The Lord will add the eggs, sugar, vanilla

Dear Family and Friends,


This was a great week. We had a baptism Saturday and that went great! There was a lot of planning for it and it was difficult to find people to give talks or help out with it. But there ended up being over 40 people who showed up for the baptism. He was super excited throughout the whole week and then he received the Holy Ghost on Sunday and said he feels amazing and is so happy!

Don’t send a phone card I found out today from the news letter they sent out that we can use our cell phones and it said to use them before 7 pm so that it's free but I think they meant after seven. So I’ll find out and let you know when I do call. I get 40 minutes to talk. I’ll have 20 minutes to call home and twenty minutes to call Mom up at Tiffany's.

Transfers are in one week so don't send anything to my direct address after Thursday. For those who send it to my mission address it takes me three to four weeks to get it.

Nothing I really need. I’m pretty set on everything. I have more pictures and so when you're ready we can switch again. I’m getting some developed today just so I can cave a hard copy.

Food of the week: Tongans and Samoans... I think that says it all right there but for a little better explanation. Elda... eat some moe ya need ta be strong against those fiery darts look at ya you only filled your plate three times. ha ha good food.

Elder Yeaman's quote of the week. "God will add the butter, sugar, vanilla, etc."

Explanation: This week we talked to a scientist in the front of his yard. He simply stated that God doesn't exist for four reasons. He then gave an example of what he meant. He said you can mix two chemicals together and have the outcome of a red liquid and no amount of prayer is going to change that red liquid to green or blue and so on. He said God can't break the rules of science. We walked away to avoid an argument and as soon as we got around the corner I felt that the Lord gave me the answer to the man's comment. I was thinking, why couldn't you give this to me 15 seconds ago. I knew the answer and it wouldn't have helped the man at all. I may need to use this answer at sometime in the future. What entered my mind was this. “Yes two chemicals may have an outcome of a red substance but prayer will affect it! The substance may be red as it is but to change it god doesn't just snap his fingers he adds to it and takes away from it until it's the way that he wants it. By adding other chemicals you can get it to be any other color you want. It's the same way with life (with the exception of the prophet Elijah in the Bible when he lit water on fire and a couple other situations). God doesn't just snap his fingers to fix our problems. Rather, God adds people to our life, puts us in other situations, allows and makes other things occur to answer our prayers. You can have salt and flour mixed together and it won't taste that great! But we can add eggs, butter, sugar, chocolate chips, vanilla and cook it and have cookies. We may be in a flour and salt state, but through prayer God will add the other ingredients so we can have a better outcome.

Love you all, Elder Yeaman