Robert writes home #59 24 Dec 1995
24 December 1995
Dear Mother,
I hope you're doing okay. I hope your Christmas is pleasant. It's hard for me to think of you there in the rest home on Christmas. You gave me so many fun Christmases when I was a child.
It's Christmas Eve and Pete and Meg are home.
We went to Charlie's tournament in Hilmar Friday. and Sat. nights. DP won one and lost two.
We're anxious to get those missionary phone calls on Christmas.
Today after church, Pete and Janet and I went to give a blessing to a lady who has been investigating the church for a long time, but had never felt the confirmation of the Spirit to know it was true until the other day when some of her nonmember friends were to her house visiting. The conversation turned to the church and they said to her, "You studied the Mormon religion, didn't you? Tell us what they believe." And she started to tell them about Joseph Smith. When she got to the part about finding the Book of Mormon and the Urim and Thummim to translate and produce a book which was beyond the literary skills of Joseph Smith...as she told them about it she felt that spiritual confirmation that it was all true.
Now she really wants to stop smoking and be baptized. So we went there to give her a blessing to give her the strength to stop smoking. Which we did.
Pete mentioned to me that he found on his mission that often, when people start telling the gospel to others the spirit witnesses to them and they feel the confirmation of it's reality. I hadn't thought about that before. I'm praying for her to be able to overcome.
The gospel is wonderful. It gives us a way to survive and flourish in adversity. It puts us in harmony with reality...total reality. It gives us hope...hope beyond our understanding if we can get faith enough to do the commandments and break stride with the world around us when necessary.
I'll be thinking of you and praying for you.
Love, Robert, Janet, Charlie and Sam
Dear Mother,
I hope you're doing okay. I hope your Christmas is pleasant. It's hard for me to think of you there in the rest home on Christmas. You gave me so many fun Christmases when I was a child.
It's Christmas Eve and Pete and Meg are home.
We went to Charlie's tournament in Hilmar Friday. and Sat. nights. DP won one and lost two.
We're anxious to get those missionary phone calls on Christmas.
Today after church, Pete and Janet and I went to give a blessing to a lady who has been investigating the church for a long time, but had never felt the confirmation of the Spirit to know it was true until the other day when some of her nonmember friends were to her house visiting. The conversation turned to the church and they said to her, "You studied the Mormon religion, didn't you? Tell us what they believe." And she started to tell them about Joseph Smith. When she got to the part about finding the Book of Mormon and the Urim and Thummim to translate and produce a book which was beyond the literary skills of Joseph Smith...as she told them about it she felt that spiritual confirmation that it was all true.
Now she really wants to stop smoking and be baptized. So we went there to give her a blessing to give her the strength to stop smoking. Which we did.
Pete mentioned to me that he found on his mission that often, when people start telling the gospel to others the spirit witnesses to them and they feel the confirmation of it's reality. I hadn't thought about that before. I'm praying for her to be able to overcome.
The gospel is wonderful. It gives us a way to survive and flourish in adversity. It puts us in harmony with reality...total reality. It gives us hope...hope beyond our understanding if we can get faith enough to do the commandments and break stride with the world around us when necessary.
I'll be thinking of you and praying for you.
Love, Robert, Janet, Charlie and Sam
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