Dear Shanell,

Last Sunday Cindy Shultz came to church and brought her daughter. That was great! We also talked to a friend of hers who is an alcoholic. His name is Doug and he is 43 years old. As he was talking to us today, I almost cried my heart out for him. He wants to return to his wife, but he said he has to quite drinking first. We told him to pray every time he wants to drink. He was crying and he kept saying he wants to come to God. I really think we can help him. He definitely has the desire to change. Later we went to a fireside and President Baker spoke on self esteem and feeling good about yourself. It was very helpful and I loved it. He shared this poem with us:

If you think you are beaten you are.
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you like to win but think you can't.
It is almost certain you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost,
for out in the world we find
success begins with a fellows will.
It's all in the strength of mind.

If you think you're outclassed, you are.
You've got to think high to rise.
You've got to be sure of yourself before
you can ever win a prize!

Life's battles don't always go
to the stronger or faster man.
But, sooner or later the man who wins
is the man who thinks he can!

I honestly believe that poem is true! We have to think positive. Positive thoughts can never lead to unhappiness.

On Monday we went and visited Doug and Cindy Shultz. We also visited one other investigator and two other members and went door knocking for a couple of hours.

On Tuesday we tried to visit Jose Lang, Sister Stuart, and Doug, but none of them were home. We were able to visit Ross Reed's wife, however, and we played "footie" with her son and mucked around with the bull terrier named duke. Then we visited Sister Bell who is the sweetest lady. She wears a tubing to help her breathe and could complain if she wanted to, but is always so positive. She is knitting me a "jumper" or sweater. It has a picture of an Aussie flag shaped like Australia on the front and down the sleeve it says "I Love Australia" with a heart for love. She is super nice and enjoys knitting. It only takes her 3 days to knit a whole sweater.

I have learned that nobody here likes Idaho. They think we all grow potatoes. My companion always knocks Idaho. Elder Toi and my companion just walked in with our 2 week supply of drinking water. The tap water here is gross! It comes out looking like dirty mop-water, so we drink rain water.

We get up each day at 6:30. That part is not very enjoyable, but I love teaching! It is a great experience to share the only true gospel with people. I do know honestly that this church is true!

That's all for now.

Love,
Elder Wallentine