The fulness of time

Dear Family,

I apologize in advance for the brevity of the letter. Preparation day is now ending, and we just barely got here.

I'm happy to report that Roberto got baptized on Saturday. His girlfriend is a recent convert, and she has been teaching him some great stuff. He gave up drinking over two months ago.

I'm happy and healthy and I hope you all are, too. Riding on a bus (that is, conversion van with 16 passengers stacked in it) back to Pacasmayo today after playing soccer with the zone, I shared a brief history of the Gospel - as revealed in the largest dispensations both past and present - to two interested men who sat next to me. That was amazing. I had my companion's triple combination in hand, so I used some of my favorite scriptures from the Pearl of Great Price. What joy! Heavenly Father loves us. You can see it in all that He does for us. And we live in the dispensation of the fulness of time. That means everything from the past gets restored in the great culminating events of the earth's purpose. I'd list them, but there's no time. Just believe me that I love the restored Gospel.

With love,
Elder Withers