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Hey Yall!

 

It has been a great week out here! We found lots of folks! This one golden guy too! I don't have much time today but I would like to relay one message that happened yesterday in church. I had a great experience where I knew by the Sprit that someone was called of God. It was really neat! Our new Bishop was called yesterday and it was Bro Blair! I never saw that coming. He is a great man. He has been coming out with us to do splits the past couple weeks and when our stake president said his name, I almost cried. I knew it was by revelation that he was called. He is an incredible man, and I am excited to have the opportunity  work with him. Also the 1st councelor is now going to be watching over us in our missionary work. He got himself a mini area book and wants updates on everyone and everything. I am excited, because of our presidents letter I am excited for the week I also have been able to see the power of the Book of Mormon in proselyting. People light up when they learn about it! I am grateful for all of you! Sorry to be so short! Know I love ya! Yall have a great week! Be missionaries! :D

This week has been an amazing week, I was going to write a bit of a downer of a week but then I got to thinking about all the awesome things that did happen. Started out with met our investigators mom and she is a super sweet lady, she came to church and enjoyed it, we had an awesome lesson with this other sweet lady, she is the wife of a less active member and she was very intent on listening. but the best experience to me was at zone conference and last night. We had one heck of a zone conference!! Oh man i love President Jensen! We were talking about the after baptism lesson because thats what we are studying this transfer as a district, and it turned into a discussion on eternal marriage for us! A recently returned missionary came to visit pres. and sister Jensen and brought his fiance! Only 5 weeks he has been home!!! They were pleased to see them, they gave us lots of counsel on choosing our partners, and sister Jensen told me I had to get her permission first!!! haha love them! That was a great zone conference. I can't get enough of them, also yesterday Elder Fjeldsted was impressed to tract a certain street, he was VERY impressed, and I was thinking, no we don't have time, its out of our way, ya dee dah dee dah! Silly ole me, we went to this street all our other appointments fell through, met every door with a not interested, except one man, who listened then said go away. Well the last house on the street there was a guy doing yard work and we went and spoke to him, great guy, we sat down with him and listened to him, he has had a rough life, got into drugs and trouble and was arrested he told us about those things and said he has been wanting to go to church, and change, we didn't get to teach him much of anything really, but we invited him to baptism on the 23rd of July, and he accpeted. He is so ready to hear the gospel. Another awesome thing is he has 3 pitbulls!! Beautiful dogs! Well we are rolling to Sonic to eat with some members today so I don't wanna be late, also gonne be thrift store hoppin again trying to find new ties and a suit! Hope anyone who sees the pictures I sent will get a kick out of me having my eyes closed! I love you all! Have a great day! Enjoy the week!
~Elder West

How has everyones week been? We are staying busy out here, found 10 new people this week! Whoo hoo! Had the greatest baptism ever on Saturday, so spiritual! A member bore his testimony right after the actual baptism, and he was really close with our investigator and he just spoke and the Spirit flooded the room! So wonderful, I love this ward here too, I realized how awesome everyone here is again. I will miss it when I have to leave. Great great great members here. I have a new companion, Elder Fjeldsted (Feld-Sted) J is for effect. He has been out for almost 8 months, he is a really calmed relaxed kind guy, I can learn alot from him, I pray I will. We had to drop 3 of our Baptismal dates this week, they aren't willing to do anything, but we met the most awesome person ever, she is interested in learning more about the church, she has great faith, she came to church sunday, a little late, but she brought her friend, they were only in relief society, showed them around the church, they felt peace and enjoyed it! Oh man so awesome! Gonna go and get me another flat top today! Whoo Hoo! My hair is getting long again! Still no exciting Pday things going on. We met with a family where the first time we met them the dad showed little interest and the mom alot more, but we saw them again yesterday and we left with the invitation to read the Book of Mormon and he gave the most firm resolve to read it! That was so awesome to see! He is a humble and strong man, with seems to be great faith. I love seeing all these people make and keep commitments! Oh also Elder Haderlie has a cousin....she is super pretty from what I have been told, and I am gonna start writing her. :DD He threatened to kill me if I hurt her hahaha good cousin. So that will unfold with the future, oh and this mom and dad i was just talking about, they have a daughter thats 19 and the first time we met them she wanted me to meet her daughter and start dating her!!! hahahaha I told her she would have to wait two years. When we saw her again Sunday she brought that up, I got a kick out of it, Elder Fjeldsted brought up that he would be going home sooner than I so she wouldn't have to wait as long for him. haha great week, loved it! I pray you are all doing great, pray for your safety and success. I love yall! Thanks for your support. Keep it real! :D

 

Elder West.

How has everyones week been? We are staying busy out here, found 10 new people this week! Whoo hoo! Had the greatest baptism ever on Saturday, so spiritual! A member bore his testimony right after the actual baptism, and he was really close with our investigator and he just spoke and the Spirit flooded the room! So wonderful, I love this ward here too, I realized how awesome everyone here is again. I will miss it when I have to leave. Great great great members here. I have a new companion, Elder Fjeldsted (Feld-Sted) J is for effect. He has been out for almost 8 months, he is a really calmed relaxed kind guy, I can learn alot from him, I pray I will. We had to drop 3 of our Baptismal dates this week, they aren't willing to do anything, but we met the most awesome person ever, she is interested in learning more about the church, she has great faith, she came to church sunday, a little late, but she brought her friend, they were only in relief society, showed them around the church, they felt peace and enjoyed it! Oh man so awesome! Gonna go and get me another flat top today! Whoo Hoo! My hair is getting long again! Still no exciting Pday things going on. We met with a family where the first time we met them the dad showed little interest and the mom alot more, but we saw them again yesterday and we left with the invitation to read the Book of Mormon and he gave the most firm resolve to read it! That was so awesome to see! He is a humble and strong man, with seems to be great faith. I love seeing all these people make and keep commitments! Oh also Elder Haderlie has a cousin....she is super pretty from what I have been told, and I am gonna start writing her. :DD He threatened to kill me if I hurt her hahaha good cousin. So that will unfold with the future, oh and this mom and dad i was just talking about, they have a daughter thats 19 and the first time we met them she wanted me to meet her daughter and start dating her!!! hahahaha I told her she would have to wait two years. When we saw her again Sunday she brought that up, I got a kick out of it, Elder Fjeldsted brought up that he would be going home sooner than I so she wouldn't have to wait as long for him. haha great week, loved it! I pray you are all doing great, pray for your safety and success. I love yall! Thanks for your support. Keep it real! :D

 

Elder West.

Hey yall its been a great week, Elder haderlie went to the hospital this week though for not drinking enough water, he had to get 2 bags of fluid pumped in him. He was such a big baby about the needle. :p turns out he is leaving wednesday as well. i will be staying my new comp is gonna be the district leader. We had only one baptism this week, then next week we have Kim and an 8 year old girl being baptized, so awesome! The Blackburns an awesome military family whom I love just left the ward, wife is going back to winslow, az and husband is training in Jacksonville, they are awesome and will miss them. Also the Byshenks a military family whom I love we are having dinner with tonight, omlettes!!! :D I love these guys and I will miss Elder Haderlie, but he is only going one ward away. My new comp is Elder Fjelsted I think is what it was. Short on time today, I love yall! Have a great week!

 

Love,

Elder West :D