Well it finally happened.... I received my first Latino companions!! They are pretty good, it is a really big change from my last ones, in EVERY way, but I am just taking it and learning from it, going to create the best of it. I am in the same area, they are the zone leaders. So I have to show them the area & the people & what not. So this week has been busy for me with that 'cause I have to take charge and plan and stuff. I am glad though cause I feel my Spanish is really coming along faster! My goal is to be fluent no problem by Christmas; so we will see!!
That is awesome about work dad!! Congrats on moving up and taking that next step! That sounds way exciting and that you are being kept busy.
I also found out within the next year or so we will be using facebook here to proselyte and what not so that is interesting!!
Tell Colt to go, it will be a blast! It will be as fun as he makes it! So tell him to live it up, cause those are some of my best times, school dances and having fun with friends!!
You will have to tell me about the rifle hunt! Should be a good time, I sure do miss hunting like crazy! I can´t believe its almost November though where does the time go?? Time is a very precious thing and it is one of the greatest gifts especially when we use it right!
Dad sounds like you are doing great! Is there anything I can do for you?? I hope you have a great week!!
Love ya like crazy dad!!
Elder Leatherow
Hey Mom,
Yes, new companions! and they are Latino!! They are good - a lot different than the first two.
I am in the same area. The culture is good, just a lot of people lost and that need the truth. I walk about a block and a half to church so it is really close! We currently have 14 investigators we are teaching and 7 have baptism dates for November!! So I am so excited for that, and can´t wait to see those!! It will be an extremely busy month! I am still teaching that guy in English, his name is Robert, I haven´t in the past week due to schedules not matching up but we have an appointment tomorrow with him! He is coming along great! I see him getting baptized in the next little bit as well! I am learning lots, I have found my nose in books, talks by apostles or prophets none stop! CRAZY!?! Weston Leatherow reading on his own, right?!? Never thought that would happen but I found that I want to know everything but the more I learn the more I find I don´t know. So I am constantly searching and studying things!! I love every minute of it!!!!
This week is has been a good one and we will see how the next 6 weeks go, I assume since I am with zone leaders now and am still doing my 3 month training program which ends next change, I will be moved to another area and get another companion, I have found that is the only thing that is constant out here on the mission is change! Every day something new happens or you have to change plans to get everything done! It has been fun and I enjoy it though!
I threw up this week while trying to eat this fruit thing at a members house though, that was embarrassing but funny now that I think about it! That is about it for this week!
I love ya to the moon and back and then some mom!!
I was able to chat with Elder Leatherow for about 20 minutes at work ….emails back and forth….it was fantastic. It was just small talk but it was heavenly. He says that with his new companions speaking only Spanish he has been silenced unless they are talking about the Gospel so he has lots to chat about. :) I told him the Red Sox and the Cardinals will be going head to head in the World Series and his reply:
You know the Cards about to tear it up!! Madeline will be so mad that her team is going to have to lose!!!!
I asked him about his Patriarchal Blessing and if he received it upon arrival at the Mexico MTC and if he found himself trading ties (it seems everyone I talk to says that is what missionaries do)and his reply:
I did not get my blessing because I don´t want it in Spanish. So I am waiting. I haven´t traded at all.
I told him I had mailed off a package but wasn't sure when it would reach him as I mailed to the mission home:
the President or the office elders give us the mail, I don´t know exact time or how fast it will reach me just depends on the week and what not.
He also said that the email address he has for Kegan must be incorrect because it keeps getting bounced back ~ so Kegan Leatherow the following is for you:
How is it going?? How is school going for ya man?? How is Rifle hunt?? I hear you drew out on swan, huh?? That should be a blast!! Are you playing any sports right now?? How is your family doing??? Tell them all I said hello! Well that is all I have for ya buddy, thanks for the letter a little bit ago, sorry it took so long to respond! Have a great week, love ya man!!!
Elder Leatherow
While chatting with Weston I received a phone call from Colton and Colton asked that I tell Weston hello and that he was sorry he didn't get a chance to email this week ~ Colton this reply is for you:
Tell him I said hello back, and I miss him too, I sure could of used someone to talk to these past couple of days they have been rough since I can´t express myself in Spanish; it has been a lot of silence from me, only talk about the work, which is good though makes me stay focused and that is what really matters.
And just like that the hour was up. I love MONDAYS! I love being able to hear his chuckle and feel his sense of humor in the little time I get with my boy.
Remember when life gets rough and you feel the load to heavy look heavenward and kneel in prayer and you will not only see the light you will feel lighter.
….still waiting for more photos ~ crossing my fingers for next week.
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