Dear Shanell,

We just taught a man yesterday named John Taylor! He is kind of wierd. When we were talking about the 3 degrees of glory, he said, "Wow! An astro plane dimension!" He had some books about God and stuff and one was called "Chariots of the Gods: is God an astronaut?" We told him it was all garbage and he told us to burn it! The man knows ore than he should about the occult, astro planing, and things. It will be tough.

Elder Green is rather a pain. He is taking advantage of his blindness far past the limit. He can see well enough to get around and read a bit. He treats people poorly because he feels that "no one would hit a blind man". Our zone competition with the districts ends today and I think our district won. Elder Green and I have been tracting heaps and we have been working hard, but we're just not getting much out of it! We won't give up, though. The other districts owe us a cheesecake and so did the zone leaders.

We are memorizing D&C 4! It is the best scripture on missionary work! It has been eye-opening on my mission to see how other people think and believe. There are many very confused people. I'm so glad I get to be here trying to teach them about the Lord and His church. Thank you for your support!

Love,
Elder Wallentine

Dear Shanell,

I love the scripture in Psalms 8:4-5. If you look in the footnote, it says "lower than the Gods". It reminds me that I am a child of God. I have great potential!

My new senior district leader position is going well. Our district won against the other districts in a zone competition on tracting and Books of Mormon placements. We're working hard!

I am thankful every day that I get to be here serving the Lord! Thank you for your encouragement!

Love,
Elder Wallentine

Dear Shanell,

Our area is still quite slow, but my companion and I are working hard to show our mission president that we can do it! We will! It is 43 degrees Celsius which is 110 degrees Fahrenheit. It is very hot! My companion got sick knocking on doors and vomited. We are now sitting in the flat letting him recover.

Did I tell you I have the blind elder again? Elder Green is great, but he complains a lot. He doesn't like having a senior companion so I involve him in all decisions. Then he sometimes takes over. He can be rather sarcastic and obnoxious, too, but we still get along okay. He uses his blindness as an excuse a lot of times when he shouldn't, but I mentioned it to him and he is a lot better now.

The districts in our zone are having a contest to see who gets the highest percentage of their goals and since I am senior district leader, I have to get my district excited about it! It is fun! I love it! We will win!

I know that President Ezra Taft Benson is a prophet just like Joseph Smith. I love this work!

Love,
Elder Wallentine