Conference

OK, just for the record, 2 small dogs, 2 cats, 3 water frogs and a few hamsters live in our house.  The rest are rabbits and chickens and live OUTSIDE.  The hamsters had an unplanned pregnancy so our numbers are up a bit :)


Hello family!

Sounds like things are going pretty well for you all! Sounds like you all liked conference too! My favorite talk...I don´t know, they were all so good! One of the talks I loved was from Elder Lynn G Robbins of the seventy. I don´t know he just kind of laid down the law and told the world that we weren´t going to back down, no matter what the world says, approves of, or does. Then we got a more mellow repeat of the message from Elder Oaks. I just felt the spirit tell me about the importance of sticking to what I know is true. Coming back home, I don´t expect to be plummeted with sin and temptation, but I am ready for it if it does come. Or at least I hope I am ready. It´s so important to strengthen ourselves for those moments that could be our life´s biggest test! And Elder Robbins put it clearly that things aren´t going to get easier, but harder. So we just have to be stronger! It was great.

So mom is trunky, dad´s probably a little trunky too, and the bros are just chillin keeping busy :) I like it. Speaking of busy, my inside contact to the Les Mis stuff (Justin!) Let me know that auditions for Les Mis are on the 1st of November. Like 2 days after I get back. AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I´m terrified. One of the first things I´m going to have to do is make a trip to the Salem Hills Choir room to get some sheet music! I´m officially terrified, but also very excited. No better way to get back into the home stuff than to just dive right in! Ammon! Assignment: help me find a good audition piece. My thoughts are Being Alive from Company, Corner of the Sky from Pippen, Giants in the Sky from Into the Woods, This is the Moment from Jekyll and Hyde, or If I Can´t Love Her from Beauty and the Beast. If you think of one that is better, let me know. And if you can get the sheet music from the school and start to practice it, that would be a great help. Assignment: Mom; Think of everything cool I´ve ever done, and find a good format for an artistic resume. I´m going to have to get one quick! Thanks a bunch, you´re the best! Besitos! Sorry I´m such a diva :)
Logan, you didn´t say anything, but hey, whats up? Cool beans. Micah, I can´t believe there are 36 animals in our house! How many are in my room? Do I get to go to the zoo with you? I did not realize that Cassidy gets home in two days! That´s insane! Things are moving way too fast! It kinda scares me to be honest, but I´m getting over it. I gave my final testimony on the mission and kind of wanted to share part of that with you all today, it kinda fits with the me being scared for coming home thing.
So right before I received my call I was sitting down in my room one night. I started thinking about the mission, about leaving all of you, my schooling, my friends, Amaya, and everything I had ever known behind and I was scared and honestly had doubts about myself and my ablitiy to handle it. I needed help. So I decided to do the classic seminary miracle thing and just let the scriptures open and find the exact message I needed right in front of me :) So I let it open and it opened right to the topical guide, so I was like, well that failed :) But then I looked and the first word I read was Atonement. And that´s when it hit me. I couldn´t do it all on my own, but WE could. I felt the spirit testify to me of the enabling power of the atonement. It is real. Now as I finish I rely on that same answer to get me home. I´m scared to begin life. I´m scared to leave the people and the country I have come to love so SO much. I´m scared that I don´t know exactly how I´m going to move forward and where I am going to get the means to do so. I´m just scared. But that one word. Atonement. That gives me strength. I´m putting all my trust in the Lord. ALL of it. Becasue that´s all I can do. I love you all so much and suggest that you do the same. Give your whole lives to him. He can make you so much more than what you are. I know he is our Saviour and Redeemer. Trust him. I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week applying all those things you learned in conference.
Con amor,
Elder Charlie Flint