My Dear Sweet Momma,

 

I'm so glad to hear that you all are home with Katie and that people are safe in the American front.  As for Caroline and Seth, I continue to pray for them and I know that as they keep the faith, they will be blessed forever from this event.  Not too much going on out here, just the usual haha, miracles everyday, learning so much about others, about myself and about my Savior.  There is no greater work than this...I love it.  I'm just livin' it up and working hard.  I'm super stoked, this weekend Florentino is getting ready for his baptism, so that is super sweet.  He is 20, from Mexico, we have been teaching him since April and he finally feels like he is ready to follow his Savior.  He has left so much behind, and he has changed so much.  It's crazy Momma, but when I was younger, I remember hating change...mostly because it started off with awful events, but I have started to see that the changes are essential to our personal and spiritual growth, change is essential to our lives.  Its the changes that make us grow, make us strive and work, it's the changes that, depending on how we handle them, shape us into who we are.  We need to constantly change, to constantly progress, because we need to become like our Heavenly Father.  I'm so grateful for my mission, for the change it's given me, the person it has made me in to.  I know there is no greater place than this. 

I love you all so much.  I'm so grateful for you and for your support.  Tell everyone I love them.

Love

RR

 

PS: Tell Katie I'm stoked for the letter and say hi to Maxine for me.  Tell Emily I can't wait to hear where she is going, she is gonna just change lives!  Love you Mom, so so much.  Enjoy the Utah trip :)