Robert writes home #47 24 April 1998



24 April 1998

Dear Mom,
I enjoy Magdalene’s letters. It’s nice that her grandkids come down from Provo as often as they do.
I surely wish we got to see our grandkids more often. I’ve never seen our last two.
Charlie is taking his test to get his driver’s license this Wednesday. He expects that to be a turning point in his life. (probably in mine too.)
We have a Spanish group which meets at 5 PM, as a dependent branch of our ward, which has been having about 40-45 people attend. Martin Laguna is the Branch President of that group. He used to be my counselor in the bishopric, you may remember him. Los Banos ward is becoming one of the stronger wards in the stake.
The log cabin is up to the ridge pole. Now we have to figure out how to put the roof on. I’m trying to do this in a survival setting so we’re trying to figure how to make a roof out of what we have. My plan is to use mud over branches with eucalyptus bark shingles.
We had stake conference this past week end. Carlos E. Asay of the presidency of the first counsel of seventy was our visiting GA. He gave some great talks. I get that wonderful feeling of the Spirit at those meetings. It’s such a desirable state of being that I’m thinking about getting the tapes of the general conferences from the church library and playing them for a while every afternoon when I get home from work.
I know that the gospel is true and that this is a very important time in the history of the earth when we are preparing the way for the coming of the Savior and establishing his kingdom on the earth. I testify to that in the name of Jesus Christ.
The time and resources that we invest to that end will have more significant results than any other investment we could make with the same resources. I’m concerned that the members here in America will be tempted to squander their resources on material wants which are being presented everywhere in greater quantities than ever before to them instead of investing in the building of the kingdom by going on missions and paying tithes.
When we get to the end of our mortal existence the investment in those material wants will amount to no more than the physical sustenance of our families and selves up to that point; but the resources invested in the kingdom building will be growing and increasing and doing important things. I’m sure that our affluence is divinely designed to make it possible for us to spread the gospel to the world. The tithing of the members in the affluent countries is what we’re building the kingdom with. But if Satan can tempt us to squander it on selfish wants instead of paying tithing and going on missions and other supportive things, he thinks he can slow the process and interfere with building the kingdom.
Love,

Robert, Janet, Charlie and Sam


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