My Family!
Wow so good to hear from you and your adventures this last week! I am so glad that Tate and McCray and Shad got to see their hero this weekend! I as well got to see my hero this weekend as well! I want so so bad to someday be as Bold as Elder Holland, as Intelligent as Elder Uchtdorf as Meek as Elder Eyring and as Happy as our Prophet Thomas S. Monson!
I have had a week like you guys wont believe... Tuesday after i wrote you last my companion Elder Lopez received a phone call from the Assistants that blew us all for a loop! He was called to be the Secretary to the President in the middle of a transfer and would be leaving the next morning at 8... This was very weird that they would do this right now and not wait until next week when the transfer ends... So we packed up his stuff and he was on his way.... Well idk if it clicked to you that that leaves me to run my area in the most successful busy time the mission has seen... with 6 Baptisms coming up and not knowing my way around.... I literally did not even try to learn the area when i was with Elder Lopez because i figured i had another 2 months with him to learn it.... Boy was i wrong... only 1 month here and can only but spit sentences out in Spanish.... None of us knew who my new companion would be or where he would come from... well i didn't get anyone new... For the first time in the time of President Benton he formed a trio with Elder Quakenbush and Elder George the other Elders in my pension...When President came to get Elder Lopez we had an interview in my room and he told me that the Lord had told him this was what needed to be done and that i was ready... because the Lord qualifies those who he calls...
So that left us 3 to plan for our 6 baptisms this transfer and our 4 other dates for the next... and their 4 baptism for this transfer and 1 other date... So we immediately knelt in humble prayer as we begged the Lord to help us plan effectively to do all that we had been asked to do! We planned for the next hour how we would do this and get to the appointments we had already planned... we had to re arrange things so work on my side for half the time and their side for half the time...Remember how much running around we did before... It was nothing... We had the Help of the Assistants 2 days this week but we literally ran around in all of General Rodriguez.... 60 miles from one end to the other... we averaged 19 miles every day this week!!! I have NEVER EVER experienced anything like this... I LOVE IT SO MUCH! We laughed and laughed as we looked forward to the challenge that had been placed before us... as we tried to figure out together where to find our investigators house in my area... haha i am glad i kinda knew how to use a map! We missed all but 2 of our lunch appointments because I couldn't remember where they lived.... whoops! The best part about the whole thing is that one of the days we were ankle deep in water... when it rains here it rains really really good!
Well we got through the week and we were able to keep the Baptism of Brisa and her dad made it from Spain to witness it.. how special it was... She was so ready... but only very few knew it because she is so shy... but when she opens up she is such a little sweet heart! This was on Saturday morning!
Conference here is so differen, nobody has a TV to watch it at their house and our church doesn't have the big screen to watch it either so we had to travel to Moreno which is two hours away to watch it at the church there, so the church rented a bus and everyone met at the church and 65 people squished onto a bus no bigger than the ones we ride to school.
The people here have made me have such a greater love for the prophet, they were so so excited to listen to his words... the way they talked about Thomas. S. Monson was so sacred...haha so so amazing... the people have so much fun here, I love them because they are so lay ed back and they could care less what people think of them... Def. not like that in the States.... We all sang the hymns of zion in a bus full of hot sweaty Argentines!!! hahaha nothing i would rather be doing at this time in my life! Good news together we had 17 investigators come with us, 13 from the area of us and 4 from the area Elder George and Elder Quakenbush.
This is an all day event, we don't go to the session and then go back home and come back again, we go to the church and stay their till the last session ends! SO the first session here started at 1 in the after noon... the second at 5 and the the priesthood session was at 9... so by the time we got to bed it was past midnight and we were up at 6 knowing that we have to be exactly obedient in this work!
When set apart to be a missionary I am 100% positive we are set apart to have a better understanding and desire to listen and learn the gospel of Christ! As I sat in a room with Elder Goodworth listening to the sessions in English for 10 hours I was like Delanie watching Dora... I sat in amazement as I received more revelation there than I have thus far in my life, I know that those men are called of God and have the power to talk to the church in general conference but through the spirit to each one of us individually! I took 16 Pages of notes and I will pick and choose 5 of my favorite quotes with you.
If your looking for an easy church... this isn't the one! It is hard to be a latter day saint, but in the long run it is the only one that will bring you salvation... Boyd K Packer
I love this work... It is work.... So drag your families into the work with you so they too will know how to care for others! Henry B. Eyring
Families can be like ropes... as we all do our parts... like each individual strand woven together to make a strong rope we can do hard things... I loved this one because I thought of you guys and the fact you were watching those ropes in Vegas, it was by Richard J. Mayes
We often don't find the answers to our prayers when we are on our knees... but rather when we are on our feet serving others! Dieter F. Uchdorf
I have to go but what an amazing week it was... I feel so insignificant a I think I'm only one person but as I think of the power that we have holding the priesthood I know that I will be able to do hard things! I love this gospel... I love this work and I am SO proud to be a missionary and a member of it! I am a disciple of Jesus Christ and I will be ready when he comes!!!
I love you all
Keep it Real. Keep it Clean Keep it Sexy
With all the love I have
Elder Quade Clifford Foster
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