How's life going for everyone back home? Hope all is well for ya', here all is well as well (that was a lot of well ha ha). First off, and before I forget, I just wanted to write a little bit to y'all, my family. I feel like sometimes I don't thank you as much as I should for how great you guys are. Having been here for a long time now, I think I become more and more grateful for my family and the environment I was raised in every day. I really do love you all a whole whole ton and I couldn't ask for a better family, I just hope you all know how much I love and appreciate you, all the support that you give me and all the love, not everyone has that and its something I'm extremely grateful for :) LOVE YOU FAMILY!!!
Now, about
the Mision Coban, it's super exciting! I just hope I'm here to see the
division, it seems kinda iffy right now, if they do it in June though
I'll definitely be here :) Kinda weird to think that things are being
announced that I won't be here for, I guess time is winding down. A
member did some quick math the other day and figured out how many days I
have left, let's just say it's not a lot! But I'm feeling good, I've
had an excellent mission and I'm stoked to finish it stronger than ever.
:)
And to quiet all the rumors, I don't have changes ha ha. I'll be here 'til April it looks like and then my last 2 changes I'll go out somewhere to die, or I might just stay here, weirder stuff has happened. But I'm stoked to stay, I love this area and this zone and it's all good :)
And
about the Castillo family sealing, I got an email today from Walter
that says that they have about 3 classes of temple prep left and then
they'll be set to go! So we're pretty darn stoked about that! It looks
like I'll for sure be there so I'm really really excited for that! One of the best families I ever taught in my mission getting sealed right at the end,
how much more perfect could it be? :) So I'm stoked about that!
As for this week, it was ups and
downs. We had some really good stuff but a lot of disappointments
as well. First off, we had a baptism! Karla was baptized Saturday
evening and she was super happy about it. The family that she lived
with told us she was counting down the days 'til her baptism.
SUUUUUUUUUUPER cool to see someone so excited, the service was special
as well, not a lot of people came because it was raining but it was
really good, I feel like there rarely is a whole ton to report on
baptisms other than that they're super awesome and you always get the
confirmation that what is happening is absolutely the will of God.
As
far as good news that was about it. We had a super slow week,
we've been looking for news really hard the last two weeks because were
kinda baptizing all our investigators but we have had like, no success
in that, were trying our hardest but it just doesn't seem to work out.
However, every time that I feel like I'm going to be coming to email a
little downhearted the Lord always finds a way to cheer me up :) I was
looking through some old stuff that people have sent me and I found an
email from Grandma Sue full of quotes from President Hinkley. One of
them (not exact words but more or less) said "Have faith in God, believe
in Him, look forward, everything will work out." and that helped a lot,
I don't think I have to explain why. But we're stoked for this week, we
have some new ideas to find new investigators and we're looking forward
to putting them into practice. We also have a ward activity that should
help a lot :) I'll be sure to keep everyone updated on all the juicy
stuff and I hope all is well on the home front!
LOVE YOU!!!!!!
Elder Westenskow
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