We have been really busy this week. The elders from Bocas del Toro joined us in David for a training in the stake center. President Ward came with his wife and the assistants. The assistants stayed with us in our house the night before the training and the night before returning to Panama after coming back from Concepcion. They are both really funny, and we probably staying up later than we should have talking. President Ward gave a really good lesson on tithing. After the training we went on divisions with the assistants. The next day President Ward went out with us in the evening to meet some of the families we are teaching. It was a really spiritual experience to be able to teach with him. It always helps to have an older person with us because they can relate with each other better than we can. He is always really good to us and asked us if we had dinner and how we are doing. I was thinking about cancelling dinner so we could eat with him, but it was too late.
This Sunday we had stake conference. President Ward, the temple president, and a general authority from El Salvador came to speak to us. There was a really good turnout, and all of the messages were really good. I was sitting next to this babbling old lady. She kept saying "that is the stake president. I told you so. That's the stake president. Do you know where my brother is? Oh, its so cold in here!" I decided to exercise some Christlike patience and not move immediately. We spend a great deal of time as missionaries controlling conversations by getting people to talk, stopping people from talking, guiding their thoughts, etc. I have found the things I am learning now have other practical applications outside of missionary work.
Love,
Elder Whiting
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