October 11, 2015
Hello
everyone,
What an amazing week it has been here in Wangaratta!!! The
work is hastening in my area and I am so grateful for all of the many blessings
that the Lord is blessing me with. This is the last week of the transfer, and
Elder Kelsch has been here in Wangaratta for about 7 months, so he most likely
will be transferred. But that is all right. Whatever President Maxwell feels
inspired to do will be the best. This weekend we were able to watch General
Conference!!!! I loved it so much!! All of the talks that were given were spot
on and I learned so much from them all. We were able to watch all of the
sessions, including the Priesthood session, which as well was amazing!!! I
tried to not only learn from the speakers and what they said, but from the Holy
Ghost and what He was telling me, and I learned a lot!! I won't go into all
that I learned, because this email would be so long, and I don't have enough
time;) But first let me tell you about my week and what else happened.
We have gotten a couple more new contacts this week, which
is really good, and a couple of them seem really keen on learning about the
Church. We taught a lot of lessons, but sad to say, not as many as last week.
Elder Kelsch and I have really been working with Jason and his family this week
and trying to get the girls ready for their baptism. Jason and his partner
Reagan have been trying to save up enough money to get married, but it is
taking them a long time. We told them about how we could hold a wedding for
them at the church and that it would be free!!! They seemed really excited when
we told them that and they are going to talk about it and let us know if they
would like to do it.
Jason and his whole family also came to church yesterday
for the first time!! The three little girls came last week, but they all
decided to come this week. We of course told them that this week would be a
little different because it was General Conference. They said that they enjoyed
it and they really felt welcomed by the members of the branch!! Which is really
good news to hear because that was Jason's #1 concern about coming to church.
He didn't want to feel like everyone was judging him, but he said he felt the
complete opposite. We were so excited to hear that they enjoyed it!!! The girls
are so prepared to be baptized and they can't wait for the 24th!!!
So we found a "white tail spider" in our flat on
Thursday night. Which wasn't a good sign at all. So there are four main spiders
here in the state of Victoria that you really have to watch out for. They are
the "White Tail", the "Huntsman", the "Red Back"
and the "Wolf" spiders. So Red Backs and White tails are about the
size of a 50-cent piece. The Red Back spider is basically the Australian Black
Widow and is just as dangerous and just as deadly. The White Tail spider is a
very intestine spider. It is all black and then on the very tip of its tail, it
has a white dot. (Don't worry; I have pictures of the one that was in our
flat.) Their bite will not kill you (usually), but it will eat your skin. And
it gets better!!! Every year around the time that you got bit by one, your skin
will start to be eaten again. The Huntsman spider is a spider that is about the
size of a bread plate but it is a good spider because it eats Red Backs and
Wolf spiders. But it doesn't eat White tails, so yeah. Oh and they can run
about 3 yards per second. Hahah -_-... (This is my (Lisa Bryce's Mom) input here Just an FYI: I looked these up online and they are disgusting!!)
I loved General Conference so much! It was so amazing to
hear from our living Prophets and listen to their council. I learned so much
and I can't wait until the November Ensign comes out, so that I can study and
read their talks over and over again. President Thomas S. Monson gave one quote
that I loved. He said, "It [life] is not easy, but our eternal salvation
depends on it." I loved that quote so much and it really applies to us
all. We knew the plan before we came down to earth. We knew the struggles,
trials and hard times that we would go through in this life, but we still asked
to be sent here to Earth. We knew that this was the only way to get a body and
to become like our Father in Heaven. Our eternal salvation does depend on this
life, and the choices that we make. I know that is scary to think about and it
definitely is for me too. I have made my fair share of mistakes in life and I
regret them all. But how wonderful it is to know, that we all have a Savior.
One who submitted himself to the will of the Father. Who then suffered, bled
from every pore, and died for every single one of us. How grateful I am for Him
and for that ultimate act of love that He did on my behalf and on behalf of us
all. "Oh it is wonderful, wonderful to me."
I love you all so much and miss you all. You may ask how I
can miss you all individually, but yes it is possible, and yes, I do!!!:) Have
a great week and remember to use the Atonement of Jesus Christ and to thank
Heavenly Father for all that you have, because of Him.
Love,
Elder Wheeler
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| Time to go pull some weeds, of course in style!!! |
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| <<<WARNING>>> This is a picture of the White Tail spider in our flat. Do not look at if you are scared of spiders!!! |
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| <<<WARNING>>> This is a picture of the White Tail spider that was in our flat, now caught inside a container. Do not look at if you are scared of spiders!!! |
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| This is me and Riot at church on Sunday! Riot is the son of our investigators Jason and Reagan. He is 2 and lets just say his name fits him very, very well;) |
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