Week of March 8, 2010

hey fam
thanks for the emails and prayers. i truely appreciate it. we are not alone in buildin the kingdom. there are seen and unseen forces being involved in the work of our savior.
elder robert, my new comp, is thee man. he's from orem utah and we decided that we are finded a family to teach and baptize a family who is prepared to hear the good news of the gospel. we are havin a awesome time together. he's definalty goin to be one of my favorite comps.
so we got some more news about the mission. alot of the info/news about the mission has been changed. the mission head quarters will stay in bussels till fall 2011. thats because the contract for the building is good till 2011 fall and if they were to move it here to amsterdam, the church would be loosing money by paying payments on the building in brussels. the new mission name is belgium netherlands mission. but it could be changed. so pres and sis brubaker wont be moving to the amsterdam area till next year. so ppl can still send letters to the mission home in brussels.
you told me about dianes nephew goin in the mtc last week. man i can remember those first few works. it was thee hardest weeks of my life. but my decision to go on a mission was thee best desicion i have made so far in my life. the lessons you learn can not be learned any where else. every good thing what will come to my life after my mission will be able to be tracted back to my desicion to go on a mission.
i cant believe that i'll be home in may. ive been startin to think about what im going to do this summer. i dont really know but theres one thing i want. the first day i get home, i want the WHOLE family to go to the house of the lord together. if we have time, i want to do that the very first thing i do when i get off the plane. if we cant then the second day i get home.
i love you all so much. the scriptures are truely the words of life and i know what god still reveals his word to prophets in our day. i know that. i love you all.
elder j lew howell