faith and attitude

Dear Family,

I suppose the idea of less internet time is for me to just give you all a brief update of how I'm doing and how the work is going. I've got 5 minutes, so I'll see what I can do.

I've got some kinda cold/flu (achy all over, stuffy nose, sore throat, fever, cough, headache and everything in between) this week. That's not so pleasant, but I'm happy.

Conference was wonderful. I especially love President Eyring's talks. We brought a family to church for the first time to the last session of conference - they got all dressed up and looked like members. They're Julio, Irma, Lady and Percy. Mari Florian also came to the morning session on Sunday.

Junior and Rosa also came to that morning session, but they informed us that they're going to be living in another area from now on. We were a little bummed about that, but we're going to work out the details so that they can be baptized soon (they're way excited).

I was thinking a little about the Savior's teachings in the Sermon on the Mount. He told His disciples that they should love their enemies as well as their neighbors, and that if they only saluted their brethren, they weren't any better than the publicans. Then He commanded them to be perfect. I thought about that and wondered if it could be applied to our attitude and our faith as well. If my attitude is great when things go well, then sour when things go wrong, obviously my attitude is a result of circumstance and not really controlled personally. I think that equally, our faith and our attitude, can - if we choose - always be good, independent of our circumstances. I love it. I can be happy whenever I want to.

Well, gotta go! Thank you for your prayers and your love for the Gospel.

Love,
Elder Withers