He is lucky this email has some length to it!!!!!

I have not gotten the box of pictures or letters Jeffrey refers to! As soon as I do, I promise to share!

" A Fathers Impact Can and Will Change Countries "

WHAT CAME TO ME THIS WEEK WAS THE DIVINE IMPACT FATHERS HAVE ON THEIR SONS. NO MATTER WHAT RELATIONSHIP YOU HAVE WITH YOUR SON, KNOW HE LOOKS UP TO YOU, HE WANTS TO FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS. HE LEARNS FROM YOU MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE. YOU ARE DEVELOPING YOUR FUTURE WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. I WILL TELL YOU OF A STORY THAT CAME TO MY MIND THIS WEEK.

TO START,

THEIR RELATIONSHIP: ROCKY AND UNSTABLE

LOVE TOWARDS EACH OTHER: STRONG BUT NOT USED

STUPID ARGUMENTS: ALL THE TIME OVER STUPID LITTLE THINGS

STRIVING TO HAVE UNITY: SOMETIMES

WHILE GROWING UP THIS FATHER AND SON HAD A VERY ROCKY RELATIONSHIP. JUST COMPETING FOR THE BEST ANSWER, BEING THE MOST CORRECT IN EVERYTHING THEY DO, AND THEY WERE JUST TO MUCH ALIKE AND CLASHED 24-7. THEREFORE NEVER QUITE GETTING ALONG. GROWING UP THIS FATHER ALWAYS WANTED TO TEACH HIS SON HOW TO FISH. THE FATHER LOVED FISHING. HAD AN OCEAN BOAT WHILE THE BOY WAS YOUNGER, JUST FOR FISHING. THE SON LOVED TO HAVE SLEEPOVERS DOWN ON THE BOAT AND JUST BEING IN THE WATER, BUT DREADED WAKING UP AT 5:00 AM TO " PUT THE RODS IN." OVER THE YEARS THE FATHER CONTINUED THESE FISHING TRIPS FROM THE WATERS OF THE CARRIBBEAN AND MEXICO TO THE RIVERS AND LAKES OF UTAH. THE SON STARTED TO ENJOY FISHING MORE AND MORE EACH TIME, JUST BECAUSE HE GOT THE OPPORTUINTY TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS FATHER ONE ON ONE AND REALLY GOT TO KNOW HIM. AFTER 19 YEARS OF DREADING THESE FISHING TRIPS, THEY PAYED OFF. NOW WE LOOK 19 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD....AND AT THE IMPACT THE ONE ACTIVITY A FATHER HAD DONE AND CONTINUED DOING THROUGH OUT HIS SONS LIFE HAS IMPACTED A COUNTRY, A NATION THAT IS IN NEED. THE YOUNG MAN IS NOW SERVING A MISSION AND HAD AN OPPORUTNITY THIS WEEK AFTER SOME MAJOR STORMS TO TAKE A BOAT OUT IN THE OCEAN USING THE RESOURCES HE LEARNED FROM HIS FATHERS FISHING TRIPS, TO FISH. TO FISH FOR HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE LEFT HOMELESS, LEFT WITH OUT FOOD AND SHELTER, KIDS STARVING PARENTS STARVED, GRANDPARENTS GIVING THEIR ALL TO THEIR GRANDKIDS. THE SON WAS ABLE TO HELP THESE LESS FOURTANATE HAVE A REASON TO LIVE, TO BRING HOPE BACK IN THEIR EYES THAT THEY WILL MAKE IT THROUGH THE DAY, THAT THERE IS A TOMORROW. TO HELP THEM LIVE TO THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL. DID THESE FISHING TRIPS IMPACT A FUTURE? DID THEY DO ANYTHING BUT MAKE THE SON MAD? WHY AM I TELLING YOU THIS STORY. I TELL YOU AS THE SON, THAT THE IMPACT OF A FATHER IS HUGE. BY " SMALL AND SIMPLE THINGS GREAT THINGS ARE BROUGHT TO PASS." BY GOING FISHING FOR AN HOUR ONCE A YEAR, SUCH A SMALL ACTIVITY WITH HIS SON, HAS BEEN SUCH A HUGE BLESSING AND HAS IMPACTED NOT ONLY HIS LIFE BUT THE LIVES OF MANY. ALL BECAUSE THE FATHER TAUGHT THE BOY TO DO ONE OF HIS HOBBIES AND PASSIONS. THE BOY WILL FOREVER BE IN DEBT TO THE FATHER AND REALLY SHOWS THAT BY SMALL AND SIMPLE THINGS ARE GREAT THINGS BROUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU DAD! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND CONTINUE TO DO FOR ME. AND THANKS FOR TEACHING ME HOW TO FISH. IF YOU HADN'T TAUGHT ME, KIDS AND FAMILIES WOULD BE STARVING RIGHT NOW. LOVE YOU.

ANOTHER WEEK OF ADVENTURES, MIRACLES, FLITHY FOOD, AND DELICOUS FOOD, FRIENDSHIPS, NEW RULES, COMPANIONSHIP UNITY. TO START THE WEEK BACK ROUND I WILL SHARE A FUNNY STORY. "NEW RULES" YES, THIS NEW RULE ONLY PERTAINS TO ME AND JUST ME, NO ONE ELSE. i AM NO LONGER ALLOWED TO GIVE MY CELL PHONE NUMBER OUT TO ANY FEMALE GENDER. THEY ALL SEEM TO THINK THAT I AM HERE IN HONG KONG TO MARRY THEM AND THEY DECIDED THIS WEEK THEY WOULD SEND SOME FUN TEXTS AND PICTURES TO SHOW HOW READY THEY ARE FOR ME TO MARRY THEM. SO THERE FORE, I AM NO LONGER ALLOWED TO GIVE MY NUMBER OUT. HAHA!!! MY COMPAION THINKS THIS IS HILARIOUS. ALL THE LADIES HERE IN HONG KONG ARE A PIECE OF WORK. THEY TRY TO FOLLOW US HOME AND STALK US ALL THE TIME. CRAZY. SKETCHY. NEXT, I FOUND OUT THE MY AREA AND MORE THAN HALF OF HONG KONG MISSION AREAS HAVENT HAD A BAPTISM FOR OVER 2 YEARS! HOW CRAZY IS THAT. WELL I HAVE TWO BAPTISMAL DATES FOR NEXT SUNDAY. TAKING IT ONE STEP AT A TIME AND I WILL CHANGE HONG KONG AND HELP THEM REALIZE THEY NEED THIS GOSPEL AND THE GREAT IMPACT IT CAN HAVE ON THEIR LIVES. THAT WORK AND MONEY ARE'NT EVERYTHING. WE HAVE ANNA WHO IS 17 AND FROM MAINLAND, AND WILSON WHO IS 18 AND FROM YUEN LONG. BOTH AMAZING KIDS. SO AMAZING. THIS WEEK WAS MY VERY FIRST TIME THAT I ACTUALLY THREW UP AT A DINNER TABLE EVERYWHERE!! THEY BRING OUT NOODLES AND A RED SOUP AND BIG BALLS OF MEAT SO I AM THINKING SWEET SPAGHETTI OS! YEAH, THAT WAS'NT THE CASE. AS I TAKE A RATHER LARGE BITE OF MY MEAT BALL, I ASK WHAT IT IS... AFTER CHEWING IT FOR 24 MINUTES MY COMP FINALLY RESPONDS, COW BALLS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT CAME UP A LOT FARTHER THAN IT WENT DOWN. HAHHA. THATS JUST A FEW OF THE MANY THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THIS WEEK. I AM ABSOLUTLY LOVING EVERY SECOND I AM GIVEN HERE IN HONG KONG. I LOVE SERVING. WOULD'NT ASK TO BE ANYWHERE ELSE RIGHT NOW. JUST SMILING 24-7 TRYING MY BEST TO SERVE THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. I SENT HOME FOUR ALBUMS OF PICTURES AND A BOX OF MIRACLE STORIES. YOU ARE ALL MORE THAN WELCOME TO READ AND LOOK THROUGH IT ALL! I HOPE YOU ARE ALL HAVING A GREAT SUMMER. MISS YOU ALL AND LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH. I AM NOW GOING TO SHARE SOME PARTS OF LESSONS I HAVE GIVEN THIS WEEK AND SOME FAVORITE QUOTES.

WEEKLY SCRIPTURE: 1 SAM 16:7

DON'T JUDGE ON THE APPEARANCE BUT ON THEIR INNER COUNTANCE AND TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT YOU HAVE TO REALLY GET TO KNOW THE PERSON. SO IMPORTANT TO DO IN SUCH A CORRUPTED WORLD, SO MANY TRIALS AND CONCERNS, SO MANY DISASTERS. EVERYONE HAS TRIALS AND CONCERNS. YOU NEVER KNOW WHY A PERSON MIGHT DRESS DIFFERENT OR ACT DIFFERENT OR SAY THE THINGS HE/SHE DOES. BUT WE NEVER KNOW WHAT THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE. THEREFORE, NEVER ARE WE IN THE JUDGING SEAT. WE NEED TO LOOK FOR THE BEST IN EVERYONE GIVING EVERYONE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. LOVE ALL! LOVE AS CHRIST WOULD.

BE HAPPY WHERE YOU ARE IN LIFE, YOU HAVE THE AGENCY. BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU ARE GIVEN.

YOU OWN YOUR OWN HAPPINESS YOU CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE.

IF YOU FEEL YOU HAVE BEEN WRONGED BY ANYONE- A FAMILY MEMBER A FRIEND ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE CHURCH A CHURRCH MEMBER A BUISNESS ASSOCIATE, OR BY ANYTHING- A DEATH OF A LOVED ONE, HEALTH PROBLEMS, FINANCIAL REVERSALE, ABUSE, ADDICTIONS- DEAL WITH THE MATTER DIRECTLY AND WITH ALL THE STRENGTH YOU HAVE, " HOLD ON THE WAY " ( DNC 122:9 ) GIVING UP IS NOT AN OPTION AND WITH OUT DELAY TURN TO THE LORD. EXERCISE ALL OF THE FAITH YOU HAVE IN HIM. LET HIM SHARE YOUR BURDEN ALLOW HIS GRACE TO LIGHTEN YOUR LOAD. WE ARE PROMISED THAT WE WILL SUFFER NO MANNER OF AFFLICTIONS SAVE IT WERE SWALLOWED UP IN THE JOY OF CHRIST ( ALMA 31:38 ) NEVER LET EARTHLY CIRCUMSTANCES DISABLE YOU SPIRITUALLY!!! ( ONE OF MY FAVORITES )

EACH GENERAL CONFERENCE AND CHURCH MAGAZINE CONTAINS ADVICE FROM THE PROPHETS WHICH IS APPLIED WILL LEAD US TO GOOD JUDGEMENT WE ARE LEFT WITH OUT EXCUSE WHEN WE IGNORE THEM.

MY COUNSEL FOR ALL OF US IT TO LOOK TO THE LIGHTHOUSE OF THE LORD. THERE IS NO FOG SO DNSE, NO NIGHT SO DARK, NO GALE SO STRONG, NO MARINER SO LOST BUT WHAT ITS BEACON LIGHT CAN RESCUE. IT BECKONS THROUGH THE STORMS OF LIFE THE LIGHTHOUSE OF THE LORD SENDS FORTH SIGNALS READILY RECOGNIZED AND NEVER FAILING.

LOVE YOU HAVE A SAFE AND FUN WEEK!!!

REMEMBER: TWO MEN CAN DO ANYTHING AS LONG AS ONE OF THEM IS THE LORD!