8/15/11

                                                   
Dear Family,


Thank you so much again for the birthday wishes! Yeah I'm doing my best to get outta that debt:) It's fun. I'm glad you all had a good week and that everyone had a good birthday! It was also Steven Kriz's and Brother Dye's birthday yesterday and today is Brother Dye's youngest daughter Sammy's birthday along with Kaylyns. Holy cow what a busy couple days. I'm so grateful for all your love mom and dad. I was studying the other day and thought of you dad, and Grandpa Paramore and Peighton. It's in Alma 48: 17-19. It was 2 years ago already the Bar 10 had the party at the Dixie pool and this weekend marks two years from when me and some dear friends traveled North to visit temples and to see Zebedee's grave. Last year around this time I was in Yuba City and life was just as good as it is now.... Last week was good here as well. Sometimes I can't always see the small successes that occur but I'm grateful when I finally hear of them. We've been finding all week and it's been great. Maybe I mentioned this before but never at any point on my mission has it been quite like this. I love learning and struggling to learn some more. We've seen some success with part-member families and referrals from members. We work daily on little things that help us become more powerful. For example...You'll never see an Apostle with his hands in his pockets,  we're taught not to do it in the MTC or while teaching a lesson and we're trying not to cross our legs or fold our arms ha I know it sounds silly and it kind of is but it helps when all the attention is on our eyes and our name tag unless your as handsome as Elder Jones then it's tough for anyone to focus. I love obedience and order:) I love Chico. I love hippies, I love ward counsels, I love preparing to be a husband and father through the small things I do that change my heart and I most certainly love, loving people. I love ironed white shirts and getting letters from good friends and loved ones, I love thinking about the littles and grand littles and their faith and good examples. I just hope we never forget but REMEMBER continually of the atonement of Jesus Christ and the real healing power within. Our family is so blessed, the Lord has a lot of work for us to do. I really hate it when I get tired and look for a break. At that point I have a decision to make... I can push through and give my desires to the Lord and learn the things I'm supposed to or I can do what I want to do and maybe learn a bit here and there but it's when I don't look for those breaks and love the Lord that I learn the most. All is well here. My companion goes home this Friday. I'm grateful he's strong and still works very hard. I don't have much else to report on. Thank you so much for all you do, you do way to much already. No worries. If you just keep having those littles say prayers for me and the people here then that should be enough:) Please let them know I love them and don't forget to hug and kiss them. I love ya mom and dad and if there's anything I can do for ya let me know.

Love Elder Paramore