Hi there Momma!

I'm glad I finally have a week that I can tell you all about!

Last Monday, after the news, was probably the hardest day on my mission because no matter how hard I tried I could not get the news out of my head. It was pretty hard Monday and Tuesday but by Wednesday I was A LOT better.

President Benson said, "There is no greater exhilaration or satisfaction than to know, after a hard day of work, that we have done our best. I have often said that one of the greatest secrets of missionary work is work! If a missionary works, he will get the Spirit; if he gets the Spirit, he will teach by the Spirit; and if he teaches by the Spirit, he will touch the hearts of the people and he will be HAPPY. Work, work, work—there is no satisfactory substitute, especially in missionary work."

I took that to heart and we went to work. As we did so I was happy! I'm also learning to relax and smell the roses. I felt like I was getting so pharisitical about rules that I felt like I was missing something. It was funny how relaxing changed my demeanor: on Sunday after my first speeding ticket and after the news of my Broncos lost-- I didn't care. I was still happy. Those things didn't bother me. There are bigger things to worry about. I love being in the world but not of it.

Haha. Yes. Now you can make fun of me because I finally got a speeding ticket! Guess who has two thumbs, a speeding ticket, and no money for the month of February??? This guy. haha. Guess who is slowing down now?? Yeah... Me :/

As for the work here, it's really good! We had four investigators to church!! M and D (brother and sister) are getting baptized on Saturday!! It was cool how we found her and fellowshipped him. We were supposed to be having dinner with guy and his wife (who we just so happen to be teaching) but they fell asleep and didn't answer their door or phone when we came over. As we were walking back to our car we saw M and started talking to her. She's so prepared! She had been to this church with her mom about 4-5 years ago and she loved it. So we started teaching her and we met her brother, invited him to basketball cause he wasn't too interested in sitting in on the lessons at first, and now he is pumped to get baptized and is a big participant in the lessons. They both had huge smiles on there faces all through church.

I love this area. I'm happy to be here because the ward is dope and the work is so choice. We are thinking of creative ways to find new people to make it fun because monotonous walking down the street is breaking us. haha.

I love this work and I wish people could know what I know, feel what I feel, and see what I see.

-Elder Wheatley

P.S.  I LOVE YOU MORE!!!!