so, President Kelly gave all the missionaries in the mission the assignment to write a paper on charity, and turn it in to him today, and here's a copy of it...

Charity April 11 2012
As we review from the incredible life of the Son of God, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ was the perfect example of charity. It was a life full of difficulties and hardships, he was rejected from his own people, he was spit upon, hated, tempted, scorned, betrayed, afflicted, cursed, and even killed. Through all of this, he managed to continue and never cease from having a perfect love for these, His brothers and sisters. There has never been, nor ever be an example or charity, which truly is the perfect love of Christ.
Nowadays, the typical characteristics of a natural man can be as such: impatience, anger, frustration, and also pride. The Lord, God, has continued to warn His children of this spiritual destructor. In the scriptures we read, “For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticing of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.” (Mosiah 3:19) In short, we need to develop an increased amount of charity.
In fact, our simple task in this life is to come unto Christ. As Moroni puts it, “Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you…”(Moroni 10:32) For this to come to pass, we need to develop this Christ like attribute that is essential to our salvation. As a car without one of its tires is unable to fulfill its purpose and will unlikely arrive at its destination, so are we without Charity, unable to arrive at our Eternal Creator and Father in Heaven.
Moroni continued in his teachings stating, “… charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, if ye have not charity, ye are nothing, for charity never faileth. Wherefore, cleave unto charity, which is the greatest of all…” (Moroni 7:45,46) How important charity truly is, when a prophet of the Lord tells you that without it, you are nothing.
A problem that is very commonly found is simply the fact that many people just do not realize that many things we do in our daily lives, in we’re not careful, can be very self-centered. We also might not think about how our actions can affect others. For example we can ask ourselves any of these questions: Am I willing and quick to forgive? Do I refrain from judging or categorizing? Am I patient when others let me down? Do I desire the welfare and the success of others? Do I accept differences and weaknesses? Is my heart full of unconditional love? It is very important that we asses our lives on a continuing basis so we can become more like our Savior and share the love that He has for others. If there is a will, there is a way.
Having served the Lord for almost 2 years by now, I’ve learned how important it is to have Charity in our lives. I can personally testify that if we do not have charity, we cannot have an enduring happiness. I am far from being perfect, and I still have much to learn in my mission and in the rest of my life, but I am convinced that if we develop a firm love for those around us, we will not only be able to help change their lives, but also of ours. Having charity in our lives we will learn to love imperfect people, and by so doing, we ourselves will grow closer to Him who is anxious to welcome us back to His Kingdom in Heaven.