Parents summary of Sister Smart's email this week

July 30, 2012

Dear Family and Friends,

This is not today's email from Sister Allison Smart.

She did not send a general email this week. Her email today was requested to be just for her parents.

She expressed her appreciation and love for her parents and family, for the power of prayer in seeking the Spirit to guide and direct our lives.  She stressed the importance of setting goals and writing them down, and of praying individually and as couples and families.

She mentioned how thrilled she is to receive emails and letters from all of you.  She said Keri's email was so cool!  She expressed disappointment that she does not have the time to respond to everyone in a manner and as quickly as she would like.  I think she is only allowed one hour per week for reading and sending emails.  It is difficult in one hour to both read and compose emails.  For this reason, mailed letters are very helpful and much appreciated as she can receive those during the week and do not take up time during the email hour to read.  In the "old days," don't you recall how excited you were to get personal letters in the mail when you lived away from home?  Sometimes in the Internet/email world we may forget that missionaries are laboring in the "old world" and only have one hour of Internet technology per week.

Well, have a good week.

Love,

Mom and Dad Smart