Dear Family,

First, if you could give Grandma and Grandpa a big squeeze for more for that Christmas present, that would be awesome. I am for sure sending them a thank you letter, as well as for Brent too. He did not have to do that either. How my life is just full of good people and good examples. It's awesome to hear of that Elder who came home from Thailand. I think I know who it was. I've seen him before but hadn't had an opportunity to talk with him. He was one of the first missionaries to open up the Laos area there. It's definitely an amazing opportunity for him. Even though they couldn't preach the gospel out in the streets, the branch there still flourished and there are converts each month in Laos, which goes to show that no country or land can stop this work from progressing. It's inevitable.

You're guys Sunday sounded quite eventful! I'm so grateful for my friends who come to waffles! How is Jake doing? I haven't heard from him in a long time! Wyatt soon leaves on his mission to Taiwan in March too! Mom, thank you for that email, that's exactly what we are focusing on our mission now. Obedience so that we can see miracles and I'll touch on that later on. But thank you for sharing your thoughts. And dad, President Senior actually had us read about the Israelites and the Midianites to see the miracles that happened to them when they repented and showed faith. I am so grateful for our latter day Prophets. When I read their words I feel so safe and I know that this plan of Heavenly Father's will lead us straight home. It's in our behalf, we can't fail:)

This month, President Senior has set a goal to have 200 baptisms here in Thailand in the month of January. That's something that has never been done, but we know we can do it, because the Lord has helped us in the past. He has told us to pray and expect miracles and they will happen. He also told us something I thought was very interesting. He said before these miracles come, we can expect to see some MAJOR opposition from Satan. And we are starting to see that here in our area. Some people are now fighting back with words and anger when we explain about baptism. Our investigators all have a slight problem that delays their progression or makes it so they can't be baptized quite yet. We had an investigator set for yesterday to get baptized but hadn't gotten his marriage papers signed yet, so he couldn't get baptized yet. Just things like that that we all have never seen such crazy opposition before. Which means at the end of this month we are going to be seeing miracles left and right. Please continue to pray for the Thailand Bangkok Mission. We cannot do this without the Lord and His mercy.

I also had an embarrassing experience while I was inviting. I was talking to these two women, but first only talked with one. The one on the left was not interested, and so I asked if this was her mom (the lady on the right) and suddenly she looked offended and said, "THIS IS MY FRIEND" haha they were both the same age, I just guess I am super bad at telling ages here. They both looked really similar so I thought that they might have been mother and daughter but boy was I wrong haha.

Thank you all so much for your prayers and support. Please keep them coming. Send your faith our way, because we need all the help we can get this month:)

Love,

Elder Tanner