Love

July 30, 2012

Hello Family!

I am looking forward to next week VERY much. We had interviews with President Scott last Tuesday, the 24th. It went very well. President Scott is a great, inspired man. It was good to have a nice chat with him!

If there was one message I could share with everyone, and do it in a way that they could understand it perfectly, it would be the message of God's love for His children. Luckily, that IS the message missionaries are commissioned to share with the world. God loves all of His children, and He is merciful to those that believe in Him. ALL of us are His literal children. And whether we choose to believe it or not, every commandment is based on natural laws that have existed for eternity. Commandments are not a restrictive lists of do's and don'ts, but guideposts on how to be happy and remain safe from emotional turmoil. Deep down, all of us can feel that these things are true. One important thing to remember is that we must never lose faith and hope in ourselves, or in others. The healing life-giving light of Christ's atoning sacrifice can and will shine anywhere, if we will let it.

I don't have much else to say this week. Everything is OK... like I said, I am very excited for the near future. As of now, all of my energy is gone, but in about a week, I will be in a situation where all the positive energy that's been bottled up for one reason or another will be ready to explode. Thank you for your love, and your prayers. With the situations I've been dealing with, I hope you can understand that I've tried to prayerfully consider how to handle things. And I have tried to do my best. President seemed to think I handled things well the past two transfers, so I trust that I did. Anyways- I don't know where I'd be without the love of God, and the love of my family and friends.

Laus deo.

Elder Simper