What a GREAT week!

Dear Family,

So this week was a great one here for us in El Salvi!!! We had the privilege of hearing from Elder Alonzo from the quorum of the 70!! It was so freaking cool! Cause he did like a question and answer kind of a thing!! He would answer the questions right there on the spot! He was filled with the spirit, and you could feel it! He is a great man!! I got to shake his hand and talk a little to him, it was incredible!! That is one of the many blessings of the mission getting to be in the same room with those type of men!! I love the mission and all the opportunities that I have received from being here! 
This week was good!!   We found 12 new people to teach this week!! That was pretty freaking sweet I will not tell a lie there!! Then the other Elders here in the branch with us had a baptism, which was freaking sweet and will hopefully help this branch cause they need some help!! But it was really cool cause he asked me to do his confirmation for him!! Which was my first time ever confirming anyone here in the mission, usually we get bishops or members but he asked me!! Talk about nervous!!! I was pretty nervous, but once the spirit came I was able to relax a little bit which was nice!! 

So Skype! I freaking can`t wait to talk to you all!! Please bring questions, Colt about anything you might be wondering about for the mission and please someone tell me about the tags we drew this year!! The wait is killing me!!! I can`t wait to get out this year and kill some animals with you guys!!! 
Well family that is about all i got for ya this week!! 
I love you mother to the moon and back and then some!! 
I love you all and I hope you guys have a great week, and congrats Colt on your award!!! 

Con mucho amor,

Elder Leatherow

Spirit Animals, blown out Shoes and AUSTRALIA!

Dear family,

So we had changes this past week and the crazy part happened, We didn't get changes!! Elder Smartt and I are still together ~ going strong!! So that is super sweet!!! I am so stoked about that!! 

SO the start of last change I don`t know how it got brought up in conversation but spirit animals came up and we both are wolves!! He is the Arctic and I am Dark Wolf thanks to GRANDPA(; So we thought it would be cool to get some shirts made!! It was super cheap it was only 4 bucks a shirt!!! The guy does it with spray paint!! So it was super cool!!! 

Then also, after about 6 years of having my shoes, that have through it all with me, finally gave way!! I destroyed my soccer shoes, so I had to finish out the game with socks!! Will be sending pics of those!! 

COLT I have to take the moment to tell you how proud I am of you and the decision you have made to serve the Lord and did he come through big for you little bro! AUSTRALIA!!!!!!! WHAT!?!??! That is freaking sick!! I am so stoked for you and you better get a camera so you can send me tons of pics!!!!! 

Can`t wait to Skype so bring all the questions you got for me!! 

How is the Rock Cliff 4th Ward doing these days?? I sure do miss them all!! Please tell everyone I said hello!! I know they don`t remember me but I remember all them!! So please do me that for me!

I love you mother to the moon and back and then some more!! 

I love you all so much!! 

Hope you all have a great week!! 

Con mucho amor,

Elder Leatherow

Service

Dear Family,

Well this week was a week full of service!!! We would go running in the mornings and run to an investigator's house and chop wood for them or help then do some yard work and then on Saturday we helped build a road, like cement and everything!! Now that is some tough work right there!! I was pretty sore after that one I will not lie!! 

We have been having trouble finding invesigators to teach or at least people that are truly interested in hearing about the gospel and willing to search and find out for themselves!! Cause there is a ton of people to sit and listen to ya but to find people who will actually do something after listening is the tricky part!! So we decided to do service to see if that would help us find more people and open their hearts more to the message that we bring!! We found some success, so we will see what happens there!! 

Our little old man, that is 80 years old came again to church!! He is freaking great!! It is going to be hard to baptize because he has to get married to his wife who is 30 years younger than him and he is not very big on the marriage part what so ever!! So that is our struggle there, but we will continue to work and help him understand the importance of marriage and eternal families. 

We also have a family of 8 that is great, they live like an hour away from the church so getting them to come is the hard part!! They are awesome though, the texas long horn picture I sent home was that families animal!! They are so funny, and I love visiting them!! 

The mission is great!! 

How is everyone doing with school winding down and summer is coming?? 

How are all the grandparents?? Please tell them all I said hello and that I love them please!! Well that is about it for the week!! 

I love you mother to the moon and back and then some!! 

I love you all and hope you have a great week and never EVER let your praying knees get lazy!!!! 

Con mucho amor,

Elder Leatherow

P.S. you should read the Ensign or the Liahona of Abril it is a great one!!!!

SHOCKER of all SHOCKERS

Dear Family,

Well this week was an absolutely crazy week for us here!! With the news that I will be coming home now in July and not in May was a hard one to take for me, I will not tell a lie, cause I was looking forward to seeing you all, so it was rough those couple of days but no use in crying over spilled milk right? 

We had our temple visit which was seriously awesome!!!!! I got to see people that I haven`t seen since the start of my mission like members or old investigators in older areas!!! WOW!!! The most crazy part is they all remembered me!! I was seriously like a little kid in a candy store!!!! Getting to see them all talk with them see how they are doing, how their conversion is, and it was seriously just perfect! Especially after the news that I would be staying until July!! 

Then General Conference as well this week, was a rough one to get lessons in, we were running every where and we had to go almost an hour in bus to watch conference, but SO WORTH IT!!!!!!! Conference was incredible my friends!! I learned so much, Literally every question I had was answered between those two days!!! I want to take a moment and THANK my father, for an amazing example he has been and still is for me!! He popped into my head several times and I would just think, my dad already does that! Dad you are amazing and the best dad any boy could ever of asked for in this life!! THANK YOU!!!!! Also, hit pretty hard about temple marriages so well  ~ I get home in July.... So I can`t wait to get home!!! But I still have some time so we will continue to work this is our last full week of the change so we will do all that we can, we are hoping to stay together, that would be awesome!! We will just have to wait and see though what the Lord has, I have learned to never be to sure on things, because just when you got everything figured out the Lord throws a fast one at ya!!

There was a talk by an Elder of the 70, his first name was Brent H. something, and he shared the conversion of his sister, and I honestly can say it had tears rolling down my face the whole time, because I could not stop thinking about LOGAN; TESS; AMANDI, AMBER. I KNOW now that they too will come back, we just need to LOVE, WAIT, and WATCH!! I loved that so much!! It was incredible folks, if you didn`t catch it go read it!!! 
Well sorry for talking your ears off just was a long crazy week, I will let ya all go for now. 
I love you mother to the moon and back and then some!! 
I love you all and hope you all have a great week!!

Con mucho amor,

Elder Leatherow