Hey family and Friends! How are things in the warmer portion of the hemisphere?
First I wanted to thank Andi and Gloria for the letters. Gloria, gracias por lo que hizo por mi familia, lo sé que a veces son porfiados, y Jeffrey.. bueno, yo creo que ya sabe. Ojalá que nos veamos un tiempo en el futuro. And Andi, thanks for staying crazy :)
Grandma and Grandpa, you said: "We love you--> te queremos"
We don't ever plan how we are going to live our lives. We think we do. Every day Elder Mondalgo and I make plans, and I don't think there has been one day were everything happened how it was supposed to. We are at the mercy of the dice that are thrown every day at our feet. We simply respond to what is around us. That is really the secret to happiness. Letting go of the imaginary control we think we have, accepting the will of the Lord, and being content with it. Learning to let go and move on.
Changes were this past week and we really didnt want to go. We have just been starting to find people and we really love the hermanas in the ward with us. They really made the sector fun. The zone also was very cool and we were all really close. I admit I really didnt want to leave Los Cantaros. Yet so many elders were leaving and leaving a lot of sectors empty. We are prime targets to leave as well because there are four of us in one area. We were dreading it.
Things were going great with a new family the Monquez family. We found them knocking doors one day. We had been knocking for hours and were about to go to another family because it was so cold out that we thought that we were going to get sick. Then out of nowhere we knock a door and a twenty something punk kid walks out. "Oh great," I thought. I immediatly ate my words when we invites us in and have some coffee (NOT what you guys are thinking about). We got to meet the rest of the family soon thereafter. The mother turned out to be a member and is awesome! She has the twenty year old son Franchesco and the eleven year old daughter Karina. They are a family of gold and went with us to church last sunday. They really have potential.
Thats what I was thinking about when I was looking at the cell phone display screen flashing "Office calling..." I slowly picked up the phone and awaited the voice on the other end. Some of the longest pauses come at times of great anticipation. As elder Mondalgo and I sat there waiting for the Office elder to give us the news, it felt like I spent more time waiting for changes than I did being in it.
"Elders, we just want you to know that these changes are inspired by dios. Thats why we the president decided that both of you should stay in your sector for another change."
We dont really know what is going to happen, what God has in store for us, as much as we think we do. For whatever reason I am still here, I am happy for it. And I am going to find out why.
Thanks for everything that you guys do for me. I look forward to reading the events of the week every monday. Love you guys!
Elder Westover
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