3.12.12

Hey everybody!

This week was amazing and kinda rough at the same time. For the past 2
weeks we haven't found any new investigators. Which kinda gets to ya.
But the good news is MT is on date for the 28th of April!
Pray hard for him! He just needs to overcome drinking and smoking. He
and his family got to meet President and Sister Palmer! They came to
our stake conference as well as Elder Packer (Boyd K. Packer's son) of
the Quorum of the 70!

I just love President and Sister Palmer with all my heart. I can't
explain how good I feel when I see them. Their love just radiates from
them!

So HAPPY EARLY MOTHER'S DAY MOM!!! I finished the Book of Mormon in
exactly 21 days!!! It's all marked. The Book of Mormon is seriously
changing me. I love it with all my heart. My testimony will never
waver because I know that Book is true with all my heart!

Anyway enough testimony right? you guys already know that stuff! haha

Transfer calls are this sunday and Elder Chambers and I find out if
we're staying or leaving. For the past few weeks i've been so sad that
I might leave here but i'm slowing being okay with the idea that I
need to go wherever the Lord wants me to. It's just hard because I
love these people so much!!

Mike and Jen gave Elder Chambers and I each a flashlight that
has engraved on it "Thanks for bringing light into our family -The
Teigens" Man I carry it every where I go! It means the world to me.
I"ll keep it forever. I just love them so much!

There was a dog that followed me and Elder Chambers (a pitbull puppy)
for about a mile on our bikes. It wouldn't go away! It was outside the
Peter's house (a family we're kind of teaching) and it had been
outside their house for 3 days. Someone just abandoned it. So it
followed us all the way home and we aren't allowed to have pets so we
didn't bring it inside. It slept the night outside our front door then
in the morning followed us to all of our appointments. It was crazy!
We named him Teancum from the Book of Mormon! Because Teancum is
probably the bravest warrior in my opinion in the Book of Mormon. He
sneaks into the tent of Amalikiah and javelins his heart and does is
so quietly that none of Amalikiah's servants even wake up and he
sneaks back out. So cool!!! haha

So we had a guy on date for baptism this past 2 weeks and he's about
74 years old. So he came to church and we asked him how he liked
church a few days later and he didn't remember even going. He has
Alzheimers!! Dang!!!! So we aren't going to baptize him because he's
not really accountable at this point in his life.

We meet so many nice people here that invite us into their homes and
talk to us on their doorsteps but then they aren't interested in our
message. It kills me. There are so many people that I want to share it
with and give them so much more happiness but they aren't open to it!

March Madness starts tomorrow. So i'm sure you all will think of me.

I love you guys so much!!! I realize how blessed I am to have the
family I do. It's unbelievable the amount of love we have for each
other. Not many families have the friendship that ours does. It's
incredible!

Elder Whiting