April 13, 2011

Hey mom and dad,

You might be a little surprised to be getting an email from me today

but there's a reason. I had an interview with President Manning

yesterday. He asked me to do something that he said he has only asked

1 or 2 other missionaries to do. He wants me to extend my mission for

30 days,that would mean that I'll get home the end of August or first

week of September. He asked me all about my plans for when I go home

and what I want to do. He doesn't want to interfere with my schooling

but I wasn't really planning on it anyway right off the bat when I get

home. I don't think that I'll have the money or the time to get right

into school when I'm home.

What I have thought about doing after my mission until now has been

finding a good job and some place to live in utah and get settled then

after the fall semester go to school at BYU or USU im not sure...

During the fall semester when I first get home while working I wanted

to take a few classes like math to catch up in some community college.

I need you to do some things for me so that I can make a good

prayerful choice. Please:

1- find out what kind of classes I could get into in a community

college. I'm not sure which school. Maybe one in Logan or in Salt Lake.

Im not sure if they will still be taking people on in september.

please give me a couple options of schools to go to.

2- maybe talk to Jess in a little bit more detail and see if there are

some kinds of jobs out there in a hospital that I could take.

3- Please talk together and give me some advice about what I can do

when I get home. I want and value it.

President said he doesn't want me to feel pressured into doing it. But

he has had the impression that I should stay for another month. I'm not

sure what he wants me to do during that month, but what he asks the

Lord asks. I told him in my interview that I would do it, but he asked

me to look into the things that I want to do when I get home and then

make a prayerful decision. He said "I have recieved an answer but I

want you to recieve it too". I'm not sure why the Lord wants me to stay

longer but I know that he must have something for me to do while I'm

here in that extra month. I think I feel a little bummed about getting

home later cause everone will be in school but I have to look at it

from the Lords side. President said he has only asked 1 or maybe 2

elders to extend in his whole time here and now he's asking me, but he

wants me to know if I should do it for sure or not. Thanks mom and dad

for your help. I need this information by MONDAY So that I can give an

answer to President. Thanks for your help and your time to help me out

and do some investigating. I know it might be kind of a pain but it

would really help me a lot. Thanks for being the best parents ever

really. I love you so much. Have a good one. I'll talk to you Monday.

Love elder B