How is everybody! I am doing awesome. We had a
great week. We were hoping for a few baptismal dates, but the people
just aren't there yet. We tried to get a date for one guy this week. He
knows he needs to be baptized he's just not ready. So now we've got him
praying about a specific date. We also read Enos with him. He was
intrigued and wanted to read it again by himself. So now we're praying
that as he wrestles before the Lord that he will receive a witness from
the Holy Ghost that he is ready. I've been praying hard for him to get
an answer. I have faith that however it goes is God's will. Agency is
sometimes a trial for us missionaries. If we could just make people do
it things would be so much easier! I see how God thinks about us when we
choose to sin. We have our agency and He won't make us follow Him. But
He really does want so bad for us to choose the right. I can see how
much love he has for me in a small way in the love that I feel for the
people I am teaching.
Obedience and hard work are the things that bring me the most
happiness out here. Things do stink sometimes, days can be slow, people
can be mean, but I am happy! And I know it's because I'm trying my
hardest to live a high standard of obedience and confine myself to the
work of the Lord as Alma did when he gave up the judgement seat to
administer to the people.
How are things going for you in good old Idaho? It's sort of weird to not be THAT far away. But only for another three weeks. March 11th is when I leave for Australia! I can't remember if I've told you guys or not but the President called me one night telling me my Visa got approved and at the end of the transfer I'll fly out. I'm pretty psyched! I'm not going to lie, it makes it a little harder to focus when you're thinking about being in another country in the next three weeks. I'm still loving Blanding though. We were hoping to give a few people baptismal dates this last week, but it didn't happen like I was hoping it would. I love these people and I want them so bad to accept these things. It's hard to not get discouraged. But I can keep looking up because I know that I'm doing what God wants me to do. If I can just keep doing that, I know I can look up with hope for the future.
I love you guys and thank you so much for the valentines notes and gifts!
Love
Elder Hayden Thieme
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