Listen to Your Mom and Learn to Play the Piano!

DAD!!!! I PROMISE I didn´t forget about you!!! The day I meant to send you letter was when I had those special changes, so it completely skipped my mind. I found your letter on Friday and I felt SO bad!!! It´s in the mail today, so hopefully you get it in 12-14 days :) I promise I didn´t forget!!!

About mail, I´ve decided to start including a list of what I got from who last week so you don´t have to worry. So:

Packages - Tricia, Jenny

Letters - Jenny, Allie, Nanci, Kristin

Thank you all so much for your love! And my comps definitely appreciate the food, because none of my comps have ever gotten a package of food thus far.

Dad - Do we have Native American blood from your dad´s side?

Mom - What´s the name of the RM who served in my mission? I can never remember :P Also, Sis. Nicoll may say I´m able to go a week without my retainers, but my teeth say two nights MAX :/

Alyza - Why don´t you want to play with your friends in nursury? Remember when mommy and dayday helped out one Sunday and we had SO much fun? You should try to help everyone have fun! :) I love you Lyzee :)

In response to your email, mom:

We actually just started to put into practice our plan on Sunday because of different scheduling things that came up last week. But of the two who have had our lesson, they seem willing to go along with it :)

Where I am now, I definitely wish I could play at least one hymn with both hands! I feel so sad for the youth who struggle through one verse when, if I had but practiced, they wouldn´t have to be so embarassed at their lack of skills. LEARN TO PLAY THE PIANO WITH BOTH HANDS!!!!!!!!!!

My lesson for this week is on following the guidance and lessons from General Conference:

For me, there are 7 steps that I really like and have helped me more fully utilize the talks from Conference. They are:

1) Read the talk

2) Read the talk again, and this time highlight things that stand out and make notes in the margin

3) On a seperate piece of paper (or in a special notebook) write what the "call to action" is from that particular talk

4) Make a plan on how to fulfill that "call to action" (this could include studying for a day or two Peace, if you were studing the talk "For Peace at Home")

5) Pray to see if your plan matches God´s will and make the necessary changes

6) Teach what you learned. We learn the most when we have to teach something.

7) Repeat this process for every talk.

In the Conference Edition of the Ensign or Liahona, after the talks given in Conference are the talks given in the General Young Women´s Broadcast. Those too, are inspired talks. For the first time in my life I read them and there is advice and counsel that is aplicable to all, even those who aren´t young nor a woman.

I would also encourage that special attention be given to the words of our Prophet. I have no doubt that he talks with Christ face to face while Jesus tells him how to lead His Church and what His people ned to hear. The words of the Prophet are His words. May we learn from them and never be comfortable with where we are, but always seek progression.

In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

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- Elder Daylon Crider

Some Pics, Daylon says, "We borrowed the sisters' bikes and went waaaay out there. It reminded me of field work with Tricia!"