Shortest. Letter. Yet.

We finally got this week's email from Eldrew. It was four days late and the shortest letter he has written home so far. Here it is:

Wowzers. Ya'll are looking a bit too far into the future on that one.


I don't have tons of time to email. The Richmond zone had some crazy things happening in it. There are 4 districts in the Richmond zone and there are 4 brand new District leaders and 3 brand new missionaries within it. Pretty crazy.

I love you! Follow the Prophet! That's the message I got from conference.


Hope everything at the homestead is great!Short and sweet. We are happy to know that he is focused, busy, and safe.

Eldrew was speaking in shorthand...so allow us to explain some of the context.
First, we teased Eldrew in the letter from home this week that his sister Sarah hoped that he didn't get married too soon after his mission because she wanted to hang out with him. Obviously, that got a "Wowzers" reaction. I don't think that Elder Bellomy who is living a monastic life can even comprehend such things.
Eldrew and his companion have an assignment to coordinate the efforts of a group of LDS missionaries known as a 'zone.' The Richmond zone has twenty missionaries divided into four 'districts.' Each district has two or three companionships (two missionaries) from which one of the missionaries is designated to be the district leader.
The zone apparently had almost all of its district leaders going home and ended up with a new district leader in every district. In addition to that, there are also three new missionaries who just arrived in the mission field. Eldrew and his companion are probably very, very busy coordinating all the changes, keeping everyone focused, and helping with all the transfer adjustments...moves...etc. A busy time for him.

His reference to conference is about the semi-annual church wide conference for the LDS Church. It is held in Salt Lake City and features a weekend of meetings, hymns, and sermons from Church leaders. It is a major event in the LDS religious experience. The conference is broadcast all over the world. The overall message Eldrew got from conference is that the faithful should follow the prophet.

The transcripts and recordings of the October 2010 conference can be found here: 2010 Conference talks -- language selector

We are going to add a new feature to the blog "Mormon Corner." In honor of, and to support Elder Bellomy's efforts to introduce the LDS Church to the world, we are going to occasionally highlight a story or aspect of the LDS Church that may be of general interest. If you are interested...great...enjoy. If not, thanks for visiting and readling about Elder Bellomy. We are grateful you stopped by and love all of you.
 
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