary and this month is consecration month so I think all things will start to fall in place.

4. Yes we have lots of people to teach! We have a million potential investigators that we contact each week and we are going to see a family tonight that has 13 kids... yes. We have a lot of potential in this area, we just need to work a lot with less actives too. Many of the less actives of Princeton 2nd ward are in our area.
5. I still like my old area better, but I cannot complain at all! There's more low-hanging potential here I believe and there's more places to shop, eat, and the like. The branch is what made East Orange so good. There's no way you couldn't love those people!

Well I can't think of much else to talk about. The work we are doing is getting progressively better. I have noticed my ability to teach by the power of the Spirit is going up. That is something I greatly desire, as does every missionary. I look forward to becoming even better from the things I learn and do.

I love you too! Be safe in England! I hope you have a great trip.

Love,

Tab 

Thanks dad!

Great advice. I do need to be more loving instead of trying to prove everyone that this Church is true by doctrine. Sometimes I get a little carried away with that :) Most of the time it's not a logical matter, it's a spiritual matter.

There will be a lot I will need to focus on this month in order to be a consecrated missionary. I'll let you know as soon as I make the list for President Jeppson.

I did get to watch all sessions of Conference! Saturday I was filled and overwhelmed with the Spirit while listening to talks by Elder Cardon, Sister Dalton, Elder Bednar, and others. We fasted this weekend and by the last session on Sunday I was drained and unfortunately was not able to feel the same focus and Spirit that I did on Saturday. I am sure the talks were not the reason why.

I took plenty of notes but I am excited for the ensign to come out so I can study the talks more in depth. I noticed that a lot of the talks were about missionary work, specifically member missionary work. I felt strongly as (I forget who it was! Elder Anderson?) spoke about deacons and the priesthood that we need to be taking more young men on team-ups to help strengthen the priesthood in this ward. That is something we will be working on for consecration month.

Well I still have to write to mom. I am thankful for you letter! It means a lot to me. I hope you enjoyed conference as much as I did. ...I'm sure you did.

Love you,

Tab