Copy of the letter Logan sent to the Priest Quorum with words of advice on missionary work...
Hey what's up Hello bretheren!!
It's been a quick minute there since I've seen a few of you! Some of you that were just little teachers when I was home are now Priests sitting here listening to my letter! Which is pretty weird for me to think about! I hope you are all nice and cozy by the fire cause this one is a good one! Well since my letter last year never made it to this campfire you all missed out on some great wisdom, hopefully I can pull some wisdom from the sky this year. It's also weird for me to think that a lot of you that I have always thought and saw as little kids (namely by brothers) are all going on missions!!That's insane for me to think about! You all can't be going on missions yet! Well I am coming home from mine in a few months so I guess that's believable! Haha, anyways I have a lot on my mind right now and it's going a million different ways so I will get started. What I wanted to start out with was that missions are AWESOME!! Plain and simple they are so good! You learn so much! I am convinced that you learn so much more on a mission than at college! That's just the gospel of Logan, it's not doctrine! hahaha Some of the big lessons I have learned is that pretty much my whole life I have taken the gospel for granted. For example the sacrament I remember last year we were teaching this guy his name Steve. Steve came to church one Sunday and as soon as he got the bread and the water he started bawling! You know I thought it was a little strange at first but I asked him if he was alright. He then responded "Being made clean every week is just the greatest blessing I can ever have, and most of the time I don't think I am worthy for it...but Christ did it for me anyways." That has stuck with me for the rest of my mission and hopefully my life! I know before that the sacrament was clockwork for me. I know I eat the bread and take the water and you have the occasional thought of Christ every once in a while, but having the thought that through the Savior it really does cleanse us! EVERY WEEK!! What a blessing, right?? I'm not saying that's what we all do you are all probably better than I am! I have a greater love for the sacrament now and I know the importance of it! It gives me something to look forward to every week! The next thing is missions really do change lives! I was talking to a recent convert in the ward I am serving in and we asked her in a lesson how the gospel has changed her life, she bore a very sincere testimony of the Gospel, then she talked about how our missions really changed her life, because without us she would not have gotten to this point! It was so nice to know that! To also see how much we meant to her in her life! I wanted to share this quote from a talk I was listening to recently. The talk is called Conversion of a Catholic. If you haven't listened to it I would recommend it! It's a good one! Anyways in this talk this missionary was teaching this really old woman, like late 90s or something and she recently got baptized and then got her patriarchal blessing. She couldn't see so she couldn't read it. So she had him read it to her, and as he was reading her blessing one part of the blessing says that this lady would have joined the church many years earlier if the missionary that was supposed to teach her actually came out on his mission. It was a pretty cool thing to read! There are people out her prepared for you to teach and to meet! I know I was called to the Washington Spokane Mission for a reason! There are some people out here that I have taught or talked to and I know I was called here for them! It's going to be the same for all of you! Missions really do change lives! It changes your won personal life, makes you a better man, it also changes the people you serve lives as well! These are lifelong friends you will have forever! Don't get me wrong my mission has bee the hardest thing I have ever done! This isn't some walk in the park! Just be ready to go through some hardships and trials! It will be a good thing for all of you! The good you feel will most definitely outweigh the bad! It's all worth it!! The last thing of advice that I have for all of you is to remember to have fun!! Life is still fun! Don't be so serious! Be yourself! Have fun! I can honestly say that my mission has been a whole lot of fun! I've made a lot of friends! It's been loads of fun! I promise! I'll leave you with this...don't worry so much! Elder Bednar told us this in the MTC, he said just try your best and the Lord will do the rest! That has been my motto! It'll all work out! Don't you worry you will all do great! For those of you prepaing to serve what I can tell you is keep doing the small and simple things! Do the "Primary Answers" go to church, read your scriptures, and say your prayers! Something Coach Dyson would always say "Do the little things!! If you can't do the little things right what makes you think you can do the big things right?" I think that applies to us all the time. Do the little things!!Well that's all I got this time around. I hope you weren't bored out of your minds! Ya'll best not be sleeping! haha well know I am proud of all of you and happy with the men you guys are becoming! Keep doing good things! I'll see you all real soon! I love this gospel so much, wouldn't nearly be the man I am today without it, and without my mission! Know I have a testimony that God knows all of us individually and he loves us oh so much! I know the Book of Mormon to be the Word of God and Joseph Smith was called to be a prophet! President Nelson is truly God's called prophet today!! I know it to be true with everything in me! I love it so much!! I love you boys so much too! I wish I was chillin' around the fire in the mountains with you guys! Maybe next time! Haha love you boys! Remember the Church is so true! The book is in fact blue! Jesus loves you! Don't be Dumb! Long live the brotherhood!
Love,
Elder Logan Scott
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