What a week you guys had, I love you mom and dad so much, you inspire me to be so much better! You guys are always so busy and willing to do whatever is asked of you, I sure hope I can grow into something you guys are.
I am so glad to hear that Shad and Tate are just tearing it up, did you mean to tell me that McCray is thinking about playing football next year? Wow that would be so so sick, do it, jaja! I'm also glad to hear that Delanie is behaving herself... She is so cute!!!!
Wow that is so crazy that Cole got his mission call, I'm excited for him and I know he is prepared to leave... and will be a great missionary, he is a dedicated kid and as he puts his time and talent into his mission he will see the success!
I also had a very good week ,we are teaching lots of people here in Catan and I am just humbled at the success that we are seeing just for being diligent and obedient.
This family we are teaching is so awesome! Mikayela is 16 and is such a happy bubbly girl, Florencia is a little timid but has opened up and loves to just talk about girl stuff she is 14 years, Ludmila is very smart and is the only one that likes going to school, she is 12 years, then there is Yamilla who loves to complete all of the homework we give her and is the most excited to be baptized, Claudio is 7 and is a little bummed out he cant get baptized yet but prays every night that I'm here in December so that I can baptize him jaja he is my little buddy, Walter is 28 and is such a positive happy man who has taken on the responsibility of being a father to all these kids who aren't even his... He is such a good dad and wants whats best for his family!
Salina is enjoying seeing her family change and really likes our visits... The family is all gangster!!! All of them have tattoos.... even the 10 year old Yamilla, they are super awesome and wear the gangster clothes and all! P.S.I bought some of the gangster pants and hope you enjoy the photo.
Gabriella and Jose are other investigators that we have that are super excited to get baptized but this week we found a little problem.. when they told us they were married they really meant they were both married before to other people but have been living with each other for the last 10 years and have two precious little girls!
Funny story, the little two year old Juliana was climbing all over me in sacrament and as you know its a rule we cant touch little kids, which kills me by the way cause you know how much I love little kids. So I was doing my best to keep her away and stay by her mom and still be reverent, and she just thought it was so funny and just laughed and laughed, her cute little laugh just made me smile and everyone was looking at us, it was super funny and reminded me just how much I love litttle kids... It made me miss Delanie a lot!
We are teaching a really great little lady named Susanne who is paralyzed from the waist down and is in a wheel chair, she is 52 and loves our visits. She has been studying with the Jehovah Witnesses but really likes our visits, she is confused of who is right and only needs to pray to know.
What a blessing it is to know that we have the Holy Spirit of the Lord on our side, we as missionaries can count on 100 percent that if our investigators ask with an open heart and with faith that they will receive their answers.
Mom I used your brownie recipe to make her brownies for her birthday, she was going to come to church but sent us a text and told us that her electronic wheel chair broke and when we went by it was true and we tried to fix it but it didn't work. She told us this was either a sign from God that she shouldn't come to our church... or a sign from the devil trying to keep her from finding the truth!!
Such a great lady, I honestly love so much talking with people and joking around with them making them feel good and comfortable! haha she told me I could win any girl I wanted with my brownies, haha I made the joke and told her yeah all of them except a diabetic and she was crying from laughing so hard.
We visited an old man named Pedro who got baptized like 6 months ago and he is SO sick, his body is slowly shutting down, he tells us the doctor's don't know what is wrong with him but that his whole body just hurts, it is something to do with his muscles, he gets really tired really fast and he can't even do the littlest things, it is hard to understand him because he gets tired from even talking and has to spit every minute or two because if not he drools cause he can't feel his saliva, so he just sits at home all alone all day. His wife died a year and a half ago.
Any way we visited with him and helped him put a smile on his face, we gave him a blessing of health and then taught him how to pray again so he can pray for himself, he gave the most humble pray I think I've heard on my mission, he just pleaded with God to take away his pain, he wanted to go to church but can't get there, he was in tears because he was lonely and missed his sweet heart.
He hates being alone, his prayer left me so humble and grateful and crying like a little child! I understand that sometimes we have to suffer to learn and to progress in this life but I don't know what else the lord wants from this poor man, I sure hope the Lord will give him the strength and take away his pain or not leave him to suffer and die!
Just a few of hundreds of experiences that have become so regular on my mission, but everyone leaves me just a little more humble than the other. I pray that I personally and that you as a family can count your blessings and thank the Lord for his tender mercies.
I love my mission so much and it makes me sad that the weeks are just getting faster and faster, I have so much to do and to learn and I just want to take advantage of each and every day that God allows me to wear the name of his only perfect son Jesus Christ on my chest! What a privilege!!!! I love you all so much and pray that your found good this next week in all that you do.
Keep it real, keep it clean, and keep it sexy!
Elder Foster
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| The gangster pants that are really common here. The crotch hangs down to your knees and they come in the craziest colors. They are so ugly but so Argentine - so I bought some green ones for myself. |
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| Family Salina Mikayla 16, Ludmila 14, Yamilla 10, Claudio 7 |
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| The Sanja Drainage from the bathrooms and all the household trash. |
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