May 6^th, 2011

Hey Family and Friends!

Just FYI I only have 30 minutes to both read and send an email. I have however possibly found a way around this dilemma but I am not sure if the MTC Presidency would approve so I am going to ponder it a little more. In other words please try to refrain from sending me lots of emails unless you want a short email per week…. Thanks to everyone who has been sending me letters I will respond as soon as I can.

This week has been incredible. In the MTC I have found out just what serving a mission is really about. I want everyone to serve a mission. If a missionary is successful in his call it is impossible to have him come home the same person that left. I love it out here. I have recently been able to learn more about repentance. Repentance is not something to fear, it's something to rejoice!!! I want everyone to look at "repent" in their scripture study and change it to "godlike change" because that is all it is. It is the process of changing from something less godly into something a little more holy. It may hurt some but the result is well worth it. … I recognize I have a lot of "repentance" to do. I love it out here though. I am growing. I admit that mission has made me aware and therefore sad some days and it is a painful and agonizing process to try and root out the natural man. I have no doubt that this is the only place that it can be done in so fast a time.

Prepare yourself for the missions of life! Go to your own MTC!

-Elder Curtis Hanson