First of all, I have to say thank you so much Mom and Dad for your wonderful extra letters I got this week. Your words were inspired. And they came at a perfect moment. I needed that. I love my parents so much!
Also, I think I have forgotten to mention in a while how much I love the mail I get from my siblings. That is always so fun!
Kara: I love hearing about your successes in you senior year. It sounds like you are doing great! Absolutely living it up! Regarding your concerns with the play situation though, I had a fun little "grand scheme of things/inspired thought" that I would like to share with you. SO WHAT if because you can't "sell" the drunk scene you lose the part. First of all, that would be an absolutely ridiculous reason to lose the part. Let me explain why: You were obviously the best actress for the job in ALL OTHER aspects of the game or else you wouldn't be where you are now. Now secondly (my more inspired thought) How great will it feel (after the pain of losing the part is all over, and you are visiting with God in the next life) when Heavenly Father turns to you and says something to the effect of, "You know Kara, you did pretty good down there on earth. In fact, you did exactly what I asked you to do. You never even went near a party that you shouldn't have been at. You stood in holy places. Even when everything was on the line, you stood faithful and strong." I imagine that Heavenly Father would then smile and say something like, "Congrats. You have proved yourself beyond excellent for the job. Welcome to the Celestial Crew. You will be performing for my very choicest of audiences." And then as an after thought, "Oh don't worry... here in Heaven, we don't have any drunk scenes." :) Hope you enjoy what I felt like was an inspired grand scheme of things thought :) Pretty good eh? ;) Love ya Kara!
Nathan: For reals dude. I'm pretty sure there hasn't been a single letter I have read from you where you haven't toyed with my mind in some way. Whether its your mind boggling height, or getting hit by a car, you always have my eyes bugging out of my head before you finally tell me, usually in the last line of the letter, "Oh yea, BTW Ben, I was just joking about _____" Yep, every single time you had me. I love it. Thanks for sending some laughs my way! :) Love ya Nathan!
Daniel: Okeedokee here's the deal broski. I'm pretty sure you got a lot more busy on me since I used to be at home. Why do I say that? Well, you are always running somewhere or doing something. I'm pretty sure you are the shortest letter writer I have ever met! I feel privileged to be enough of a priority in your busy schedule to get a couple sentences every week ;) I love hearing all about how AWESOME your hikes and bike rides are. Maybe you could try writing the word "AWESOME" a little bit smaller so you can have a little more space on the paper to explain why it was so Awesome? Just an idea....but as the idea comes out on paper, I realize that would take a little more time. So....scratch that. You're a busy guy ;) Keep having fun Dude! Love ya Daniel!
Regarding my life, things are going much better. Thanks for the prayers my wonderful Family!
I had an exchange with the District Leader this past week. And this was a wonderful experience for me. It was nice to catch a break and get a chance to get back to my roots. That exchange helped me out a lot. .....Well, I have now sat here for several minutes trying to think of how I can describe my bettering situation in the short time I have left. I just don't know how I can adequately describe it. I think the best way I can describe it is that my Heavenly Father Loves me. He knows me. He trusts me. And he will fill what I lack. He is helping me all the way. And with his help, I can and will do hard things. Thank you for your love and support.
Time to go,
Elder Ostler
