Caleb:
I hope you are doing well. Sometimes I think that my letters are long enough that you speed-read them just so you get through them and can say you've read them. I'll be brief so that you aren't burdened by the reading.
I periodically try to "be still" as I contemplate you and your situation. There are times that I am comforted when I think about you and other times when I am unsettled. It has been a couple of weeks that I've felt settled in my heart.
You are only on a mission for two years. When you are in it, it feels like it will take a long time to be done. By now, you have established ways of doing your missionary work that are comfortable to you; whether they are best practices is another issue. Your mission will be done before you know it. Will you have made substantial development in your personal life? Time and experience will be your judge. Mom and I will love you and be proud of you regardless of the job you've done in this regard.
I challenge you to to go back and re-read some of my early letters regarding your development. I'm thinking specifically of some of the letters I wrote when you were in the MTC and were really trying to develop yourself. There are great thoughts in those letters that you are well advised to follow.
You know best how you are doing. I do not.
Be good. Do the best you can. You won't regret the effort of developing yourself into a disciple of Jesus Christ. I look at life as a one-way street. There are NO take-backs or do-overs. If you maintain a consistent effort to be better, you will be rewarded ways that you cannot presently understand or comprehend. Be demanding of yourself that you not fritter away your time or money.
I love you.
Dad
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