"Forget Yourself and Go to Work"

Dear Family, I still have not gotten the other package yet. I should get it this Tuesday at transfer conference. Subway cards are great! We eat there at least once a week, and so far I haven't had to pay for any of the meals, so keep sending them! I really enjoy the new camera I bought and have been taking lots of pictures. I'll send some soon. Sounds like you met Sis Hernandez. She is a lady in our ward that we visit a lot, mostly because 4 of our investigators live right next to her and we teach them at her home. General Conference was great! I received a lot of personal revelation and had many questions which I had been pondering answered. I learned many great things and can't wait to read the talks in the Ensign. I was deeply touched by Richard G. Scott's talk, greatly enjoyed President Monson's talk in Priesthood, gained a lot of insight from Dallin H. Oaks talk and learned many things from all who spoke. Something really neat that I did this conference, was write down specific questions that I had. All of my questions were more than answered by either one of the speakers, or by the Holy Ghost. It was really neat. The last session I felt the spirit and God's love for me so strongly, that I could hardly even stand it. Conference always motivates me to be so much better. It's so important to find ways to nourish and strengthen ourselves spiritually. We need to seek out the spirit so we can be sanctified, and become like Christ. Then, when we are judged not just for what we have done, but for what we have become; all will be well with us. We have been called to repentance. We live in the last days where many are lost and blinded by the craftiness of men. As disciples of Jesus Christ, more is expected of us. One of the greatest things I have learned on my mission and from the last couple of conferences, is that we have to be better. There are too many people in this world who struggle. We CANNOT afford to be weak. Too many lives depend on our examples and on the work that we perform. Our mission president always says, "Forget yourself and go to work." We can't feel sorry for ourselves or mope around asking why our lives aren't better. We CANNOT afford to live like the rest of the world. We need to put off the natural man and become a saint through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. After all, we refer to ourselves as saints. We have to BE saints. I pray that all who watched conference are motivated to be better. I am so grateful for the brethren and their council. Love, Elder Tilley