Dear family, It has been a really fast week. It started out with Tuesday we have firesides and we normally only get the 2nd quorum of 70's but this week was a shock. We had the opportunity to listen to Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. It was amazing. He spoke the whole time so it was way cool. He spoke on following Christ and how all of us should follow Christ and his plan. He used an example of following Christ. He used the one where he tells Peter to throw his net on the right side of his boat and he will catch some fish. Immediately Peter knew it was Christ. He and another guy jumped out of the boat and swam to shore. Christ had cooked them supper, I believe it was fish. Christ asked Peter if he loved him, Peter said yes, Christ asked him again do you love me, Peter looked with a funny face and said yes. Christ asked him again do you love me, he said yes. Then Papa Holland YELLED, and said Christ said then why haven't you gathered my sheep. Christ asked him again if he loved him and Peter said yes. Christ said forget about your nets, oars, and boat and gather my sheep. The point that Papa Holland was trying to get across is that you don't serve Christ for 2 years, you serve him for eternity, so for us to come home and to keep serving Christ. Elder Holland got the point across that night to me and 2200 others. The spirit was there and everyone was silent. It was amazing. We then went and bore our testimonies on Christ in our zones. The spirit was there for an hour. President Stowe (?) was in charge of the meeting. He bore his testimony very strong because he has been married forever and he just found out his wife has bone and long cancer, the highest stage of cancer. He is an amazing guy. Last Sunday we got a new MTC President. He is way better than the old one. He commented that we should be missionaries like Idaho farm boys so he has got my respect. He is a way nice guy. He ate lunch with us the other day. My zone is awesome. We have 10 new Elders. They are all wrestlers, football players and soccer players. Most are on scholarships. Elder Melonhal is the nephew of BYU's football coach. He is way chill, then there is a polly his name is Elder Hamilton. He is the most polite kid I've ever met. He has a full ride to the University of Utah. Then there is Elder Stocks (?) he is way chill, me and him are way chill. He is my favorite Elder for sure. Well that's about it so write me lots if you can. Love Elder Robison
Brenan looks a little out of it. I am thinking this is when he was sick or he's really tired or we better check what it is he is doing in the MTC. He is showing off the tie that a friend of his from Shelly drew. He must be an Elder down there. I doubt he will be able to wear that one on his mission but it is pretty impressive. My favorite is Brevin and Trajen's pictures taped up on the wall in the background.
Elder Vaun he left last week.
Brenan also sent an invention he has thought up along with a total business plan. Quite funny I didn't know he was going to business school at the MTC
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