Hello Everyone!!!
That is so cool that Brenden is going off to
Argentina! I can't wait for when he gets into the MTC and then out of the MTC.
Our mission in the past has had a lot of missionaries come out to our mission
for a while when they are waiting for their Visa’s. So there is a chance that if
he doesn't get his Visa in a timely manner that he could come here to the
Arizona Tempe Mission for a time! President Toone loves having Visa waiters in
the mission! :) OH and how Facebook works for us is that we are able to contact
certain people. We cannot just talk to family and stuff about personal stuff,
but if we are talking to friends/family back home then we need to just make sure
that we keep it focused on the work, and also just let President Toone know what
is going on! :) It is really kinda cool/weird having an iPad and Facebook as a
missionary and now being out for just over a year, I am not sure how much I like
it. But, it is a way that some more people will be able to hear the gospel, so I
think it is for sure a good cause!
This week was a pretty good week for me and
Elder Bono here in the Tempe area! We didn't have as many chances to teach
people as we have in the past, but we were able to find some new people that we
have been trying to contact in the past a lot! :) One of the ladies that we have
been trying to get in contact with since I have been in this area has never
answered the door, but I have gained a huge testimony of HARD WORK and
PERSISTENCE here on the mission! It seems like no matter how hard Satan works on
us to discourage us in situations that come up, if we are just persistent, we
can blow him out of the water. It is never that God is trying to punish us for
something that we have done when things don't go our way. I know now that it is
totally just a test for us. I love the quote from “Evan Almighty” when Morgan
Freeman says, "Will God just give us patience, or will he give us the
opportunity to be patient?" God is not just going to say, "Oh hey well you asked
for it so here ya go!" It is not always going to be that easy. He more often I
think says, "Oh hey, You asked for it so here is some WORK that you can do!"
Which is a huge blessing for all of us for sure! But after all of the
persistence we were able to make contact with her on Saturday and teach her more
about prophets! She is also going to be coming to church with us next week!
Super exciting!
Well on a less spiritual note. This morning
was a pretty fun morning for sure. We woke up like usual at 5:30 and exercised
for about an hour and a half, then we ate breakfast, and got ready for the day
and stuff. But then is when the morning gets super exciting! One of the
missionaries that I live with, Elder Francis, pulled out a bottle of hot sauce
and said, "Hey Elder Wallentine, If you drink this I will give you $10!" So
obviously I said, "HECK NO THAT IS TOTALLY NOT WORTH IT!" So I ramped up the
price to $20. Then if you would have guessed I TOTALLY DRANK IT! :) Its called
Tapatio Salsa Picante Hot Sauce and it was a 10 oz bottle of it! That was
probably one of the hottest and least enjoyable things that I have ever done,
but I got it all done in 1 minute or less! I just downed the entire bottle, and
now I am $20 richer!!! I’m a happy missionary! But as you could have guessed,
when Dad always says, "IT BURNS GOING IN, AND IT BURNS COMING OUT!" He was
totally right! haha :) thank you so much for all that you do for
me!!!
LOVE,
Elder Brandon Wallentine
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