Elder Holland at the MTC for Thanksgiving

hey everyone!

     alot has gone on since last wednesday, ill start off with how fun it is here! its like a whole different world, its an eye opener to what our lives are really supposed to be like and i really like it. i cant wait till the world realizes we are right haha. thanksgiving here was awesome. Jeffrey R. Holland came and talked to us about family and our missions. he is an incredibly powerful speaker and said things that will make you afraid to not go on a mission. its sweet. he said that little kids all around the world look at missionaries like they are the perfect person and they can do no wrong, Holland told us the we better not even DARE to let those kids down. so i wont :) on the theme of thanksgiving he told us to not turn away from those who need help or are needy. if we turn up our noses at those who are less priveledged than us and ignore their plea's for help then all of our prayers are in vain. who are we to say no to help someone out when Christ sacraficed his life so we could have a chance to be back where we belong. he also told us all to listen to our wife's when we are married haha. He who crusifies Christ afresh is lost and damned. Elder Holland stressed that fact as well. it means if we accept the gospel and the holy ghost and Jesus and God for all their glory, then deny it, we are in BIG trouble. as a missionaries we serve so that Christ doesnt have to do it all alone. in a sense we are their vessels to bring about change to the world. THANKS FOR THE LETTERS!!!! and im just gonna say that when a missionary gets a package in the mtc they are THE coolest elder or hermana ever, just sayin ;) we learn here to love everyone. Jesus loves all of us. so to be like him we must do as he does. holding hatred in our hearts against others for even the smallest of misunderstanding is NOT ACCEPTABLE in his eyes. if anything is not acceptable in His eyes then we certainly shouldnt be doing it haha its as simple as that. spanish is okay now. i can rattle off in a conversation now, some times i dont even know what i am saying but hey it works! something about the spirit, when u feel it or even think you do, DO AS IT SAYS. the spirit knows whats up. it wont lead us astray, but will keep us safe and help us do the things we were forordained to do. i think a mission is for every person on this earth. being set apart as a missionary isnt just a way for us to be called elder rather than brother, but it is setting us apart from the world. from every vile, vicious, wrong, crude, low, cheap, or vulgar thing out there. you are set apart for a higher plain of thought and activity. there is no room for mistakes or else you will lose the spirit. before a mission you feel the spirit on different occasions, but never as constant or as strong as it is here. i love this place, i love my district, i love all of you who care about me, i love the Lord. there are no words to describe how my love for Him has grown and how much he means to me. there is no happiness without love. there is no love without forgiveness. there is no forgiveness without faith. i wish i could type my testimony to you all day long. keep praying and reading the scriptures.

       love Elder Summers