Semana 20

Dear Elder Lutze, 

We love you and have been praying for you and your investigators. For us it's been a crazy week. We drove back on Tuesday from St. George with Cami in tow... ok she was sitting in the back seat. We dropped her off at BYU and headed home. I've been working hard to catch up at work and at home after being gone for over a week. I met with my emotional resiliency group on Wednesday. They are amazing women. We had a great discussion about healthy thinking patterns. We are working on thinking of one positive thing about ourselves each day. I sent the "Butterfly Circus" video to them. Do you remember that video? If you're able or allowed to watch that video, I'd love it if you would watch it again. Dad and I went to the temple on Saturday and did sealings. I loved what one of the patrons taught us. Women's role with God is to bring His children to the earth and men's role with God is to return His children to Him through the ordinances of the gospel. So cool! I'd never thought of it in that way. 

Now, I have a very special story to share with you. I went into Seagull book to find you a couple of books to send in your package this week. Jamie, one of the workers, happened to walk up and I asked for help finding "The Infinite Atonement." She said it should have been where I was looking and they didn't have them. She then told me to wait a minute and she brought back the journal edition of it that she found in another location. I then asked her for suggestions. She recommended anything of Tad Callister. She said he was her husband's mission president and he always sends them a copy of his new books. As we continued to talk, she called her husband for his recommendations. He, of course, felt very strong about all four books from Tad Callister - the Infinite Atonement, A Case for the Book of Mormon, Teaching with Power, and The Building of Christ's Church. Suddenly, she's telling me she wants to buy the last two books I mentioned for you. I told her no a couple of times but she was persistent. After checking out, I asked if I could give her a hug and thanked her. I, of course, was crying and she said they would be praying for you as a missionary. I was stunned by the generosity of a complete stranger for you and me - someone she's never met. The Lord loves you! There are no coincidences!

I have a class tmr that starts at 0900. So I'll be in and out of our conversation. I'm not sure how long it will take for you to see this package. I might send two books now and two later.

Love you!

Mom