The last letter from the MTC for our missionary! He leaves June 11th! Hi Guys, Sorry, i only have about 10 minutes to email today, so this won't be very long. So another Elder (Elder Hobsen) and I auditioned last Thursday to be in one of the special musical numbers and we were lucky enough to get picked and were able to perform today for the incoming devotional for the new missionaries. We played the Marshall Mcdonald and Steven Sharp Nelson version of "If you could Hie to Kolob" (sorry Ben, i took your song). It went fairly well, and i was very grateful to have the oppurtunity to play and Elder Hobsen is an amazing piano player, so i felt really blessed to have the oppurtunity to play with him. We also got our travel plans this week! I will be leaving the MTC Tuesday June 11 at 6 AM, so i will be calling home between 7 and 9 AM that morning. If you can (or want to) talk to me, it would be great if you could pick up the first time i call sense i only have enough minutes to call twice and talk for 15 minutes (it docks 150 minutes from my phone card every time i call). And Mom and Dad, if you can or if you have time, could you make sure i have at least $700 in my checking account since i have to pay for luggage before i leave. Also, if at all possible, could you send me an MP3 with "Missionary Appropriate" Music and a small speaker before i leave on Tuesday? It would be much appreciated, but if it is too much of a hassel, don't worry about it. One last thing, if you could, Gradmother and Papa Joe had a really cool book that talked about "Ancient Temple Ordinances" or something like that. If you could let me know what the tittle of the book is called, that would be much appreciated. Thanks again for all you do and have done for me throughout the years. I love each of you very much and i want you to know that i have testimony of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I have recently been studying the Atonement in my personal study and have learned both a great deal of the Atonement, and have come to further come to understand that Jesus Christ is indeed our reedeemer and the Savior of the Entire world. One Chapter in the Scriptures that has really stood out to me lately is Isaiah 53. Verse 4-6 really explain that Jesus did indeed suffer for our sins i love in verse 5 how it says, "...the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed." Also in verse 6 it says this, "All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way, and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all." Every time i read that scripture, i can't help but get emotional knowing that Jesus Christ did indeed suffer for each of our sins, and understand our sorrows and pains. I feel aweful knowing that i added pain to the Savior that he should not have had to go through. I know that he is indeed the Son of God and that he loves each of us with a love that we cannot understand. He is the sohn Gottes. He was once our brother, but know he is our savior. I am so grateful for his courage and character that when the father asked us in the Pre-Existance, "who should i send?" that Jesus being the Great intelligence he was stepped forward and said, "send me, but the glory be to you father." I truly beleive that each of us rejoiced that day in Heaven when he stepped foward (knowing fully well what he was commiting to) because we knew that he was the best candidate for Savior, and that he had the character and attributes to be able to do all that the father would ask of him. I know he loves us and as it says in the Living Christ, "God be thanked for the matchless gift of his divine son." I am indeed thankful for his matchless gift and his matchless love, because without it i know none of us could be saved, and without that i could not live with you guys for eternity. May we always remember in our lives the "condescention of Christ" is my prayer and testimony in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. Take care guys, i love and miss you! Elder Seamons