Dear Brother and Sister Wallace,
Thank you very, very much. Your son, Elder Brandon Wallace, has arrived safely this week in the Canada Vancouver Mission and I am thrilled to have him here. He is very much needed. There is a great work to be done in this marvelous part of the world. Your son will be an instrument in the hands of the Lord and a fellow servant with us and over 200 other faithful missionaries to accomplish His sacred and holy purposes. Attached are two pictures of your wonderful missionary, one with myself and Sister Burt and one that also includes your son’s new companion.
I pledge to you that I will do all I can to build upon that which you have taught your son, and to build upon the standards you have established for your family. Please know that I desire to sustain you in your sacred parental role and to never do anything that will detract from or interfere with that eternal relationship.
A missionary’s success is dependant upon the active role of many people including you and us. I pledge that I will do everything I can to provide him with meaningful experiences to give him an opportunity to maximize his growth and potential. I also need your active support to help your son become the kind of missionary whom the Lord can use to accomplish His purposes.
Missionary work is very hard and strenuous. Much will be expected from your missionary. I pray for your continued support and encouragement of your son as he begins this challenging and extraordinary experience. It will be a great blessing to him and to the work in our Mission if you write to him each week and encourage him to be diligent in this great work. Monday is Preparation Day when he will have access to email to communicate with you. He can provide you with his physical address at that time also. Should you have an emergency need to contact your son, I would appreciate your calling the Mission Office (xxx-xxx-xxxx) rather than calling your son directly.
As you might imagine, in order for a missionary to be successful, he must be focused solely on his missionary activities. Any news, letters, or packages from home that distract his attention from his missionary efforts will be disruptive to his work. Accordingly, I suggest that all of your letters be positive, upbeat and spiritual and, to the extent possible, that discussions of bad news, disappointments, discouraging items, etc. be avoided.
I will do all I can to teach, and honor your son and allow him to realize the injunction, “O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve Him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the Last day,” and that he will have many opportunities to “invite all to come unto Christ and be perfected in him.”
Our Mission Motto is “Love, Serve and Obey.” Sister Burt and I will do all we can to ensure that this will be realized by your son in all of its various forms. We invite you to be companions with us to ensure that this happens. Thank you for everything you have done to prepare your son for this glorious work in which he will be engaged. With your help and prayers, Sister Burt and I are confident he will be a great success.
Respectfully yours,
Ronald P. Burt
Mission President
**Please consider as you plan ahead for Christmas and birthday gifts that we recommend, instead of sending packages, you provide your missionary with additional personal funds they can use to buy the items they need and want here. Because our mission spans an area much larger than the state of Texas, transporting packages from the mission office to your missionary may involve planes, buses or ferries and is difficult, expensive and time-consuming for our zone leaders. If you need to send a package to your missionary who is serving far away from the mission office, please consider mailing it directly to your missionary’s apartment. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to call or email the mission office.
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