Hope you all had a happy New Year Anniversary and I just wanted to send out yet another weekly letter and let you all know that you are loved and that you are awesome! You, yes, you. I am talking, to you.

We have not had a baptism for a while, but that is okay. I’m not sure if I mentioned before but the average number of baptisms per missionary in this mission is about 1. So I am grateful for the chances I’ve already had to teach and help people on the path of becoming more like Christ, and I know that some of the investigators we are teaching right now are eventually going to be baptized if they stay on the path they are on. I likely will be leaving this area in the next three weeks or so, which is sad, but at the same time I will have been here in Sturgis for six months, or a quarter of my mission x)

I just lastly wanted to say that I am grateful for all of the wonderful things my Father in Heaven has given me: An amazing family (including extended family), Supportive and Inspiring Friends, Chances and Opportunities to become a better husband and father in the future, and Peace and Comfort in every time of need. I could not ever ask for anything more, and I feel undeserving already of the things I do have. I was a prideful person in the past, and the past I cannot change. But at this moment God is helping me to change, to abolish past attitudes, behaviors, and sins from my life, and become like unto Christ, little by little. I testify that the Savior is real. He is not just in our hearts or our minds, nor is he a figment of imagination, but He is a real being who dwells somewhere more glorious than we can understand at this time. And He loves us, even though we truly are nothing without him. He sees us as what we can become, and not only will he help us to get there, but he will never give up on us. Of this I testify in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

We’ve probably all already broken some of our resolutions. That’s why I’m grateful for the Atonement and for Repentance. 😉 Stay strong, friends, and family, and do what you know is right. Those are the thing you will not regret.

Sincerely,

Elder Breinholt