Letter from MTC

Hey Momma! How ya doing today? How is everyone? Mostly everyone forgot about me I see! :p just kidding! This week has been really fun! It's my last pday here! Out of the two total! It's been great, has passed by so fast! I will be leaving to Florida with the other Elders next Tuesday morning should be in Florida by 4 o’clock I think it said! It's been a wonderful experience here, definitely learned a lot of new things, and I feel myself and the others I am with growing! Such a wonderful feeling!  I'm so sad to hear about Ted, that is horrible that had happened, I wish we knew before so we could have helped them out maybe. I am glad to hear Aryan is doing well. I hope he really is okay! How are my brothers doing? I haven't heard from any of them? Thanks Mom for being faithful in writing! I love letters they make everything even better! Plus it feels good to know when you are loved. ha-ha On Tuesday we had Elder Evans from the Seventy come and talk that was a great experience! I felt like I was floating when I left. The temple here is beautiful! I still like Mesa's more! How is Karla coming along with that whole marriage thing? haha Oh mom tell Caleb Larson I haven't gotten a letter yet, and he owes me one, we had a deal! Tell Lory to write me back to, that was a big surprise to hear from her but a good one! How is Che? I wrote him today, I put a few letters in each envelope; can you disperse them according to name? :D We have had the opportunity to teach this old lady name June as one of our "volunteer investigators" and Joe we teach him again tomorrow! It has been great practicing and getting to see what I need to improve on! Last night the Elders in the same room as Elder Levi and I prayed together before bed and we all shared our testimonies with each other then told one another something we liked about them, this way we could form more unity! It worked! So powerful! These are some really good guys! We have a long way to go though! I heard from Mark finally! That was awesome! I emailed dad last week, he didn't respond, can you get his address for me? I wanna make sure I have the right email and address. Time has flown by! Please tell people to dear elder me or send me letters! Anything! I need to hear from everyone! haha ;D Mom please extend my love to the Miles as well as Tina, I wrote a letter for Tina, Aryan and RJ but I don't know if I will have time for the Miles, please express to them my love! Please tell the boys in Primary to listen well and I miss them! Oh Mom this Sunday I want to fast for Tina and the boys, I know it’s not fast Sunday but I feel it would bring great blessings to them, and they need it. So I definitely will be, please join :D I'm sorry things have been pretty hard mom, you're doing great with your calling and with helping Tina and the boys, don't give up! Tell everyone I love them and I am not just doing fine, I am absolutely wonderful! The Lord definitely blesses us as missionaries and our families too! Things will get better. I am so thankful for you mom! I love you so much! I can't send the pictures because my envelope is too small, but I will send a lil package with a CD with some of them there, all the airport pics so you can do with them what you want. :D My testimony has grown a lot out here mom, thank you so much for your support! CJ! Thank you for your example! I love you big brudha! I love you Mom! I don't know when my pday next week but I will be sure to email you when it comes around! I pray for you all every night!

With Love,

Elder West

P.s. Mom you asked me how the food was, I don't remember if I told you or not but....its pretty darn nasty! haha but we get ice cream from the BYU creamery Wedneday and Sunday, thats super good! Oh I saw Chase yesterday too when he arrived way cool! Tell everyone I love them and wanna hear from them!

Sean's first blog from MTC

Hey momma bear! How are you today? thank you so much for the pillows and blanket and stamps! I don't know how i'll get it over to the mission though, ill figure something out! How is everything? I hope and pray all is well! I keep yal in my prayers! I am really glad to hear you and CJ are keeping up the praying! I love it here mom, so much to learn! My comp is Elder Levi, he is coming to Florida as well! So yesterday I got to help host the new missionaries! It was quite the experience seeing all of them, and all the families show their love, really touching! Mom thank you so much for everything you have done for me! You are the very best! Love you so much MOM! I miss ya!  Elder Levi and I are sharing a room with Elder Cluff and Elder Stutz who are aweome missionaries! They are  going to FLorida too! THere is a Brother Goodman in our Branch Presidency! he is Bob Goodmans cousin! and I met with him for an interview and he told me that I need to ask you to put at least 50$ a month to my mission, Mom please please please use my money! That is why it is there, he told me to do it, so i absolutley need too! you can deposit the whole of it too! Either way! It just needs to be put toward the mission! :D Hey I need to get Che's address from you too please! :D My pday here is going to be thursday's and ill be emailing around 10 or about 12 30 1ish not fer sure! I had an awesome experience at the temple today, I am trying to look through the scriptures for someone I can relate too in my developing Christlike attributes, and I was reading Joseph Smith history and I don't know why or what but it stuck out to me and I got a much more personal feeling to who he was. anyways cool experience, there is also a painting here of JS and uncle steve looks so much like him! it was crazy! Tell CJ four square is super fun! I love it! I'll be sending pictures hopefully today in the mail. Tell CJ thank you for the Book of Mormon he put in my luggage, it was wonderful to read that, it really helped me! Brother Goodman told me as well to set a goal to read the Book of Mormon everyday a few pages a day for the rest of my life! So I started reading it again! Elder Manly is our DL he is awesome! This Elder is so humble and patient, I knew it would be him who was called as DL when he got up to bear his testimony or 2nd or 3rd day! We got to teach our practice investigator that we have 2 times a week, that was on Tuesday and me and Elder Levi did alright, we ran out of time but did a real good job. Thank you so much for the prayers! Tell people to write me please! I now understand what CJ meant about getting letters! I need letters! lol please remind people to send me some! Tell Che, Chris, Brandon, Hunter, Jenna and CJ I love them! Tell dad too! I'll be trying to send him a letter today! I love you momma so much! Thank you thank you thank you! With all the love I can give, Elder West! ;D

 

Ps. I got to see snowfall for the first time! It was incredible! I love it out here in Utah, but it is....way too cold! haha I'll send the pictures! Talk to ya next week!