I'm tired. Church has shifted to a 9 AM schedule, so we have to wake 


up at 5 AM to be at PEC in time. Add on this hot weather, and it's 


really been wearing down on me. Luckily 5 years of college has helped 


me get used to this, so while I'm tired and I want to sleep, I'm 


still capable of functioning at a pretty good capacity.





The time change has really affected the attendance at the Marshallese 


services. Last Sunday we had two Marshallese members, and yesterday 


only one. It sounds like President Seal is not too happy with the 


lack of progress, and he's going to be limiting how much work goes 


on. But I'd doubt that he's just going to give up. We have transfers 


in three weeks, so I won't know anything for a couple weeks.





Ahsley came to church again. She's doing well in the way of spiritual 


progression, but she's having problems with her husband. Apparently 


he's pretty abusive, and that she's been considering divorce, but at 


church she told me that she left after we taught her, and that when 


she came back, her husband had returned home, and cleaned up the 


apartment. So, we're going to wait on things to see where they go. 


But she believes in what we've been teaching her, so I have hope that 


everything will turn out right.





We have an ex-bishop in the ward that has a theory on the line of 


succession for President of the Church. Based upon ages, he says that 


next will be Thomas S. Monson, then Dallin H. Oaks, then Jeffery R. 


Holland, and then David A. Bednar. He also said that, apparently, the 


Lord puts those who he is reserving to be President of the Church as 


one of the councilors in the First Presidency, as in President 


Hinckley and President Monson. Combining the two theories, we could 


conclude that Elder Faust's replacement will be Elder Oaks. We'll 


have to see. Any one taking bets yet?





I meet a lot of people with weird ideas. I talked to a First Baptist 


a couple days ago that said that baptism was not necessary for 


salvation (despite what Nicodemus was told by Christ, as apparently 


Paul knows it all). He agreed that baptism was a commandment, and 


that we need to keep the commandments to return to heaven, but he 


argued that we're not perfect and won't keep the commandments 


perfectly. Well, I kept one perfectly: I was baptized by the proper 


authority. But, if we can't keep the commandments perfectly, then why 


don't we just be completely disobedient? Yeah, he didn't make a lot 


of sense. I think that further South you get more nuts. Near Fort 


Smith, we talked to a guy that said that a napalm bomb exploded, and 


that's how everything was created. Makes me wonder where the napalm 


came from.





Anyway, I'd better get going. See you next week!