FW: letter from mom

 

 

From: Carol Ann Conrad [mailto:caconrad.ms@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 5:09 PM
To: 'Rachel Faraoni'
Subject: letter from mom

 

My eyes are blurring so I can’t correct any more I’ve written so many letters today! I hope this is okay.  Let me know.

Carol Ann

 

Carol Ann Conrad, MS, LMHC, NCC

Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist

8045 W. Grandridge Blvd Ste A

Kennewick, WA 99336

http://www.carolannconrad.com

509-735-1221

 

FW: Whats going on?

For those who don't know, Dave went into Atriel Fibrillation last week and was in the hospital for four days. We decided not to tell Kelly since he's focused and doing well until we knew things were leveled out and he would be okay. We received permission from Kelly's new mission president to let Kelly call his dad today, he seemed a bit distressed in this email. Dave is stable on medications and back at work for a few hours today.

Mom,

Well if that wasn't a scare when I read an email from Megan earlier this morning and heard a little about what is going on with Dad. It was a horrible feeling being left in the dark and not knowing what was going on. All I could do is sit here and wait for your emails to come.

This weeks has felt like is has taken several years off my life. Every morning I fight the mind over mattress battle when I force myself to get up at 6:30am. My mind knows that I have to get up, but my body tells me otherwise. I'm not used to working so hard and having such intense spiritual experiences draining me this much. A story from the life of Joseph Smith comes to mind to illustrate what I mean. When Joseph Smith received the revelation in Doctrine and Covenants 78 with Sidney Rigden, at the end of the vision, Sidney was pale and had looked like he had gone through something very strenuous. Joseph said to those who were in the room with them that Sidney was not yet used to such experiences like he himself was.

This week we found 13 new investigators and we had one baptism! We are teaching several new families that we are very excited to be blessed to teach. One of the families is the Campbell family. They were a referral from an APEX security Alarm installer. It's weird sometimes how the Lord works His will out, but He always gets His way. We taught them this past Thursday. They had some very sincere questions and after we got done with the lesson they were our best friends. They are going to be coming to the ward social that is going on this Wednesday.

My time is up and I have to go, but tell Dad that he better change his diet, get exercising and take care of himself so that he can still work around the house when I get home.

I love you and Dad and thank you for all that you do for me!

Love your son,
Elder D. Kelly Conrad

Short and Sweet!

Well things are still going good, I'm alive and well and I'm keeping hydrated. This past week has been pretty crazy. It feels like time is flying faster and faster and when I look back it seems like I haven't accomplished much. It's amazing to me to think that Zone conference was only last Monday. It feels like it was at least a month ago. So I won't write about that.

On Thursday while we were at a dinner appointment at Sister North's her 5 year old, ADHD kid named Jay and I played a game. It was called "stop Jay from throwing Elder Conrad's planner in the toilet", it didn't go very well. Every time he would get past me in the hall way and into the bathroom I would stop him. Well he got a little smart and ran to another bathroom that I didn't know about. I almost beat him to it, but when I got to him it was too late, it was already in the toilet. A missionary's planner here in the OTM means everything and now mine is all warped and crinkled. But it was an awesome game and it was worth it!

Mark Hemrick is getting baptized this Friday and I am very excited for it. He has come along way and I have been able to see him and his family mends the broken relationships that they have had over these past few weeks. Its amazing what humility, family prayer, and Family home evening can do!
Some thing that I am learning is to not care what I think others might think of me. I'm not to sure how well I am learning this lesson, but it is a good skill to have as a missionary. This past week I have felt very small and very inadequate. Things that are happening around me are stretching me and I am leaning more and more on prayer and faith.

I am having a tough time remembering things lately. If you have ever notice while reading the scriptures the word remember is used a lot. And when you come to a story about some one forgetting something it is always bad.

Well that's all for this week. Keeping it short and sweet as some one might say ;)
Love,
Elder D Kelly Conrad

PS, I'll write more in the letter.
PPS, today is my 11 month mark!! WOOT WOOT!!