Well, this week was a pretty exciting week! We had a pretty cool visit on Saturday from Elder Corbridge of the 70, Bishop Davies of the Presiding Bishopric, and Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the 12. They spent about 2 hours visiting just with our mission. Elder Greer who is the area 70 was also there. It was super sweet. Bishop Davies talked a lot about how discouragement is often the beginning of falling away and losing the light of Christ in our lives. But he also said that when we have the light of Christ in our lives we can have such an uplifting influence on everyone around us, simply by having that spirit about us. Elder Corbridge talked about how necessary covenants are to return to live with God. He explained an interesting thing that I hadn't really thought about before: how when we have the Holy Ghost with us we can be living with the presence of God, experiencing a fulness of joy, similar to what we will experience after this life. It allows us to overcome spiritual death while we are here on the earth, allowing us to "have life, and have it more abundantly." Super cool insight I hadn't thought about before. Elder Christofferson talked about a lot of different things, how we can check where we are to God by seeing if we feel more like a stranger, a guest, or a child at home to him. He also talked about how the new millennium was a significant point in the preparation for the return of Christ. Along that same line he said that there is plenty of wickedness in the world for the second coming, what we need now is a significant number of righteous people to welcome the Savior back. Super cool stuff he was talking about. But yeah ,that was a pretty sweet end to the week! Things are pretty good in AZ. It's another transfer week and we don't know yet what the plans are, so I guess it'll be a surprise!

Hope all is well back home. Take care and God bless. 

Elder Hiatt