Slow Week

Hey Everyone!
Before I start out this letter, I want to say that I am not a lazy missionary, as much as it may seem so in my last letter. I do pushups in the morning too :)
Alright, so this week has been very similar and boring in comparision to many of my other weeks in the mission. My companion, Elder Wassom, got sick. So as a result,.we have been stuck in the pension for some time. It made me realize that I HATE just sitting around. I want to be out doing something. I cant just sit around and draw or read the scriptures. I want to be out teaching the gospel to people! The good news is that Elder Wassom is getting better, so hopefully, we fill find success soon.
The other thing that happened was a bit of self evaluation. We were talking to a family at lunch, and they asked us if we had any pictures of our family. I whipped out the one small picture I carry with me everywhere I go. I showed them the picture I have shown to countless Chileans throughout the course of my wanderings throughout the Chilean jungle. The hermana looked at the picture and then looked at me and said: You dont really look like you did in this picture. You were a boy in this picture. Now you are a man. Pushing aside the fact that I have to shave every day, I felt proud knowing that I am growing in a distinctly upwards direction (speaking of growing upwards mom and dad, Im pretty sure that im 6´4" now). When we got back to the pension that night, I realized that not only have I physically aged, but I have spiritually and emotionally aged five or six years above that of the other people my age. I feel older. Not in an old man way, but in an experienced, mature way. I guess thats what the mission does.
Thanks for all of your love and support! I look foraward to hearing from you soon!
Con Amor,
Elder Westover