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| Pretending to be Superman - The Argentine people tell me I look like the actor that plays Superman. |
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| JUST A JOKE - When an Elder leaves they say he dies. Elder Balvin packing his bags. I will miss him! |
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| Elder Balvin and Elder Foster @ the baptism of the five Rodriguez children. Pres. and Sis. Benton attended just 10 days before they leave the mission. |
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| This is what a rain storm does to the streets in General Rodriguez. Crazy!!!! |
So I'm at the cyber a little earlier today we came at 1 instead of 4 and I haven't received a letter from you yet so I pray that all is good with you! I know you had a busy week getting the stuff finalized with the trek and I have been praying as well that all went as planned and the Trek to Martins Cove was enjoyed for all those who went! I also know the boys had state rodeo this weekend and I have been thinking about them a lot and all their preparation and I hope it all payed off and they were able to enjoy their state rodeo!
So as you know this was my final week with elder Balvin and as we speak he is eating lunch with his family in Peru! He flew out this morning at 6! We had a very very special week and I wanted to dedicate it to DAD FOR FATHERS DAY!!! FELIZ DIA DE PADRE POPS!!! We baptized the 5 Rodriguez kids this weekend... the miracle family that we found 2 weeks ago! It was an amazing day... PRESIDENT BENTON and HERMANA BENTON came to visit... so special because they only have 10 days left on their mission and for them to take the afternoon and come visit us was very special... Their time is very precious now! They picked up the kids and the mom up in his SUV and brought them to the baptism... they had never been in such a nice vehicle and prob. wont ever get that chance ever again! Javier y Lucia aren't going to get baptised because their dad is so so Catholic... I had a realization this week... I used to think that Satan was the cause of everything when something went bad... But sometime we need to think that the Lord has his hands in it all too and maybe it just wasn't the time for them to receive this sacred ordinance! Yamilla wasn't able to do her interview this weekend so we will shoot for this upcoming weekend!
And now the news you prob. have been waiting to hear... Who will be my comp for the next little while... well I'm in a trio with Elder Quackenbush and Elder Salazar... But only until tomorrow when I receive my Hijo!!! In the mission when an Elder trains another Elder who is just coming into the mission he is called el Padre and the new elder is his Hijo or Son... Yeah that is right I will be training a new missionary... President Benton after the baptism this weekend had his final interview with Elder Balvin and after called me into his office and told me he was trusting me with this responsibility and he feels very strongly that I need to be his comp even though I only have 4 months in the mission... Missionaries don't train until they have a year in the mission... for example Elder Goodworth just received his hijo this transfer... Elder Quackenbush hasn't trained yet and he has 14 months in the mission.... although I'm sure he will next transfer! I feel overwhelmed because the success of the area depends on my work and what I teach him and all that is included in training... But I know that Pres. Benton is called of God to receive revelation for the mission and I'll do what he asks me to do!!! I don't know who he is or where he is from but I'll find out tomorrow!!!
So President Benton leaves in 10 days and we will miss him so much,,, we watched a video on the numbers and all that has changed since he has been here and everything has doubled if not tripled... He really has done miracles in the mission!!! He told us that he feels that things will only grow with Pres. Carter but he needs our help and Obedience to make it possible.. This Thursday we are going to have a big reunion to say goodbye to Pres Benton and eat and all this should be a great time!!! Pres. Carter I have a feeling will change a lot of things and drop the Cain on Obedience!!! Oh speaking of Obedience... we received a message from Pres. Benton and his main topic was Obedience and he focused on Face Book... PLEASE CHANGE MY PASSWORD... if you haven't already done it... and then write it down so you wont forget it please.. because Pres. Benton told us its important to have one after to keep in touch with your converts and give them words of encouragement... PLEASE!
I sure hope you have a fun time in California this weekend and take lots of photos... Oh I received your package of photos and it only took 10 days to get here so that was really good! Thanks so much it was SO SO SO good to see them and show them to my comp and all my investigators! The announcements are really awesome and its great to see them all.... I heard Allen Messick has his papers in so you'll have to tell him congrats and let me know where he goes! I don't know what beach you'll be at but Elder Quackenbush wants me to give you his address in case you happen to be close to talk to his mom... so here it is.... her name is Cheryl as well and I hope you get the chance to talk about your beloved missionaries!!!
Mom we had our interviews with Pres. Benton this week and one thing he told us to do is to have our moms keep an eye on who they think we should marry... So if you see someone who you think would be good for me in a short year and a half... Pres. Benton said if she is good in the eyes of your mom she is good in the eyes of the lord! So keep an eye out and send me any inspirations you feel!!! haha haha
I love you all and I just received your emails Mom and Dad and I was hoping to get to chat with you live for a few min... but wow it was a crazy week huh? HAHAHA the life of the FOSTERS!!!! I dont have much time now but CONGRATS TATE!!! when are nationals? where are nationals? and are you ready to step up your game?
I love you all so much and look forward to your email next week to see how you are all doing and to tell who will be my hijo and how the work continues!
Keep it real, Keep it clean, Keep it sexy
Que Dios lo Bendigas en todo lo que hacen esta semana
Cuidense Mucho
Elder Quade Foster
P.S. its been great talking to you mom! I hope you like the pictures... the knife one is a joke.. when a missionary leaves they say they die... and the missionary that they are with they say that you kill them... so for this reason I have a knife getting ready to kill Elder Balvin as he packs his bags!
I have gotten a lot of comments I look like the actor of super man so I took this photo with Elder Balvin acting like superman... but with my 200 baptism shirt on that we got for reaching 200 baptisms!!!
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