Hemingway

You know how sometimes you get a bad haircut and there are a bunch of people that say "Hey! It looks nice!" but deep down inside you know they're probably just tellin a white lie? Yeah... that's how i feel about my writing. 

Anyways... I bet the wedding was a blast. The pictures sure looked nice. I'm doing okay over here in the green hills of Africa ya know. I don't have a lot to say this week, but maybe I'll abandon all plans and live like Hemingway when I'm home? Markin' my own path, seein' what the world has to offer with my trusty companion, a flask (filled with kool-aid). We will just have to see.

Now here's something to ponder during the week ahead: Let's say you walk up to a friend and you say "Here's some cash, blablabla no matter what may happen, you can't give it back to me, I will be a better person". The buddy says "Okay sure, I promise." and life moves on. Later you find yourself in a little bit of a pickle and you go back to your buddy, beggin' for the cash back. If he is a true friend, he will honor the first promise and hold it in reserve, right? He wants you to become the greater man! That is kinda like our Heavenly Father. In the preexistence we said "Send me down there and put me through whatever is necessary to reach the potential you have for me!" and then we come down here on earth and say things such as, "Okay Heavenly Father! I've had as much as I can take! Stop the train! I'll be getting off here!", then he honors the first promise we made! God is our friend! He wants the best for us. That is why we pass through trials like missing funerals, or weddings, or birthdays. It's because we are striving to reach a higher level. Life is never at any times easy. But with God, it is ALWAYS worth it. I know these things are true! And I love you all very much! Goodbye for now.

-elder fraga