House Plant Vs Field Corn

What’s up Elder!

Crazy week here in Beaver, Cael did great in his game Wednesday, he lead the team in tackles.  It was fun to watch him. We play delta this Friday. That is a good matchup for Cael because they run the ball a lot.  I have been meeting with the Vivint Higher ups and they are really excited about my future with Vivint, I just wish that I had a crystal ball and could legit see what was real and what was hype. 

Chris Smith (work gloves) discovered that he has a cancerous brain tumor that he needs to get removed. It is really sad. He is tying so hard just to make it until this summer when his son gets home from Puerto Rico. It makes me so sad for his family. 

How are things with your new comp? Are you guys still crushing it? 

I have been reading in several different books lately. None of them have really grabbed my attention though so it is hard to really did into any one of them.

I don’t know if I’ve ever told you my house plant/field corn analogy or not but this has been on my mind.  It might not make a ton of sense to you because mom never had many plants and you didn’t grow up in Nebraska around a bunch of corn. But here goes anyway. 

House Plants are fragile. Here is a list of things that can kill a house plant. Too little sunlight, too much sunlight. Too little water, too much water,  being too close to an air vent,  not having good air circulation, a dog peeing on it, a kid pulling off a few leaves,  too hot in the house, too cold in the house, the soil needs to be just right, plant food needs to be added regularly.  Basically, condtions need to be next to perfect for the house plant, or it will whither and die. There are people out there that even feel the need to speak kindly and play soft music to make sure the house plant feels safe and continues to grow and not whither and die.  (This is why we only had succulents at our house.)

Field Corn by contrast, can pretty much grow anywhere.  When planted the seeds are basically just dropped onto the surface of some dirt that was just recently plowed. That seed is then left alone. There are days when it will rain for hours on end, there are weeks when it will not rain at all. The corn will be in direct sunlight day after day without ANY shade. Wind will blow, bugs will eat the leaves.  The field corn will continue to grow. It doesn’t need soft music, or nice words. It just knows what its supposed to become and it makes it happen. 

I have seen in many areas of life when people are faced with challenges they whither.  MIssionaries stay inside when its raining, or decide to go home if an appointment cancels on them.  Decide to wait until the next transfer because the “next ward” will be more helpful to the elders. 

I’ve seen grown men, in a job situation throw their hands up in defeat when  something doesn’t go right. A big account cancels, a supervisor balls them out for something, they don’t get paid what they expected to get paid. The list goes on longer than you can imagine. But hopefully you get my point. Field corn takes what its given and does the best it can. It is not fragile. It overcomes anything that is thrown at it. 

I hope you know how proud I am of you and Cael. You are both field corn. I have been impressed with the things you have overcome and keep doing the right things. It is always easier to quit. And I am so proud of how hard you are working. I hope you always remember why we do hard things.  I love you. Cant wait to hear from you tomorrow

Dad

That's awesome for Cael!!

Yeah what are the vivint guys saying to you? What title do you have right now?

Me and Elder O are flat out killing it! We have a baptism this week so we're gonna be busy with that. 

That makes me so sad for Chris, how are Cael and McCoy getting along?

I love that analogy, I really am so grateful I don't buckle under pressure and trials. It's yours and moms fault for raising me so good ;)

It makes me kinda weirded out that in the millennium we will be "as calves in the stall" meaning our kids wont have temptation and trials. 

Makes Me kinda sad for them because that's how I've seen myself grow. 

Mountains to climb by President eyring is one of my favorites and he talks about growing from trials. 

What are some trials or hard things you guys are going and working thru right now?

I Love you guys!

We stayed up here in Provo after the game because vivint bought the arena out for John Mayer, all employees got to go for free. It was a good concert, but crazy that Todd spent that kind of money because Jake really likes him. 

Its really hard being back around this scene,  it's so easy it get caught up in material things. I love living in our little town of beaver. 

Tonight is aunt Jens Halloween dinner she does for all the cousins. Caels really excited to go because he loved them when he was little. We won't be driving home until late tonight. 

So you had a baptism yesterday!! I can't wait to hear all about it. Do you feel like this is your first baptism? You look really happy in the picture the member sent. People sure love you!

How are you feeling? How's your energy? Have you talked to your mission president about Christmas with granny and grandpa yet? 

I can't wait to talk with you tomorrow. I'm so proud of your hard work and obedience.

Love you, mom

Nice job Cael!!! I want pictures of you in your pads!!

Jeez, that man has got a lot of money. Was it a fun concert? It's so crazy to me bc some of the things I would think are so fun pre mish I don't think sound like a ton of fun anymore. Like listening to crazy music or going to haunted houses and stuff. I can see why you and dad always were hesitant to having me go to places. I love the mission because I don't have to be materialistic. I can wear the same thing every pday and people don't bat an eye! It's quite nice, pre mish I would've been wigging out. (Also there's a sister in my district and I think she is super pretty.) It's weird bc normally I would try and flirt and get attention in whatever way I could but now it's like "oh she's super pretty, how's the rest of the district doing?" I think she leaves 1 transfer before me. (She's a visitors center missionary) 

We had an AWESOME baptism a couple days ago, it was all in Chinese and it was stressful as junk to set up. But it was the first person I personally have taught from beginning til end. It is SO cool to see a change in her eyes. 

I feel super good, lots of energy and everything! Me and my comp showered and stuff Saturday night so on Sunday we could sleep in about an hour. It was much needed! 

I haven't talked to my mission President yet. I don't think it would be allowed anymore..


I Love you! I'll write you more later today!

Hi my Wyatt boy, 

We are headed to Cancun,  we won't have service while we are there so we won't be able to text you on hangouts. I didn't want you to worry when we weren't responding

Caels team lost,  but cael played really well so thats good. It was really fun to have a lot of family there to cheer him on. Caels really excited for basketball to start. I am too, dad, not so much.

We sure love you and miss you!! Work hard steady focused and know you are loved!!

Love, mom