The Lujan Zone Elder Foster sitting front and center with Elder Quackenbush |
Hey Family,
Well your all officially done with school for this year, wow how time flies. Sounds like life at the Foster house is just how I left it. I am so glad you are all having fun and I know you will all have an amazing summer. I am bummed I cant look at the photos you sent to me - I look forward to seeing them all but I can never pull them up. It is all good you can just send me a package with all of the good ones, and please don't forget the football pics of Tate and I
So Is McCray still in my room? Wow a new bed for McCray's birthday is sweet... that definitely doesn't exist here in Argentina! Sounds like he had a rocking 16th! Who all came over? I'm sure Greg will love dating... Can I just tell you guys that everyone that sees our family pictures thinks we are all movie stars, kid you not every single time they ask me if we are in the movies... Mom and Dad you did a good job... You got some good genes! hahaha!
McCray I'm stoked to here your first date stories and all your dating experiences, please tell me all about them... Oh Mom and McCray did you get my letters yet? I haven't gotten Tate's yet but I did get the package of chap stick from grandma and grandpa and the little girls are in heaven with the lip gloss.
Mom my dream about the Nelson boys was pretty random but very cool... I had another one this week... The Nelson boys are going to be stud missionaries, I had a dream that all of them served honorable full time missions and our family and theirs was at La VUELTA, a restaurant here sharing our mission experiences but we were all our same age.... like Payton and Shad were little boys talking about their missions!
And congrats on all the rodeo and stuff your such studs and I'm sure you'll do great at state as well. So Tate is really liking Aubrey then? haha I have no idea where he would have got that idea to have her come with you on the family trip... But she must be a sweet girl to get the permission from you guys to come! So I'm really interested in the truck and car situation and what you decide to do... You'll have to let me know as soon as you know! So why are you going to California next month?
The reunion I thought that was next year.. haha doesn't matter but mom maybe you could take a day and go visit the family of Elder Quackenbush... he lives in San Diego, and by the way... HE IS STAYING ONE MORE TRANSFER!!!! He is going to be the leader of the District and will stay! I am so excited we are going to have to work out a plan this transfer because we both feel terrible health wise, he was a football player and wrestler as well. My companion Elder Balvin completed 2 years in the mission this week and I admire his diligence because he hasn't skipped a beat and I don't image he will ever falter when he returns home. Such a stud and example.
This week was a very crazy, active, exciting week... WE NOW HAVE BIKES IN OUR AREA!!! We are the largest area and the president realized it in all his visits with the assistants so he sent us 300 pesos to buy used bikes.We searched all week and found 4 bikes, we had to use personal money to buy the locks and helmets but I was more than willing HAHA what a blessing.
So remember how all our baptismal dates fell apart last week? We prayed and had a miracle happen... Mariline prayed and wanted to be baptised, we prepared her to be baptised this last weekend and it was nuts, she works until 8:30 at night so we got permission from the president and taught her and arrived to the pench at 10 in time to plan and go to bed by 10:30.
She had her interview on Saturday and passed, the bad part is she was going to be baptised Sunday... yesterday on her Birthday!!! But... she was with her friends for her birthday and had a glass of alcohol with her friends, literally an hour after telling the zone leaders her interview she wanted to live the law of health.
We found this out 40 min before her baptism on Sunday because she arrived late, it had already been announced and the font was filled and everything and we had to CANCEL the baptism until the next transfer and now we have to pass by and teach her more about repentance and the power of the atonement.
Again words cant describe how physically sick that made me... my companion is a very passionate kid and we spend a lot of time in tears together.
But on a very good note... WE HAD 213 BAPTISMOS THIS TRANSFER... a 3 peat... 3 transfers in a row we have had 200 or more baptisms.
This work is growing and it wont stop for anything, Elder Balvin and I didn't have the transfer that we wanted numbers wise, but that doesn't mean anything. We still had so much success and I learned so so so much, I look forward to this next transfer, we have committed ourselves to finish what we started and baptise and work with those that are really close and find another family.
I love my mission and I love these people!
Keep it real. Clean. and Sexy and may the lord bless you all this week in all you do!!!
Love Elder Foster
So Is McCray still in my room? Wow a new bed for McCray's birthday is sweet... that definitely doesn't exist here in Argentina! Sounds like he had a rocking 16th! Who all came over? I'm sure Greg will love dating... Can I just tell you guys that everyone that sees our family pictures thinks we are all movie stars, kid you not every single time they ask me if we are in the movies... Mom and Dad you did a good job... You got some good genes! hahaha!
McCray I'm stoked to here your first date stories and all your dating experiences, please tell me all about them... Oh Mom and McCray did you get my letters yet? I haven't gotten Tate's yet but I did get the package of chap stick from grandma and grandpa and the little girls are in heaven with the lip gloss.
Mom my dream about the Nelson boys was pretty random but very cool... I had another one this week... The Nelson boys are going to be stud missionaries, I had a dream that all of them served honorable full time missions and our family and theirs was at La VUELTA, a restaurant here sharing our mission experiences but we were all our same age.... like Payton and Shad were little boys talking about their missions!
And congrats on all the rodeo and stuff your such studs and I'm sure you'll do great at state as well. So Tate is really liking Aubrey then? haha I have no idea where he would have got that idea to have her come with you on the family trip... But she must be a sweet girl to get the permission from you guys to come! So I'm really interested in the truck and car situation and what you decide to do... You'll have to let me know as soon as you know! So why are you going to California next month?
The reunion I thought that was next year.. haha doesn't matter but mom maybe you could take a day and go visit the family of Elder Quackenbush... he lives in San Diego, and by the way... HE IS STAYING ONE MORE TRANSFER!!!! He is going to be the leader of the District and will stay! I am so excited we are going to have to work out a plan this transfer because we both feel terrible health wise, he was a football player and wrestler as well. My companion Elder Balvin completed 2 years in the mission this week and I admire his diligence because he hasn't skipped a beat and I don't image he will ever falter when he returns home. Such a stud and example.
This week was a very crazy, active, exciting week... WE NOW HAVE BIKES IN OUR AREA!!! We are the largest area and the president realized it in all his visits with the assistants so he sent us 300 pesos to buy used bikes.We searched all week and found 4 bikes, we had to use personal money to buy the locks and helmets but I was more than willing HAHA what a blessing.
So remember how all our baptismal dates fell apart last week? We prayed and had a miracle happen... Mariline prayed and wanted to be baptised, we prepared her to be baptised this last weekend and it was nuts, she works until 8:30 at night so we got permission from the president and taught her and arrived to the pench at 10 in time to plan and go to bed by 10:30.
She had her interview on Saturday and passed, the bad part is she was going to be baptised Sunday... yesterday on her Birthday!!! But... she was with her friends for her birthday and had a glass of alcohol with her friends, literally an hour after telling the zone leaders her interview she wanted to live the law of health.
We found this out 40 min before her baptism on Sunday because she arrived late, it had already been announced and the font was filled and everything and we had to CANCEL the baptism until the next transfer and now we have to pass by and teach her more about repentance and the power of the atonement.
Elder Foster and Elder Balvin Rain can't stop the Lord's work |
But on a very good note... WE HAD 213 BAPTISMOS THIS TRANSFER... a 3 peat... 3 transfers in a row we have had 200 or more baptisms.
This work is growing and it wont stop for anything, Elder Balvin and I didn't have the transfer that we wanted numbers wise, but that doesn't mean anything. We still had so much success and I learned so so so much, I look forward to this next transfer, we have committed ourselves to finish what we started and baptise and work with those that are really close and find another family.
I love my mission and I love these people!
Keep it real. Clean. and Sexy and may the lord bless you all this week in all you do!!!
Love Elder Foster
Elder Foster and Gonzalo Estaca Not for sure who has the bigger smile |
Elder Quackenbush with his companion and their baptisms Elder Foster has learned many things from Elder Quackenbush |