Dear Family and Friends,

Well for all of you that were wondering... yes I am about to be 20 years old, or an other words, man im getting old! haha Mom dad and heather thank you for the package i got it this week and dont worry on the 17th we will bake the cake and have a nice little fiesta. Well it sounds like you guys had a nice little week this week, i dont know if it is the same for you guys but the weeks here are like days. I swear i was just here last monday writing you guys and now i am here again, the time is going to fast! Anyways I hear you all are going to be heading up to jackson this week i hope you have a good time and that you get the boat out there on the water and do a little skiing and wakeboarding! Well, this week was quite the week. Probably one of the most spiritual weeks of my life. I cant explain all that has happened this week over an email, and some of the things are to sacred to write but i can say my testimony. I want you guys to know that this is the church of Jesus Christ, that he truely lives and loves us and wants the best for us. I know without a doubt that he restored his church through the prophet Joseph Smith and that he saw Jesus Christ and the Father in the Grove. And that everything that he said he saw is true and that all the revelations that he recieved are true. I know that the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants contain the Words of God and are true. And that President Monson is the prophet today and that he leads and guides the church through divine inspiration that he recieves from God. And that we can know what God wants us to do, all we need to do is listen to the words of the prophets and we will stay on track. In the Book of Mormon there are many times when the people  believed on the words of the prophets and they prospered, There are also many times when they didn´t believe on the words of the prophet and were not blessed and recieved many hardships, many battles and in the end, for the nephites, they were destroyed completly. In the account of Helaman and the first of 3 Nephi, you can see how the people repented and believed on the words of the prophets and then how quick they were to hardened their hearts, to develop pride and reject the prophets. We can learn a lot from there example, we can see how pride really is what causes such great destruction in their time and our time today. Also, in the Book of Helaman we see that pride within the church caused a lot of destruction, and trust me pride can cause a lot of destruction in the church today. I have seen a little bit of it here and what it does and its not good. Anyways, i guess what i am saying is that we need to be humble and listen to the words of the prophets and we will always recieve the blessings of the Lord. The Lord is bound when we do what he says. Ok well I have wrote a lot now but i know these things are true and that they can bless us. Anyways, everything is going really good here and me and my comp are still working hard here and learning alot, and trying to be a little better each day. I hope everything is going good for you all back home and that you have a fun trip in Jackson this week, I love you all 

Elder Wadman