Letter From President and Sister Ashton

Here is an excerpt from a letter we received September 5 from the MTC President's wife:

           Brother and Sister Smith,

Just  a quick note to let you know how much we how grateful we are and have enjoyed your son,  Elder Smith these past 12+ days.  He is strong, obedient, humble and so well prepared spiritually to be a great missionary.  We have exploited his talents as much as possible.  He is serving as a Zone Leader now.  He plays the piano for all meetings.  He sings in our meetings with some of the Elders that he directs.  We are using up all his gifts as fast as we can.  He is a fine example to the other missionaries and he is well liked and respected. More importantly, we had a special experience at the temple last week  because of  his diligence with family history.  All of us were blessed by being able to take a family name to the temple.  The session was spiritual and the veil was almost transparent.  President Ashton (past Mission President) and I often say that your son would have been a leader in our mission.  We would have loved him then as we do now.

Sister and President Ashton 

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