New Pictures

These are pictures from a zone conference that we got off the mission Facebook

Who's that handsome guy

Forgot My camera but here is a picture of me and my new companion from Mission council that Sister Harding took! (get on our missions Facebook page... there should be some pictures of me on there.)
Love you, Elder Wahlen

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big hello from the wonderful land of Georgia

Hey y'all,

Good to see y'all smiling today! And if you're not yet... well, take a moment and remind yourself that you're amazing.... and that you're loved... because I love you! God loves you! Christ loves you! There's ALWAYS going to be someone there for you who loves you. I promise.

So things are going good... the work is moving really accelerating. I can testify of that. The amazing missionaries out here... they're finding, teaching and baptizing so many amazing families. So blessed and humbled to be here with so many incredible souls... and I'm learning so much. Quick notes.... if you haven't lately, try doing something fun with your family (or at least someone in your family if you're spread out... even if its just a phone call!). Families are the Gospel... families are so important and such a blessing in our lives... take the time to express your love and support to each other. Even if its just a small act or mention...

So here's a story (a quick one... again sorry for the time constraint! Also, Kaylee Brown... you're awesome! Love y'all Davis High Darts!).... we were invited yesterday by President Harding to find a family to teach and invite to be baptized (specifically to be baptized in the month of August.) by the end of the night. It was daunting invitation at first... and we had our doubts and even fears about failing to accomplish that expectation... but we stopped and thought "Hey, this is the Lords work!!! This is His will... He wants to find families and bring them to be a part of the family of Christ... why be afraid? Why doubt?"... and we went forward in full faith that we'd find a family. But we knew it wouldn't just happen... we knew we had to do our part... so we committed to be EXACTLY obedient... we committed to WORK DILIGENTLY... and to pray like we've never prayed before. We knew that adversary was (and has been) stepping up his game, so we knew we had to step ours up as well... so we went out and did everything we could... but most importantly, we prayed... we prayed like crazy! We probably prayed 2 or 3 dozen times throughout the day... but we didn't just do it to do it... we made sure to put our hearts and souls into every prayer... and long story short... at the very end of the day... when the last hours of the day were about to tick away... He led us to an amazing family. I can testify to each of you... that through faith, obedience and diligence... and prayer... real prayer that has our hearts, souls and minds behind it... I testify that miracles will happen. He will answer your prayers. Never hesitate to pray. There is real power behind prayer. I promise. I pray each of you have a blessed day. We love you! God and Christ love you! I invite each of you to pray today and every day!

-Elder Wahlen

Hello from the ATL land

Hey y'all,

I'll keep it short today cause I got pictures too and I only got 7 minutes left!!

Story: So Elder Macoubrie and I were driving down the road when all a sudden he says "I wish I could just see someone and know... just know that they're ready to be baptized... like that guy right there".... so we drive by this guy and I'm thinking about what he said... so I decide, hey why not go see? Lets act in faith. So we pull over and jump out of the car and start running after this guy... we turn down the street he went on and he's gone!!! So we decide, hey... everything happens for a reason. We stopped and prayed to God to show us who we needed to see... someone who would recognize us a representatives of Christ. As soon as we got done praying, we looked up and a man is walking down the street towards us. We go right to him and introduce ourselves as representatives of Christ, to which the man responds to by saying "I know. I looked down the street and saw you two standing here... angels without wings!" We ended up praying with him and talking to him about the gospel before he had to go because of a medical issue (diabetes). We then stopped and prayed again... to lead us to a family that was in need... cause we both felt like there was still a reason we were there. Long story short, we kept knocking and asking each person we talked to who they knew that could use some help... by the end, it was almost 9:00... and still nothing. We walked down the street back to our car to go home... but we knew there was someone there we needed to see. At the very end of the road, we both stopped and turned to see a house that we didn't notice before. Without saying anything, we both walked towards the house. We knocked... and love and behold, a family was there who had been taking discussions in Ind. before they moved away. They told us that they want to be baptized and keep taking the lessons before we had the chance to say anything. I promise you... that as we act in faith, the Lord will bless us with miracles. By being obedient, we're allowed to witness these miracles.

 Love you all!

hello from sunny and wet rainy land of Atlanta

Hey y'all,

Whew! What an amazing day! How are you amazing and wonderful children of God doing today???? Can I invite each of you to do something??? Just say to yourself... in your mind or outloud these words "I'm a child of God"... I love saying that to myself! Repeat that to yourself anytime you're feeling down, frustrated, stressed, etc... even if you think its cheezy and dumb! Cause no matter who you are, or what you do, or what you think about it... it will help you feel better. I promise :)

Alrighty... so what to talk about???? Transfers happened. Got a new companion named Elder Macoubrie... he was the District leader here in the Atlanta District... he's awesome!!! Love serving with him. He's pretty tall and from Colorado. Got all new District leaders in the Zone... one of them being Elder Harding from my MTC District... and its humbling to be able to serve alongside of such amazing and mighty missionaries and priesthood men. They're amazing and are doing great work.

When we help one another, we are doing the work of the Lord. Think of this... the two great commandments... do you know what they are? Love God and love everyone. Well, ok... that's not word for word but thats my personal summary of the two. You know whats so interesting about those 2 great commandments though? Well, there's a lot of interesting things about them... one being that ALL the other commandments tie back into them... but perhaps the most interesting thing about them is that they both tie back into ONE single, EXTREMELY important thing.... any guesses??? It's love. They both tie back into the single origin of all things... the single driving purpose of EVERYTHING that we know and have yet to come to know... its love. Love is the ultimate of ultimates... its not just something we have or feel... it's EVERYTHING. Think about it... why do we have the plan of salvation? What is our Heavenly Fathers purpose? What was His intent behind everything??? Why was the Savior sent here to atone for our sins?? Love. It's all about love..... I can testify to each and every one of you that love is everything... and that as we love others, we show our love to God. The 2 great commandments are one in the same. We love God by loving and serving others and we love others by loving God... I invite each of you to pray and look for opportunities to love others. Help each other out! We're all one big family... lets be one big family of love :)

I love you all so much. I gotta run cause time is out but I'll have some stories for you next week. Just don't forget to love!

-Elder Wahlen

Hello from the sunny and yet rainy land of downtown Atlanta!

Hey y'all,

Whew! What an amazing day! How are you amazing and wonderful children of God doing today???? Can I invite each of you to do something??? Just say to yourself... in your mind or outloud these words "I'm a child of God"... I love saying that to myself! Repeat that to yourself anytime you're feeling down, frustrated, stressed, etc... even if you think its cheezy and dumb! Cause no matter who you are, or what you do, or what you think about it... it will help you feel better. I promise :)

Alrighty... so what to talk about???? Transfers happened. Got a new companion named Elder Macoubrie... he was the District leader here in the Atlanta District... he's awesome!!! Love serving with him. He's pretty tall and from Colorado. Got all new District leaders in the Zone... one of them being Elder Harding from my MTC District... and its humbling to be able to serve alongside of such amazing and mighty missionaries and priesthood men. They're amazing and are doing great work.

When we help one another, we are doing the work of the Lord. Think of this... the two great commandments... do you know what they are? Love God and love everyone. Well, ok... that's not word for word but thats my personal summary of the two. You know whats so interesting about those 2 great commandments though? Well, there's a lot of interesting things about them... one being that ALL the other commandments tie back into them... but perhaps the most interesting thing about them is that they both tie back into ONE single, EXTREMELY important thing.... any guesses??? It's love. They both tie back into the single origin of all things... the single driving purpose of EVERYTHING that we know and have yet to come to know... its love. Love is the ultimate of ultimates... its not just something we have or feel... it's EVERYTHING. Think about it... why do we have the plan of salvation? What is our Heavenly Fathers purpose? What was His intent behind everything??? Why was the Savior sent here to atone for our sins?? Love. It's all about love..... I can testify to each and every one of you that love is everything... and that as we love others, we show our love to God. The 2 great commandments are one in the same. We love God by loving and serving others and we love others by loving God... I invite each of you to pray and look for opportunities to love others. Help each other out! We're all one big family... lets be one big family of love :)

I love you all so much. I gotta run cause time is out but I'll have some stories for you next week. Just don't forget to love!

-Elder Wahlen