Hey everyone,

This will be a shorter post this week. Not a lot to report on but some things worth noting.

We worked through the finding mud quite a bit this last week. It took us quite a few referrals and a few hours tracting but we were able to find some pretty solid people. We actually contacted this lady who referred herself to the missionaries about a week ago. She has taken the missionary discussions before but decided that now it was time to take them again and prepare to be baptized. We set her baptismal date for the 23 of April and it is looking like she is going to keep it. We are pretty excited for her and know she will soon be a very strong member.

In other news, there isn't a lot to report on. We have our transfers tomorrow and I will be taking my companion of 10 months, Elder Bingham, to the airport. Talk about a tough experience for me. I don't think I have spent this amount of time with anyone else in my life (except maybe my parents and siblings.) One gets attached to someone when you are with them that long. So it seems like I am taking a brother home, not just a companion. It has been one of the greatest blessings of my life to have served with Elder Bingham and will be eternally grateful for the things I learned from him. He has made a huge impact on my life.

With the departure of my current companion, I was pondering yesterday on the idea of change. This is what I came up with in small words:

Change is what makes us understand the Atonement.

Think about it, we would never know pain from joy, progression from digression, learning, knowledge, NOTHING. We would never understand anything. We must go through change in order to become the people our Heavenly Father needs us to be. It is an essential part of life. So my question is, how do we endure change? Well, the best answer I can give is this: Put your trust, your faith, in God and lean not onto thy own understanding and press forward with patience and diligence. God's ways are not our ways and he will know how to guide us through those tough changes in our life.

I know that our Savior Jesus Christ loves us very much, as does Heavenly Father. Our life on this earth is just a temporary change, a necessary experience for us to be able to enjoy a fullness of the blessings God wants to give us. We are his children and he loves us very much. I know that my savior lives and that he loves me. He is my Lord and King. I know I can trust in him to guide me through times of trouble, heartache, and change. Isaiah puts it best, "Beauty, for ashes". In his sacred name, even Jesus Christ, Amen.

Sincerely,

Elder Klemme