Week 33 - Letter from Camri's Bishop

Here is the letter Camri received from her Bishop this week. It's a pretty good read. 

Bishop sent us this today.  I thought you would like it :)  have a good birthday! Love you bye! 

Sisters Jensen and Shuldberg,

Amazing! Awesome! What a joy you are! How blessed we are to have you in our ward!

I just want you two to know how much you mean to me and how much I love and appreciate you both. 

As a Bishop, my biggest concern is the youth. I want nothing more that for each of them to get it. I want them to come to an appreciation of the gospel, gain a testimony, and then look forward to their opportunity to share it with the world. I want to afford them every tool possible to hone their skills and most importantly their ability to share with others their growing testimony. The ability to speak and to speak clearly are true skills that they can learn, but the real skill is to recognize with spirit and to speak with the power of the spirit in their own words. 

It is absolutely apparent that you two understand this, and have worked hard, probably your entire lives, to do just this. Every time you two open your mouths I am in awe of your confidence and ability to relate as you share. You are truly an example to me and I hope others in our ward understand what a privilege it is to have you in our ward. 

I know that the Lord will bless you. We have a tough ward with some real issues that, in my mind, keep a lot of things from happening, including missionary work. Just know and always remember that the seeds you are planting will get watered and nourished. The spirit of the work is always left by the diligent, and you two are the epitome of diligence. 

I know that as life comes at you you are going to be so prepared for everything coming your way. With your faith, nothing will shake you and the miracles will become second nature in your lives. You efforts in the mission field will forever change your lives. 

You can tell which missionaries really come ready to love and serve, and I thank you, your parents, and teachers that helped you along the way in preparing you to be the wonderfully awesome missionaries that you are today. 

Hopefully I am not breaking any mission rules in emailing you, but I just wanted you to know how much we love and appreciate you two. 

Please let me know if there is anything else that I can do to help in the work. 

Bishop