A SPECIAL LETTER
Dearest
I wanted to take keyboard
in hand (as you know, we just about quit
using pencils) to let you know I love you and to answer your many letters
just in case there’s some I didn’t get around to answering. Thanks for all of
them.
I read them often, I know
you have been busy building new homes for saints and such, thank God the lines
are not down and we can still talk person to person and it doesn’t seem to
interfere with the construction.
I just want to tell you
of how proud I am of you in all that you have accomplished here.
Forgive me for not
writing sooner, I will continue to keep all your precious letters and to go
over them often.
Thanks again for all your
gifts and letters, I know in your last letter you said you would be returning
soon, I look forward to it, however there are some who are not yet acquainted
with you and I want them to know what a friend you are so they can welcome your
return also.
I will try to tell them
about you the best I can for I know that when you return all us Christians will
be leaving at the same time to make the return trip with you.
Our brother
Since it will be a fast
trip I am already packed, actually I really don’t have any luggage and in one
of your letters you said everything would be furnished anyway.
I do have the beautiful robe you gave me when
we first met, it doesn’t wear out or get dirty so I wear it around all the
time, thanks so much for the robe as I didn’t have the money too purchase one
and you took my tattered and dirty one I had on when I met you and got rid of
it, so I really won’t be bringing any luggage.
I checked around here and
thought about bringing a few things but there’s nothing really worth anything
so it will just be me and my robe from here.
The place you are
preparing sounds nice, gold is hard to come by around here but one of your
letters indicated you use it for pavement up there, we are still using asphalt!
It stinks when you heat it up but it will do for now.
I mentioned several
people to you the other day about my concerns for them and I know you are
concerned too and will take care of the matters.
You said to call anytime
so I will make full use of that.
I will close for now and
mail this, we don’t need stamps we got a thing called E-mail, things sure have
changed, all I have to do is press this little button and off it goes. I am
sharing my letter to you with special friends this morning.
All my Love, say hello to
Dad and Mom and Sis, also greet
Darrel
