Thanks to everyone who prayed and fasted for me! I'm
really looking forward to this next month! I'm sure it's going to be great
because of you!! :)
I still can't thank you enough for what Mom and Dad did! What a powerful
experience!! I later printed out our entire conversation, as well as Dad's, and
that article you sent me, and I read a couple of talks from the April 2011
conference, including Bednar's!! So I really basked in what you guys gave me!!
It was so powerful! So wonderful! It brought tears to my eyes each time. Thank
you thank you thank you!! When did you read that article, and that talk? It was
absolutely perfect! The Lord was preparing you to teach me, I know it!
Guess who's staying in Cumbernauld!
Seriously, guess. Not kidding. Guess. JUST GUESS!
So!
Is it:
If
you guessed A.... You're wrong.
If
you guessed B..... You're also wrong.
If
you guessed C.... Congrats! You win a hug! You may cash in in 20 months.
Yep,
we're staying in Cumbernauld and we're staying together! Pretty cool! I'm glad
we're staying, because we've got a lunch appointment with Stuart and Teresa on
Wednesday! Also! Elder Massey is coming back! To be
our new Zone Leader! How crazy is that??
We
were told we'd get ipads by the end of the year, but apparently they said that
last year. And the year before that. So I really don't know when. But when we
do get them, you'll have to send $400. I think. I'll keep you updated when I
know more.
This
week I got a letter from Laura with a paper that all of you signed! Thanks for
sending that! It was really cool! I especially liked what Mom wrote! ;)
Anyhow,
Halloween was fun! Elder Hanson and I dressed up as Mario and Luigi for the
Ward Halloween party. There was
only about 15 kids. But we had fun anyways! On Halloween itself, we're not
allowed out past 6 (unless we're at a member's house). We had dinner with the
Bishop's family just before that, and it was delicious! Then we went back to
the flat and listened to talks, watched this cool documentary Elder Hanson had
about these two Mormon Brothers from his ward. The next morning I realized why
we weren't allowed out past 6. There were beer cans EVERYWHERE!!!! Anyhow, this Wednesday is another holiday,
called Burns Night, I think. To celebrate they set off a TON of fireworks and
firecrackers!!! People have been setting them off since Halloween! We wake up
in the middle of the night to the loud bang of firecrackers! It's cool. Look it
up!
Also, Mom, I certainly agree that God sends the weak and simple hahaha In fact, my testimony of that has grown most of all!! ;)
I
have a spiritual thought!
So
why do we have all these rules? Why are we not allowed to watch R movies? They
don't do anything physical to us. Well, have you ever wondered why the Prophets
sometimes call the commandments the Celestial Law? It's because the
commandments are the law in the Celestial kingdom!! We won't be able to do
those things up there, so why do them down here? We obey the commandments, not
to earn our trip to heaven, but to learn how to live in Heaven! Also, in
the Millennium, the scriptures say that everything telestial will be burned up,
including R rated movies, and honestly most PG-13 movies! So why become attached
to those things we won't have if the Millennium came tomorrow? We should all
take a moment and think about which things we do we'd still do in the Millennium?
Just
think about that for a week. I'd love to hear your thoughts on that too! Love
you all so much!! Thanks for the emails and the prayers and the fast! I'm going
to have a great month!! :)
Love,
Elder
Bates
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