Dear Everyone,

Things are great again here in Georgia.  The weather has cooled down just in time for our suit coats to come on.  Elder Kunzler's birthday was Sunday.  I got him a cowboy hat with a bunch of missionary signatures to take home since this is his last transfer.  He was pretty excited, and it's always a good feeling to be able to serve someone with a thoughtful gift.  I also met my new mission president this week, and that's what I want to talk about.  His name is President Harding.  He is in his 40's I think, and from Bountiful, Utah.  We met his wife Sister Harding, and their 9 year old son.  Also his 29 year old son and his wife, and his 24 year old daughter.  He also has a 19 year old son who is in the MTC.  They also have a 21 year old daughter that just got married.  Well, that's a little about him, but I wanted to talk about the Lord's timing in all things big and small.  The reason he didn't come until now was because he was having some health issues.  What happened was he had a football size tumor somewhere in his mid section.  So this is their story as far as I can remember.  He said they got their call and were getting ready to go.  They were going to have their daughters wedding then leave.  At the reception of the wedding, as soon as his daughter left, he got a sharp pain.  He went and laid down and went to sleep.  When he woke up he felt better.  He was laying there thinking and the spirit told him, "you have a large mass in your stomach, but all will be well."  So he thought, okay, and went to the doctor and said, "yeah, I got a mass in my stomach.  The doctor just said okay and they did the scan and test and the doctor came back and said he did, but that they also found spots in his lungs too.  They thought it was a cancer that spread and that is was a small chance of a tumor.  He knew all would be well.  They found out it was only a tumor.  He got it removed, recovered, and then came here where I was able to meet him.  Which oddly was different then when I met President Snow.  The meeting with President Harding felt more different I would say.  Just felt like we had been sent here to work together at the same time.  The Lord put us here together to work, and I know the Lord was waiting until after his daughters wedding for that to happen.  I know he waited for the right time for me to serve.  I know he waited for the right time for me to break my collar bone, and move to Arizona.  I know he has his hands in all things great or small even though it is hard to see at the time.  We need to step back, take a deep breath, and have faith that he has a plan for us.  Which he does!  Then everything will be okay.  As long as you're keeping his commandments and doing all that you can to return to him.  I bear testimony that the Lord has a plan for us, and though our decisions sometimes alter things, he knows what, when, where, and why to do something in order to help us in the long run.  I also know that when we exercise that faith and say, let thy will be done, that he will recognize it and we will receive blessings for that alone.  Like he did with President Harding.  He will send the Holy Ghost as a comforter and as a guide to his plan.  As we listen to the promptings, that may at times seem weird, he will help us.  I know these things are true.