Hey Family!!!
I hope all is well at home I am here again in the cyber writing the email for the week and I don't have one from you yet so I'll hope I get one before I need to go... We have to come much earlier now because all the kids got out of school for the winter and the cybers are always full... so if you could it would be good to write sooner... But it is all good I don't worry about a thing because II know mom is always on top of things!!!
Well I received my new comp... ( my hijo) His name is Elder Castro from Peru! He is 27 years old and doesn't look like it... He is the only member in his family and has only been a member of 2 years! WHAT FAITH!!! It really amazes me that 2 years ago he knew nothing and now he wants to share what he knows with others! He is a strong convert and I'm proud of the missionaries that taught him 2 years ago! He is a little different than Elder Balvin... Its always different when there are changes and hard to adjust but after a week I feel like we will be a good team! As for now I honestly can't understand him very good... I don't know if all the people from Peru speak like he does but it's REALLY DIFFERENT!!! It sounds like he has lived in China and In Canada but speaks spanish! It is a really high pitched whiny spanish and always says (ehhh) like in Canada! But on the other side of things he can't really understand the people of Argentina! It is crazy how much of affect the accent has depending where you live... I wonder how it will be when I try to speak with my friends after the mission! But just so you know Argentina spanish is hated in other countries because its the only country that speaks like we do... But I like being different and I think the language here is beautiful!!!
He came into the mission at a pretty hard time.... Its really cold here now... It's a cold that cant be beat.... and he wasn't prepared for that so he complains a lot... But I just don't say anything and I know he´ll figure out that by telling himself he is cold... will in fact make him colder! We have a little prob in the pench.... we don't have running water... so all the water we drink we buy... and we have to put it in a bucket and warm it up and share it to take sponge bathes... haha the adventures of the mission.... I might just shower every 2 days now because it is really hard to bathe myself and then try to get warm again...
I was super humbled this week... The families we are teaching practically live in card board houses... Honestly Mccray and Jake Walchli have made better forts than these houses.... When I begin to have a thought that I'm cold or we have it hard.... I look around and cant stand myself for even having these thoughts... They literally sleep on the cold mud floor with blankets... COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS!!!!!
But on another note we have a baptism this weekend of a teenage kid named Benjamin... He is a little model boy for a company called Narrow... His mom signed him up and now they have tons of money just because he has a good face!!! Haha! Reminds me a lot of Justin Bieber!!!! He is such a humble kid and realizes he is blessed and wants to be more humble and help other people! He is a stud and wants to help us do service... We are teaching other families and should have more fetches this week!!! On a REALLY GOOD NOTE... 26 of my 31 converts were in church today even though it was FREEZING!!!! I'm such a happy kid that they are still active!!!!!!!!I
President Benton leaves in 3 days and this week we went to say goodbye and all got to take pictures with them... he is a special man... I wouldn't be surprised if he is called to be a seventy or maybe even a 12! I cant wait for the day you get to meet him!!!! The last advice he gave us was about our future wives and the things we can and cant do.. the things they should and shouldn't have.... it was interesting this was his last advice.... But it was very useful and I'll pull out these notes in 1 year and a half!!! AHHHH can you believe I will complete 6 months in the mission this week? I honestly can't believe it and its going by way to fast! I still have so much to do and way to much to learn! I have written in my journal every single day so I can share my sacred experiences with you guys when I return!!!!
JUST READ YOUR LETTER SOUNDS LIKE LIFE CONTINUES AND YOUR ALL SUPER BLESSED!!!!
I love you all so much and I hope you will all count your blessings because we are more blessed than we can even imagine!!!!
Con Mucho Amor
Elder Foster
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| Elder Foster with new companion Elder Castro from Peru - he is 27 years old. |
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| President and Sister Benton as they leave the mission. Elder Quade Foster loves and admires them both. |
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