Always Something To Be Grateful For!

11-24-14

Wow!  It sounds like you had an interesting week with lots of fun-filled things-haha!  That should be fun going over to Uncle Kim's and Aunt Denise's for Thanksgiving!  So Vanessa's turning 18 huh?  Scary!  She thinks that she'll be more mature?  Haha-oh man!  That's good that you have been looking for things to be grateful for each day!  There is always something to be grateful for not matter the situation, even though it might be tough.  Well, I hope things go well for you this week.  This week was alright.  We didn't get to see a lot of people, but I was still able to meet more ward members, even though the new boundaries and the new ward in the stake made everything interesting and kinda confusing.  So, it's been an interesting last 2 weeks trying to get to know the area, then having it change and trying to figure out who is all in our ward still and what work we still have and don't have.  There have been a couple of families who have invited us over for Thanksgiving dinner, but we usually just go house hopping since some families have their dinner at different times-haha.  Wahoo!  Get big!!!!  That last picture you saw was at transfer meeting after the Haka we did.  We do have a couple of Tongan families in the ward, but the area seems pretty good.  I'm still lost trying to figure things out, especially with all the changes.  They told us we should be getting Facebook at the end of the November or beginning of December, but no word on that and supposedly iPads by the end of the year, but no word on that, either.  We'll see what happens, but I'm not looking forward to it too much, but I don't really care.  Our mission president is pretty good, but I don't really see him or talk to him too much, so still getting to know him and how he works  But, so far so good!  Ya, Elder Bednar was awesome!  Such a great talk!  Well, I hope all goes well for ya this next week!  Love ya!

Ofa Atu!
Elder Whaley