March 23, 2015

Hey Dad! Ya ill try to get a little sometime this next week for both of them. And uhh i dont really recognize those people, Purington sounds familiar, but i dont know any kites.

Here are a couple quotes from preach my gospel about goals, sorry not much.

Goals reflect the desires of our hearts and our vision of what we can accomplish. Through goals and plans, our hopes are transformed into action.

I am so thoroughly convinced that if we don’t set goals in our life and learn how to master the techniques of living to reach our goals, we can reach a ripe old age and look back on our life only to see that we reached but a small part of our full potential. When one learns to master the principles of setting a goal, he will then be able to make a great difference in the results he attains in this life.” Elder Ballard

So quickly to answer your question.

There are so many things that I couldve done differntly to prepare for a mission. I will agree with Max on his talk that the Mission prep institute class was one of the best things that you can do before. But really there are tons of things to do. One thing ive enjoyed hearing from missionaries are the experiences with going out with the missionaries that are in the ward and joining lessons with them. I thought that was super beneficial for those kids, to get a prime example and see how things went. But also to participate in those lessons and bear testimony.

I could easily go with way more scripture study! I did not to that as much as I knew I should've. We all the the importance of reading the book of mormon, but it truly is so important to read each and everyday. doesnt mean you should stay away from the bible, because thats something i had never even touched on before the mission really. Just the stories in sunday school and little things i remembered in seminary.

sorry not that much, dont have much time today...

hope it works out though! have fun!

-Elder Conrad