Robert writes home #68



Dear Mother,

                We got Pete home from Quebec last Thursday. It's been really gratifying to visit with him and hear about his mission experiences. Us parents kind of see our kids as extensions of ourselves and your mission is kind of our mission. I just sit back and tell Pete to tell me all about it.
                Pete has lost about 10 LBS on his mission. He’s a little too thin for my way of thinking. He said that they didn’t get invited out to members houses for dinner very often.
                We picked him up in Fresno on Thursday. Then we took him into Merced to get released from his mission on Friday. Friday night he went with the boys to see the valley championship playoff between Dos Palos and San Juaquin memorial. (which DP barley lost). Saturday he got the movie "The Fugitive" which he hadn’t seen and saw his first movie in 26 months.
                He’s feeling a little bad that he is only going to get to be with his sisters, Carrie and Heidi, for two weeks before they go on their missions where he won't see them again for along time. But we’re surely excited about the Christmas holidays when we’ll be together.
                Pete thought that Charlie had changed so much that he wouldn’t have recognized him if he had met him on the street. Charlie was about 5’ 2” when he left and he’s about 6’ now.
                That mission has done wonderful things for Pete. I’m convinced that a mission is one of the great opportunities in this life. The more you put into it he more you get out of it. And when you give it all your dedication wonderful things happen.
                The gospel’s true. I’m happy to have kids going on missions.
Love,
Robert, Janet, Pete, Charlie and Sam


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