From Letter Home 8/11/2014

I know I'm meant to be serving in Washington, D.C. right now, and I know that this is the best place that I can be right now. So, I'm trying hard to work hard and be the best missionary that I can be. It's super cool when people
we talk to on the street or some of our investigators tell us that the missionary work we are doing is really impacting the community and making it a better and safer place. People tell us that our area is already much safer than it was even a year ago. My companion has actually noticed that the area is much much safer than it was the last time he was here, a year ago. Even the police officers tell us we do more to lower the crime rate then they  can. It's just another testimony to me that missionary work is real, the gospel is true, and that this is the best place I can be, and that missionary work is so incredibly important and can have effects that no one even expected it to have. The work that missionaries do is even more important then that of military work. The military saves people's mortal lives, but missionaries are sent to fight a spiritual war to try to save the eternal souls of Heavenly Father's children. It is one of the greatest things we can do in this life, and it's the best thing that I can do right now.

Love, Elder Hamblin

E-Mail Home June 23, 2014

I didn't expect to have time to email you, but we are allowed to while we do our laundry before we leave tomorrow morning at 4:30 a.m.. I've grown so much while I've been here at the MTC. I hope everything is going well at home. I'll be calling sometime in the morning (not sure when though) before I get on the air plane.

Letter from MTC Jun. 12, 2014 (2nd day at MTC)

The past day and a half at the MTC has been crazy. It's been so incredibly busy.  They keep us busy for about 16 hours a day.  My companion is Elder Herring, and the other members of our district are Elder Sorenson and Elder Summit, Elder Hill and Elder Billiter, and Elder Harrison and Elder Crandell.

Elder Herring, my companion is 6' 8'' and has a football scholarship to BYU as an offensive tackle.  He weighs 285 pounds.  So overall his is a big guy.  Elder Herring is very spiritual and very good at having a good scripture for any situation.  He is such an inspiration.

Elder Sorenson and Elder Summit are the zone leaders.  Elder Crandell is the district leader. Elder Herring and I are sacrament coordinators.

Prove MTC

Elder Hamblin is currently at the Provo MTC.  He departs for Washingtion D.C. on June 24 2014.