Brett's Letter Nov. 17/08

Every once in a while Brett sends amazing letter's so we thought that we would post them once in a while. We hope that you enjoy them as much as we have. He seems to always give advice or encouragement.

Dear Family

well i hope this week went as well for all of you as it did for me. we had pretty good lessons and everything at the beginning of the week, then i hit my 6th month mark and the next two days after that were really good. the cultural event was freaking amazing. the stadium was packed full and there was about 130 thousand people in attendance. i don't know if you guys were able to watch it but im sure that you can find it somewhere on the Internet and near the end i think that i got on tv. all the missionaries were on the field for the end of the event and elder Soto from Arizona said that they watched it and that he saw me. i have felt the spirit pretty much all the time this week. it has been great. i just finished the book of mormon again, and i have started doctrine and cov. everytime we read that book we need to do what Moroni tells us to do, pray about the things we have read so we can gain a testimony about it. it was pretty good timing for me to finish because of the reenactment of the history of this country at the cultural event, and to see all those youth play a part and to see them in costumes that the people back in that day would have been wearing. having president Monson and Eyring there for sure brought the spirit into the event. it was a pretty long day as we left Queretaro around 10 in the morning and didn´t get back until 2 in the night. sunday morning was an early one for us because we had to get up early to start the boiler so we could have a warm shower. then we had to be at the church before 9 so we could see the re-dedication of the temple. it was great to hear president Monson and Eyring bear there testimonies about the importance of temple and the blessing that we can receive if we attend them worthily. i have been thinking alot this week about my mission and about life in general. as i read my patriatical blessing again this week i had a feeling that i should study more about the plan of salvation and what we need to do while we are in this life. well im going to share my thoughts with you guys so im pretty much going to start from the beginning about how we lived with our father in heaven before this life. everyone of us were valiant in the life before. i know this because we have been saved for the last days so we can partake and have the fullness of our saviors gospel here on earth. i thank my heavenly father every day for the opportunity that i have to be here when we can choose to receive all the blessings that he has for us, as for some of our ancestors they never had the chance to receive everything that they could because the gospel was not on the earth. we chose to come here and this time and the lord has blessed us with his gospel. when we are here on this earth we need to do all that we can do to bring forth the gospel to our brothers and sisters. we need to have faith hope charity and love. we need express our faith by doing everything that the lord commands of us. we need to be baptized, and by being baptized we show our father in heaven that we want to follow the example of his son. Everyweek as we partake of the sacrament we show our lord that we are willing to live his gospel, and do the things that he has asked us to do. Everytime i partake of the sacrament i review my week and i repent of the bad things that i did during the week, then i partake and it is like I'm baptized all over again. i need to do all that i can during the week to remember the promises that i made to the lord when i participated in the sacrament that sunday. this is what i think enduring to the end is. to try our hardest to do all that lord tells us to do and to partake of the sacrament every week so we can receive blessing and eventually receive the greatest blessing of living with our father in heaven once again. ya we are going to have trials come in our lives. i believe that we are given trials to help us put our trust in the lord so we can gain a better testimony. we always need to be gaining a testimony because when we think about it, if we just have a simple one and never try to gain a stronger one, we are just letting Satan come in and tempt us to do bad things. we are letting him gain power over our hearts if we don't constantly read the scriptures and do the things we need to be doing. the scriptures have so much power that they can work miracles in lives. i know this because i have seen it in others lives and also in my own. well that is what i have been feeling like and these are some of the things that have been running through my mind this week. i just hope that someday i can be able to be with our father in heaven with the knowledge that i did everything that i did when i was on earth, and that i tried my hardest to bring forth his gospel to my brothers and sisters and that i was always worthy to receive the gifts from god that he gave me to bring forth his work. i hope and pray everyday that i can be the best "instrument in the hands of god." well family i hope that you all had a great week last week, and that your going to have an even better one this week.