Here's another letter from our amazing missionary, Joseph...... Hey Guys, Thank you for sending the package and letters this week, it was great to hear from you guys and my district and i really enjoyed the chocholate that was sent. Tell Grandmother thanks for the Card and the email, they meant a lot to me. This week has been great, we got to do service last Thursday which i enjoyed and it sounds like we will get to do it every Thursday morning. Last night we had a fantastic devotional in which Elder Russelll M. Nelson and his wife spoke. They talked a lot about family history and how we can use it to help others feel that Spirit of Elijah and have a desire to join the church. It was really profound, Elder Nelson and his wife also talked about how we can call upon Angels by name and by characteristic as we seek for help in our lives. That really struck me, because i had always known that we could ask our Heavenly Father for help, but i never really thought we could specifically ask for help from a certain angel or a certain angel with a certain characteristic. There's you some food for thought! Throughout that whole meeting though, i reflected on how greatful i am for the oppurtunity we have to draw closer to our ancestors by doing family history work. Ever since i have been able to go to the Temple and do endowment and inititiatories for my deceased ancestors, i have began to feel that Spirit of Elijah it talks about in Malachi and am very grateful for the oppurtunity i have to help those who have come before me. Concerning my German speaking abilities, well....lets just say that im better then i was last week. I am understanding a lot more in both class and my appointments so thats way good and i am also beggining to being able to have somewhat of a Gospal discussion with my investigators. This week will be better though, i know it! Just briefly i would like to share an experience i had teaching the other day. We were teaching our investigator last Friday about The Book of Mormon and the Holy Ghost. I had written out, word for word as usual, everything i was going to say and like usual, i was sitting there just reading my paper to him. I could tell our investigator was bored out of his mind, (seriously this guy looked like he was pain for how bored he was) as i went to read him the last little bit that i had written down, i had the feeling that i should just bare my testimony on the Book of Mormon and leave it at that. I did just that and the spirit immediately came into the room. It was incredible and am greatful the Lord cared enough about me, my companion, and my investigator to pour out his spirit upon us. I shared this in class later that day and my meine Lehrer Bruder Liddle said something that has really stuck with me. He said something like this, "Nobody can speak every language on this earth, but the spirit can speak to all the hearts of men." To me, that statement was simply amazing. To me it means that dispite the fact that i can speak little German and even a smaller amount that my investigators can actually understand i know that the Lord can speak unto the hearts of men, and in reality, that is all that matters. It doesn't matter how much or how little German i can speak as long as the Lord can tell our investigators through the Holy Ghost what is true and what they need to know. I miss you guys alot and hope you will let me know what is going on in each of your lives. Take care and know that you are all in my prayers. Love, Elder Seamons PS: Did you guys get my letter from a week and half ago? PSS: HAPPY MOTHERS DAY ON SUNDAY MOM!!!!! I hope you had a wonderful day, sorry i couldn't call you, but the MTC said i can call you before i leave to Germany! Grandmother also said you were feeling a little under the weather. Im sorry to hear that and i hope you get feeling better. Love you Mom! PSSS: If you have time, read Helaman 10 it is amazing what Nephi receives!