Dear Family,
I hope that these past few days the Holy Spirit has touched
you and brought you all comfort in this time of great sadness with Tito Chuck’s
passing. I felt a good deal of sadness out here, too, especially since I won't
be able to go and mourn with all of you. Thankfully, I've also found a great
deal of comfort. You all have heard it once or twice from my parents, sister,
brother, and I about the LDS gospel. That we believe that there is a happy life
after this earthly life. Now, I won't use up this letter to start preaching,
but I feel that I should share with you all how much peace this gospel has
brought me. Out here in the Dominican Republic, I've already attended 4
funerals, and recently, I was asked to speak at one, to a boy's family, who
were not members of our faith. Understandably, these people were found in an
almost inconsolable sadness. But when I started speaking, I felt a very special
spirit fill the room, and I think that it had, maybe for a moment, helped this
family to feel warmth, the love of our Heavenly Father, in their souls.
If anything, I hope that this letter does the same for you
all. Tito Chuck may be gone, but it is only for now. I promise you that we will
see him again one day, along with Lolo and Lola, the world's best Darl and
Darl. I know that when that day comes, we'll all feel a happiness that we won't
be able to describe. I hope that this letter was able to bring some of the
feelings that I have felt out here to you; feelings that the Lord is watching
us, and that he mourns with us when we mourn, and also rejoices with us when we
rejoice. I send all of my love to all of you, and you are all in my prayers.
Until next year, family…
Love,
-Elder Ryan Froude
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