Talmage's Back to the Homeland Mission: Brother I will follow you‏

So a ton of stuff has happened this week haha... where do I start? We have been teaching Kaitlyn a ton and she is so ready. We give her things to read and she zooms through them. She is ordering Some books about Gordon B Hinckley. She is watching all of these church videos. She takes notes better than anyone else I know. The insights that she has are incredible. I am so blessed to have been able to find her and work with her. She is living the 13th article of faith. She has given up everything bad and is constantly seeking for everything good and virtuous. During one of the lessons Elder Powell asked her, "Why are you giving up all of this?" She said, "I want to have the spirit with me. I want to be Baptized. Even if I can only feel the spirit occasionally it is so much better than smoking, drinking, tattoos or anything else." She has been bearing her testimony to us and it has been powerful to see how much she has grown. She is going to be baptized on the 19th.

On the other hand though, Daniel Paterson has been dodging our calls. One time we caught him in he answered the phone and we asked if we could come over. He said he didn't want to waste our time then he hung up. We were so shocked. He loves us coming over and he always asks us to come back. We don't know what is going on but I hope he can feel our love for him. I hope he is doing ok. We pray for him every night, hopefully the Lord will touch his heart.

We were able to have an all Ireland conference. President Kieron, the president of the church in this part of the world was doing a training for us. He was so amazing and powerfull. He talked about giving it our all and to stop worrying so much. He told us that when we worry so much we won't get very much done. I needed this so much because I worry about everything. There is a Winston Churchill Quote that says, "Lets turn our advance worrying into advance thinking and planning." I am really going to start taking that council to heart. I felt like this conference was for me.

So I just want you all to know that my big Brother, Mitchell Ryan Thayne (slick mint), is home. He has been an amazing missionary down in the Cape town South Africa Mission. He is remembered down there for his love for everyone that he comes in contact with. I hope I can follow my brother and serve the Lord with the same diligence that he has. He has been an amazing example to me and I wouldn't be where I am today without him and I love him so much for it.

I will be staying in Dunfermline for at least the next 7 weeks with Elder Powell. He has been a great companion. I am loving it here. We want to get our teaching pool a little more filled and I am excited to be part of that process :]

I love this work and I am so glad I am in Scotland. I am pretty blessed. I love you. talk to yous next week.

Elder Thayne