July 6, 2018 Love Letter

Love letter for Trek

July 6, 2018

Dearest Matthew,

You are a joy to our family. I am so grateful for you and the desires for good you have always had. I am so grateful for your kindness and empathy. You have a true gift for connection to others and making them feel like the most important person. Everyone needs that in their life and people love you for it.

I am so grateful for your mission letters and the times you shared with our family. We were inspired by your hard work to learn sign language and most importantly to really communicate with the deaf. 

What a gift you gave so many who didn’t have many people who could be bothered to really communicate with them when it was hard. I was so impressed with your inspiration to walk away from your mission call to the deaf and serve the English speaking as well. I loved your ability to see the Lord’s work where ever you were rather than getting bogged down in the details.

I am so happy with your choice of Hannah. She is so good. I use that word in the sense that it is used by the Lord to describe each day of creation and the rightness of each day’s work. I think it is interesting that the Lord doesn’t have to use big flowery words when “good” will do. Hannah in every way is just perfect for you. I see your marriage and family being such a place of great happiness. I love that.

You asked me for financial advice and I have been trying to learn from good mentors so I have something to share with you. One thing that really inspired me lately was something Dave Ramsey said, “Your biggest wealth building tool is your income”. He goes on to say that most millionaires built that from their income. I have been thinking about what that means to our family and how we need to start treating our income as the wealth building tool that it is rather than just a way to pay the bills and eat more than we should.  

I am so excited to see the many successes and joys in your life and look forward to continue being proud of you for many years to come. Thank you for being an example of this scripture 3 John 1: 4.

Love you forever and ever

Mom