Dear Tan Fam,

I'm SUPER glad mom and Sean had great birthdays last week, I was sure thinking alot about them and how grateful and blessed I am to be in such a great family. I love you all so much!

March is more than half way over! Where does the time fly! I loved hearing the story that dad sent about Sister Parcia about her relative on facebook. People have so many questions, they just don't know where to find it. If we can be the beacons of light that it talks about in the scriptures through social media, through examples at work and play, we can/will see blessings that come from it. People are now flocking into the church with little or no help from the missionaries. The work is truly hastening, and we are seeing it first hand. If you want some more ideas on missionary work, and what you can expect from the Lord in His work, you guys could read "The Challenging and Testifying Missionary" talk by Elder Alvin R. Dyer. Our mission has required all missionaries to read and reread that talk to better get acquainted with the work we are now seeing been done. The Lord is truly preparing people and there's not much we can do to mess that up. He just requires a willing hand so that he can work miracles through all of us:) It's so great!

I saw Sean and Jaimie's house they are closing on, what an amazing beaut it is! I'm so excited for them! And you are now adding to the family by getting two new Thai daughters as well:) Please do tell me where they come from and how more about them. I could maybe send some pamphlets in Thai or something to help them study the gospel more in depth if necessary. Also dad, could you send Brother Rogerson's email (the man you spoke of last week that you saw in the temple who had been a missionary with his wife in Burma)? President Senior wrote back and said that as of right now they are not allowed to proselyte, (sorry I told you wrong) but they are allowed to come together and build branches and things like that. President Senior said that he would be happy to receive any additional information.

This week I have truly seen that there is opposition in all things. We have an investigator named Mang who is currently ready to get baptized, but is still addicted to smoking. He is alittle brain dead because of illegal drugs he had done in the past, but he has changed SO much since we first taught him. He had been smoking about 10 times a day to about 2 times a day, then went 3 days without smoking and relapsed. He had set a baptismal date for this last Sunday, but had smoked before he came to church. So we are working with him for this next week to help him quit that. We have faith he can quit. Come to find out as well that he lives with an older sister of his who abuses him emotionally, which is the main reason of why he smokes. It relieves him, he says, but it's interesting to see Jesus Christ work with him and he now is striving to read the Book of Mormon to get those temptations to go away. There have been more than a couple times this week that I have truly felt pure joy because of being a member of this church. No other job or occupation can compare! 

I love you all so much! Thank you all for your righteous examples and prayers on my behalf. I need them.

much much love,

Elder Tanner