The Final Transfer

Hello all you Fabtabulous People!!!

This week has been interesting...but the final transfer is now in effect. A lot changed for me, My companion is Elder Lassle again, which I'm super excited about. I technically switched zones...but I'm still on the same floor, and I'm still doing the same work. So I guess you could accurately say that I switched companions and apartments. We had 7 people go home yesterday, which was the largest group to date. We now have the last 32 Elders on the mission now, and all of us will be sent home by the end of the month...but I don't wanna focus on that

We had an activity for Memorial day which was super fun. We all went up to a certain park up in Bountiful and had a huge Barbecue with all the Young Elders. It was super fun, we had a ton of stuff there, President Fenn afterward did a little Church Questionnaire kind of thing. Then we had the rest of the day off. It was a pretty good day and something that we needed. 

Spiritual Thought: Today we're gonna be coming from Jacob 6:11 

11 O then, my beloved brethren, repent ye, and enter in at the strait gate, and continue in the way which is narrow, until ye shall obtain eternal life.  

This scripture is amazing and I really love it. I really love how it gives us the simple directions to follow the strait and narrow path and we can then repent and gain eternal life. This doctrine gives us everything that we need in order to be disciples. We must simply turn toward the Lord and turn to him and allow him to mold us into the person that he would have us become. I know that we can continue to improve and change as long as we continue to follow His example and continue to push forward. I know these things to be true in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Y'all are amazing and I love you all so much!

Keep enduring! This too shall pass!

Stay Fabtabulous!

Elder Wyatt Gatlin

Tranfers Coming

Hello all of you Fabtabulous people...

This week has been another boring week of the same old stuff. Just another week of doing what I can to survive the quarantine and working at a computer all day. But we're almost there and we're almost done. Transfer's is around the corner and it's the final one. It kind of scares me, it's crazy how time flies when you're serving the Lord. 

I know these emails are really short but nothing new really happens up here....sorry.

Spiritual Thought: Today I'm going to be coming from D&C 105: 18-19

18 But inasmuch as there are those who have hearkened unto my words, I have prepared a blessing and an endowment or them, if they continue faithful.

19 I have heard their prayers, and will accept their offering; and it is expedient in me that they should be brought thus far for a trial of their faith.

Now, this scripture I read recently and I thought of everyone getting through this crisis that we're going through right now. We all don't like the situation that we're in and it may not be the most enjoyable thing ever. But we all need to continue forward in faith and the Lord will bless us. I know that I have my off days where it all seems to crumble, but by the end of the day we can all kneel down in prayer and be honest with our Heavenly Father and just say, "I really don't like this, and I really need your help getting through this trial. I can't do it alone and it's straining all my efforts. Please help me." He will then give you the strength you need to continue forward through this test of Faith. We all can call upon him for he will always answer the prayers of those who are seeking after things of righteousness. He will always strengthen those who ask for it and seek after it. I know these things to be true. I know that we can all get through this. He is there for us. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

I hope that all of you have a Fabtabulous week!

Y'all are Great! I love y'all so much!

Stay Fabtabulous!

Elder Wyatt Gatlin

More Hiking, Mission Conference and HAIRCUTS!!!

Hello all of you Fabtabulous people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I hope all is well during this time of quarantine...even though it's hard. Things have been improving though and that's good. The work still continues going forward and I'm still working on cataloging old surnames from the United Kingdom. That's been pretty interesting, but it's hard especially when things tend to get monotonous. 

On Monday something special happened.......WE GOT HAIRCUTS!!!!!!

Our mission nurse called in some professionals and they came in and they came in and gave us some free haircuts which was very much needed and very appreciated. A lot of the missionaries had previously gotten a haircut from a very popular local barber that recently opened up about a week and a half ago. But there were still about 14 of us that got one. Thanks to them so very much!

Mission conference: On Wednesday we had a very spiritual virtual mission conference. We had the counselors from LDS Family Services speak to us about: Enduring to the End: How this is the time to dig deep, give it all we have, and hang in there because things will improve and things will get better. We shouldn't give up on the progress that we could make just because of the fact that we've been quarantined for so long and everything seems monotonous. Stay in tune with the Spirit: The Spirit can be one of our tools that we can continue to use in times like these, and how that we can truly develop a sincerely strong relationship with the Spirit. We can allow him to guide and direct our lives and allow us to be able to become the best disciples that we possibly can be in these times. Finding Heroes from the Book of Mormon: We can find some of our own personal heroes from the Book of Mormon and the wonderful things that they were able to do because they trusted in the Lord, took the time to come unto Him, Hear what he wanted them to hear, do what He wanted them to do, and because of such; they became his disciples and an example that we can all draw from. Those were the main messages that I got from the mission conference.

Spiritual thought: So this week I'm going to be coming from D&C 88:119-120

119 Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God;

120 That your incoming may be in the name of the Lord; that your outgoings may be in the name of the Lord; that all your salutations may be in the name of the Lord, with uplifted hands unto the Most High.

Now, this scripture is very powerful when you think about it. Now it can be trying to reference the temple, but here's what I think it's trying to say. We need to make sure that we can take the spirit where ever we're going. We should be able to make our hearts a house of the Spirit of the Lord. We should make sure that our hearts have room for the Spirit to dwell. That is our sacred connection to the Godhead, is the Holy Spirit. As we continue to allow the Spirit to be with us, we can then take the necessary steps that we need to take to receive personal revelation. Having the Spirit is a powerful tool and a sacred blessing that all of us can take advantage of. I know that we can all have the Holy Spirit with us and He Will, continue to bless our lives and help us through questions, trials, whatever it may be. He will help you, but you have to be willing and ready to listen to what the Spirit would have you do in order to receive personal revelation. I know these things to be true, in the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

I hope that all of you will have a Fabtabulous Day! All of you guys are great!

Keep hanging in there, Press forward, Endure through this Trial of Faith.

Love you all so much!

Stay Fabtabulous!

Elder Wyatt Gatlin

Another week of excitement and hiking

Hello, all of you Fabtabulous people!

This past week has been really fun! My companion and I have gone hiking up this one trail about every single day, mainly for the benefit of getting fresh air. Since we work sitting down all day, we need to get outside because... it's boring working in the dark and so forth so we're like. "Hey...it gets us out of the apartment and we can use the muscles that don't really get used anymore. 

I know these emails are really short and I wish that I had more to report on but, quarantine kind of knocked out all of the activities that were planned. (SORRY)

We also had a really spiritual conversation about a Bruce R. McConkie speech that he gave at BYU "Households of Faith" https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/bruce-r-mcconkie/households-faith/?M=A (I recommend this talk to everyone! It's a real good one) and we were talking for about an Hour 15 it was super great! He says a lot about things that we today can do to become better disciples and I've been taking some of those to heart. Which turns me to my Spiritual Thought for the week.

Spiritual Thought: So...Bruce R. McConkie said something along the lines of this, this is how I interpreted this statement. "We must crucify in us the Old man of Sin, and be resurrected and become born again in Christ." I really thought that was very profound because All of us need to take that step in life. We all can do better about taking and purging the natural man in us and getting rid of him and truly becoming a saint through Christ. We all have our different weaknesses and things that are given to us "For our Experience" They give us experience

so that we can learn, grow, and become better from them. At the moment, they may seem like they do nothing but keep us from doing certain things, but they truly are given to us for a reason. The Lord will reveal unto us the purpose of all things if we are willing to make the sacrifice to become fully committed to God, nothing wavering and nothing doubting. In times like these, it can be difficult to remember our God and to fall back and get very relaxed with our relationship with God. DON'T LET IT HAPPEN! That's Satan trying to get you to do those things. I know that as we deepen our commitment to serving God, we will truly be blessed for our Righteous Efforts. I know that we can truly continue to press forward and do better! I know that we can continue to press forward on the covenant path and partake of the Fruit of the Tree of Life. I know these things to be true in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

I hope all of you have an amazing week!

You all are super Fabtabulous!

I love all of you so very much!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!!!!!!

MOTHERS ARE GREAT!!!!!!!

Stay Fabtabulous!

Elder Wyatt Gatlin