Christ's friend - Tysons update this week

Tyson, I love your thought provoking words and wisdom. Here is his email note from this week. We are almost to the 100 day count down. I am so proud of him and grateful to the person he is and the privilege of being his mother.

Wow well another week has gone by and it is time for emails. This week was very busy we went to exchange with a district leader and his comp. on Monday to Tuesday afternoon. After that we went straight to another Elders Apt. to Exchange with them for the night. Now when I say exchange I mean that we go to their area and I go with one Elder and my missionary companion goes with the other. The reason why we do this is to train the other missionaries and to learn their area a little bit better so we can guide them a little bit better. After that we went to Zone conference on Wednesday. Now a Zone Conference is where we meet with other missionaries from our zone and some other zones. The training that we received was great and I was able to see a lot of things I need to recommit on. We also had the opportunity to give some personal training for our missionaries which was really important. The feeling of the spirit was really strong and I love that feeling of peace and joy that comes from the spirit of god. It is a very special thing to experience. It is something that the world just cannot give. A scripture that I felt prompted to turn to during the meeting was in the bible John 15 I believe verse 16? where Jesus talked to his Apostles and says ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I have commanded you. That really stuck out to me. What a privilege to be able to call Jesus Christ your friend. What does that mean to you to be able to call Jesus Christ your friend and to have him call you friend as well. What an incredible gift that is. this might not strike you too deeply but I was taught a lot of things through the spirit on this scripture and I invite all of you to study this scripture and ask yourself what does that mean to you and pray and ask god to reveal a deeper meaning to you as well. I promise you it is a wonderful thing to be led by your loving Heavenly Father.
Well I think that’s enough of my rambling. I love you guys.
Love,
Elder Andrus