May 17, 2011

Hey,

Good, I'm glad to hear you are doing better.

This coming Wednesday Elder Gaverett of the 70 will be speaking to us. It sounds like he's pretty strict. Apparently, he is going to be conducting random apartment and car inspections, and the only lapel pins we are can wear are the mission pins President Moldenhaure gave us.

Hmmm. as far as conference talks, you might try President Monson's "The 3 R's Of Choice", and President Utchdorf's "Of Things That Matter Most". I don't know if there what your looking for but those are the talks that come to mind. I'll keep thinking about it and let you know if I come with any others I like.

I suppose we could go tracting to try and sweat off the steak Bro. Dillard fed us. It's been nice the last few days but it is starting to really get up there in the temps and humidity.

Today I'm going to try to send a package (no promises though) with some Etoufee* (A-to-Fay) mixes, (add water rice and meat) and a can of some spice like the one I sent but spicier. Maybe a few other things too.

Not much is happening around here, we moved our Investigators baptism date from May 21st to July 9th, because they need to be married. They are getting maried on July 2nd and the next saturday is the 9th. We also still have our date for the 20th of August, but that's not going to change. The work is going well.

Well, I'd better email Ethan and Cameron,
Love you guys bye

May 9, 2011

Hey there,

Yeah, I also kind of don't know what to talk about. Sis. Bowen is a great...in case you couldn't tell. That's where we had Mother's day dinner...Fried catfish..mmmm.

I just remembered, I'm sure it's not as good as true blue, southern, home cooked gumbo but they do sell some gumbo mixes at Walmart just add meat, water and maybe rice, and cook.
I might send you some of those to try for dad and Jacob.

Elder Tracy and I are both staying for another 6 weeks.

My profile is on mormon.org now. Type in Wes and you can find me. Also, if you go to their video section (click on the "Mormon TV" link at the top) there's a lot of cool videos there.

I was really touched by this one http://old.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/videos?channelId=ad1fcf6cdfeac110VgnVCM1000003a94610aRCRD&sourceId=674240dcb9d1a210VgnVCM100000176f620a____

It's getting pretty hot and sweaty. It's pretty much only nice now early in the morning or after the sun goes down at like 9:00, unless it's windy.

Well, I think I'll e-mail Cameron, and Ethan.

Love you guys!
bye

May 2, 2011

Hi Everybody!

Happy half Birthday and 17 month mark to me!
Whoahh that's weird!

Hmmm, when to call for Mother's day.... So, our church goes from 10-1 (Tx time) so 9-12 Ut time. We have ward council in the morning from 8:30-9:30 (Tx) so the morning probably won't work since we're supposed to call from a member's phone. We really haven't made any plans or talked to anyone about calling home, so I don't know what will happen. Let me know if dad get's his flight changed pushed back, I feel really sorry for him if he can't. In all likelihood I'll probably call in the evening, but I don't know. If dad can't get his flight moved maybe I could have him call me back, and then call you in a 3-way call so he can still be a part of it, if his plane has landed. Just let me know about dad's flight and that will probably be the major factor in when I call.

This past week was kinda rough. We didn't get a whole lot of lessons taught. We saw a lot of people, just didn't get a lot of lessons.

We're kind of at a stand still with our investigators. Richard is still waiting on his mom, to allow his baptism, and we havn't been able to teach our other investigators this week. They're still interested, we just havn't been able to teach them.

Tomorrow I get to go on exchanges with Elder Serdar again. I'm pretty excited about that.

Transfers are next week. I'm pretty sure I'm not getting transferred.

I had a realization this week. The atonement was designed to relive us from our sins AND our sorrows/disappointments. I already knew that but I didn't realize it until this week. Pretty neat.

I had better go,
Love you Bye

sorry there isn't more to write about

April 25, 2011

Hey,

So, when in the week do you sent the letter. I haven't been having trouble getting your emails. My email says I got it at 5:41 last night. It's probably because Monday P-day is a standard that SLC has set. That means all 50,000 missionaries are getting emailing. They are saying it takes 1-2 days. That's a lot of email.

As for the Focal Point, the mission news letter, whenever we have a baptism we submit the picture to the mission office and then it's up to the office staff what makes it in. I'm not sure that every picture of every baptism I've been apart of has been sent in. I know that Brother Dillard sends every baptism picture he takes to the mission office. The assistants even called us when Nate, Elder Gardner, and I were in jasper and asked us to send in a picture for the focal point and then it wasn't in the focal point, but then the same picture is in it 2-3 months in a row. So, I don't know. I am sure With Brother Dillard we will have a picture in it.

So this past week we set a Baptism date with this kid named Richard for Aug 20, 2011. The reason it is so far out is because that is the Saturday after he turns 18. Right now his mom won't let him get baptized, but her heart is being softened. Richard is really a miracle, he investigated/studied the church, by himself, prayed to know if it was true, then went against his mothers wishes and showed up at mutual one night where the missionaries met him. That was before I got here.

Do I miss Fred? A little I would've been fine with staying, but it was the right thing to move on.

I interviewed a 9 yr old boy named Joseph for baptism on Wednesday,(one of the Cleveland missionaries investigators). It was a cool experience. I don't know if District and Zone Leaders interviewed candidates for baptism when Dad was on his mission.

Today is our Zone P-day. We're meeting with all the other missionaries in the stake in Kingwood and having a BBQ, playing ultimate Frisbee, capture the flag, and soccer.

Thanks for the Easter packages. Yeah, we had somewhere to go. We went to the Thrifts, the older couple, who served their mission with the Cedarloft's in the Palmyra Temple.

I'd better srite Cameron. He's "so happy that you are coming home soon!" and then like 7 smiley faces.

love you guys~ Wesley

April 18, 2011

Hi Everyone,

That's so weird that Elder Gardner's (Nate) homecoming was yesterday! I don't think I really comprehend it. FYI: The story he told about Tiffany was an investigator in Jasper, she was baptized just before I got there.

Yeah, Bro. Dillard just takes pictures randomly, he takes a lot of "real" pictures.

It's week 4 of this transfer already, Holy Cow! Last Friday we went on exchanges with the Assistants, no real reason why (that I know of) we weren't rebuked at all. The assistants don't have their own area. Each transfer they go on exchanges with the Zone leaders, new missionaries and their trainers, and a few other companionship's. One of the assistants, (Elder Orndorff) was in my MTC District. This past week Elder Hoffman( the Stewart's cousin) got released as an assistant. I'm pretty sure to be with a missionary who was having problems with his companion. It was really weird, being in the middle of a transfer. Anyway, we had a lot of fun on the exchange, we split up and had a good time.

Our investigator Josh was baptized on sat. 4/16/11 as you know. It went well, I spoke on the gift of the Holy Ghost, and Elder Tracy spoke on Baptism.

On Wednesday we were supposed to be Paul Bearers for our Meal coordinator's Brother's wife..Long story. Anyway, we showed up and found out at the last second they didn't need us. Well, you can't just leave or break the caravan, that would just be rude. So, we went to the funeral service too. It was held in a Catholic Church. Fortunately, none of the family were practicing Catholics. Don't ask me why it was at a catholic Church. So, that was interesting.

After the funeral a member invited a lady he bumped into on a church tour/ lesson. She accepted. The only problem was that she wasn't there to learn, she was their to compare. It was one of the most frustrating lessons I have ever taught. In fact she preached Pentecostalism to us for half of the lesson. Aghhh.

I'm trying to tell more missionary stories, I hope I'm doing better.

We found out that one of our better investigators, Chis, is in jail now for traffic fines...something or other, hopefully he will be out soon. He's a member referral, we ate supper at his house on Wednesday. His wife/girlfriend (we're not sure) came to church with...I think it is his less active mother yesterday.

Oh, I haven't looked at the memory card you sent back yet, but I think the old guy was a less active member in Lake Chuck named, Dog...Yup he's a character. Was he in a power chair?

Well I'd better go,
Love you Guys