Merry Conference!!

Well... It is that time of year again!! We get to hear from the living prophet and apostles. I am seriously sooo excited. This is like the coolest time of the year. I hope that you are all getting ready. Think of questions that you have and you will with out a doubt get some answers. The church is moving forward at a crazy awesome rate and it is amazing to be a part of. 

So, definitely one of the big highlights this week was being able to talk to my sisters on Moms birthday. It has been a solid 7 months since I have been able to talk to them. Connection wasn't great, but it is amazing what technology lets us do. 

Not a whole lot happened this week. We spent a day down in San Fernando at the hospital so that we could get my comps stomach checked out. Sometimes, life just catches up with you out here. We got back to our zone, but it was too late and there was no way to get back to our area, so we just crashed at the other Elders little house. The six of us slept on 4 mattresses. I slept like trash and then we woke up and had to get ready to go to a stake activity. The activity was awesome. There were a ton of people there. The members here are sooo awesome. They all have so little, but they give anything that they can. We had the activity all day until that afternoon when the sisters in the branch had a baptism. I got absolutely fried. I got super sunburned and putting on a white shirt is now a battle. But, life is good.

This week, we did teach some awesome lessons. Our focus has been on the Plan of Salvation. Lots of the people we teach are doing a good job at reading the Book of Mormon. It brought some awesome changes in their progression. Now we are going back with them to try to put the whole thing into perspective. It is awesome to teach people about the Plan of Salvation because people's beliefs vary so much. Lots of people really haven't thought very much about it, and lots of people have some very different beliefs. But, the moment that we teach them about God's plan, the spirit hits the room and people can feel the truthfulness of the message. 

I know that God has a plan for us that is perfect. It is not easy, but it is perfect. It is the way that He knows that we can learn to become like Him. As our loving Father, He wants nothing more than for us to be happy and one day enjoy life with Him in eternal glory. I know that we are led by a  living prophet who continue to receive revelation to guide this church. He holds the keys to lead and guide us and He is doing it at an accelerated rate. We all need to keep up!! Get ready for conference!! I love you all. Thank you for the thoughts, prayers, and emails. 

Love Elder Thomas

-Sorry... not a lot of pics this week. 

And the camera doesn't do these sunsets any justice