New Shoes Are On The Way 03/15/2012

Elder Mather let us know that Quade's shoes were shot!

Mom thank you so much for all your efforts to put that package together,  Mom I couldnt bother you guys about my shoes because there are so many people here that walk around barefoot and who am I to complain about my shoes...if Elder Mather wouldnt have said anything I wouldnt have said anything at all but now that its all taken care of I am very greatful and I will walk myself right out of the next pair as well. How is it that Tyson got the shoes replaced... jaja I love the hush puppies as well.

Oh and just so you know I am saving at least one of everything of mine to put in a shadow box, imagine how cool it will be in my house to have 3 shadow boxes, one of football, one of my mission, and one of my wedding!!! It will be wonderful!!!

Well Elder Weiss and I had our last week of work together and we enjoyed every second of our time together, we worked until our very last seconds together and now he is enjoying his time on the final tour that all the missionaries do right before going home and he will be seeing his parents tomorrow.  He has been my favorite actual companion since now.... I finally found someone who has the same expectations as me and trys just as hard to live up to those expectations. Apart from all the success we had... I feel like I grew to know myself and where I stand with God and more of my purpose as a son of God and a holder of his divine Priesthood!

And as for me I have some pretty crazy news for you.... remember Elder Escobar my companion before Elder Weiss? Well he was called to be a zone leader with me... Its really crazy because we will be zone leaders together but be living in different apartments and work in different areas.... AND WE ARE BOTH TRAINING AT THE SAME TIME!!!! Im so excited to train, I am going to have a kid, I am going to be a dad in the mission, that is the terminology that we use between a new missionary and his trainer.

I should already be with him but thier visas got delayed and they will get here next Tuesday, so for now Elder Escobar and I are preparing the next steps in edifying our own piece of the Kingdom of God here in the zone of Gonzalez Catan!!!

I am so glad you could get to know Nate Mather this week and I am really excited for you to meet Elder Weiss, Mom I really appreciate what you said about touching shoulders with such good young men! I feel like that is one of the most special things about my mission is the relationships I have had with other missionaries but especially my companions,and the eternal principles that I have learned from each and every one of them.

I am really excited to keep in touch with them and see thier progess in life! Im also SO SO SO SO SO STOKED TO BE A TRAINER!!!! I CANT WAIT TO JUST TAKE WHOEVER IT IS AND JUST LOVE THEM AND TAKE THEM IN AND SERVE THEM AND TEACH THEM AND CORRECT THEM AND ALL ELSE THAT COMES WTIH THIS SACRED RESPONSIBILITY!!!

Thank you mom for taking the iniciative to start my school work,  I will do what ever you ask of me here  as long as its in the rules of course!!! jaja I am excited to go to school with my mission friends and those who I went to high school with and of course my little bro GREGORY!!! jaja Its gonna be a blast!

I AM IN LOVE WITH THE MISSION LIFE!!! I really am! Im enjoying it all so much! I am a little nervous about the responsibilty that the Lord has entrusted in Elder Escobar and I to guide the biggest zone in the mission, to be a trainer, and do it all hardly seeing each other only a few hours everyweek... The mission is very very young and I am  now one of the oldest... super weird cause I just barely crossed the half way mark.

For example 13 of the 22 zone leaders left with Elder Weiss and we recieved 20 new missionaries... only 6 leave this next transfer and we get 20 more new missionaries... so we are growing and we are really young, and President has to find trainers for all these new kids so we are seeing Leaders that have to train, as well as very young kids having to train like I did In Rodriguez... We are also seeing some very young leaders which will be a very good thing for the mission!

Im excited about the new training program.. Its gonna take me back through the basics and I am so ready for that! We just got DVD players so we can watch the Preach my gospel videos, It is gonna be so much fun! 

Tyson Hanson helped us get new shoes for Quade in a hurry
 to send with Elder Weiss' parents.
We were so thankful for Tysons help.

Well that is all the time I have for this week, sorry its been so crazy... I just wanted to tell you and dad your doing great working out! I as well am working on my fitness... I gotta get put back together before I come home jaja!! Keep on living the Dream!!!

Love Elder Foster 

Elder Ben Weiss is going home - He is a great leader 03/2012

Elder Ben Weiss from Utah and Elder Quade Foster from Idaho

Hey I dont know if I will get much of an email off but I wanted to let
you know that Elder Weiss reports the 8th of April! He is going to
call you when he gets home so he can give you directions but it should
be a thrilller cause he is one of the best thier is! No Doubt!

This week has been a week of small joys that make my world go round
here in Argentina, Elder Lee and Elder Kezerian broke a great barrier
and had 5 people in church and it is so great because they have been
working so hard to do that.

A district that we have been worried about their progress exploded this week and had 7 baptisms! Im super excited for this month of March we are armed and ready for battle! Elder Weiss and I are getting things ready for when he leaves so we can continue to grow as a zone a reach our potential.

The 17th of March we are having a super baptism where the whole zone
brings all thier investigators to our church for a huge stake baptism.
So we are in the planning for that, Elder Weiss and I are preparing 2
or 4 people for that date but I will be with my new companion when they get
baptized! Im hoping for a Latin Comp... I love the latin people they
just are so wonderful... and I am not gonna lie my Spanish has slipped a
little being with Elder Weiss for 3 months, we talk most of the time
in Spanish but at night as we talk before we go to bed we express ourselves in English.

By the way if you would like to send anything Elder Weiss said his
parents are more than happy to bring things for me if you guys feel
the need or desires to they are coming to pick him up and spend a
week working with him in the work. They would be a great couple to
talk to if you have any questions about traveling to visit
missionaries they have done it 9 times!

This week is Zone Confrence so that should be a spiritual treat, I am
sure I will get your package when we go to the confrence I will let you
know that next week. It is starting to cool off here and we had a few
strong days of rain this last week which has been really nice, how is
the weather there?

Well thats all for now.. I dont have the email from Mom yet so I will
have to wait till next week to comment on the week..

I love you all and hope your spending lots of time together!

Love Elder Foster