Family and Friends,

The Franks family came to church again on Sunday. The progression is
moving quickly and he will be ready to have a baptismal date this week.
He is going to see a baptism on Saturday with his family which will be
perfect. It is always exciting to see that when people live the gospel
and start to come to church, their lives start to change. It's been
fun to see the change in him and the growth he has already had.

Love,
Austin

Hello Dad,

I think it is crazy that it is June of 2015. I never thought that this time would come. I have about 2 months left on my mission and that is a scary and exciting thought. We are working really hard right now though. We have found a handful of new people to teach and are working to help them progress. A couple of them are agnostic, meaning they do not believe in God, but they don't doubt that there is a God. It is hard to teach them because they just find something to go against the ideas that are brought up.

We had a family come to church which was great! The mans name is Frank Delveckio and he is a nice guy. He has 3 children, Hope (9), Aiden (7), and Madeline (5). They are smart kids and LOVED primary. Please continue to keep them in your prayers that they will continue to have the desire to come to church and meet with us.

I don't think that I ever wrote about our bike crash the other week. This is a good story! Elder Jensen and I got let in while we were tracting. The Family was Muslim and the fathers name was Habibula. Crazy right? But we got out late and had to be at a members home for a lesson. We started to bike fast and head to this shortcut that cuts right to the Johnsons home. It had rained that day and it is a path that is surrounded by trees and stays pretty wet. There was this bridge and as we went over it I heard a thud behind me and when I turned, I saw Elder Jensen down. But as I turned to look I lost my balance and fell as well. We both layed there for a second and then we both started to laugh!! I have a funny picture to show you the damages we took.

I love you! Have a great week and be safe.

Love,

Elder Westover

Hello Everyone!

I have been transferred to the Fair Oaks Ward! I am serving with Elder
Jensen and I am very excited. Our address is:

13102 Autumn Woods Way #B
Fairfax, Va 22033

I am planning to write you soon! I love you and am excited to hear
from you. It's nice to have more time to write and stay in contact! :)

I am now serving in the Fair Oaks Ward and have loved it so far! The
members have been very supportive and willing to help. The Bishop is
VERY passionate about missionary work and we are getting a new Ward
Mission Leader in the next few weeks. President Riggs sent him an
email telling him that I was coming to the ward and it made him very
happy. I just thought it was funny that President did that but I am
not complaining about that.

It has been fun serving with Elder Jensen! We have been able to relive
funny moments and to talk about the great Ft. Belvoir days. I love
being with him. It has just been very clear to me since being here
that this is where I need to be. That is always a good feeling.

I love you Dad. We are going to the driving range today. It should be
fun! Love you lots.

Elder Westover

Dad,

It has been a great week. On Saturday, Jason had his baptism which was
a really neat experience! it has been fun to see him learn and grow
and really take the gospel into his life. We have been teaching him
for just over a month and he has always kept his commitments and has
always been willing to learn and to grow. He is 19 years old and at
one point had wanted to go into the military as a marine but he has
recently been thinking about serving a mission for the Church. During
fast and testimony meeting he got up and shared  his testimony and it
was very powerful. A lot of the ward is very excited and has done well
in fellowshipping him and helping him feel good as he comes to church.
I will make sure to send pictures to you.

This past week, we finished up all of the zone conferences for the
entire mission. It has been fun going from conference to conference
and continuing to get to know the missionaries better. This round of
zone conferences, we talked about people and the importance of listening to our
investigators. We got a lot of positive feedback and hope that it will
help the missionaries to be better teachers and listeners to both the
investigators and to the spirit. This coming week, we will have lots of
meetings including some half mission conferences tomorrow, departing
temple trip on Wednesday,y MLC on Thursday and return report on Friday.
That should keep us pretty busy during our week

It sounds like you had a fun trip for the father and sons outing. I
remember those days and they were a lot of fun. That is crazy to hear
that Kayla has already finished finals for this semester. I feel as if
she just got home from her mission a couple of weeks ago. Is she
planning to work for the summer up in Logan? I think that would make
the most sense. Yes, our new mission president will be president David
Huntsman. It will also be weird because I will only be here for one
transfer while he is the mission president. I feel like I have gotten
to know President Riggs really well so it will be strange to have a
new mission president right at the end. I am excited to meet him
though and can't wait to see the direction he takes the mission.

President Riggs has also given me permission to apply for school and
to take care of those needs as they come. Are there any suggestions or
tips in terms of preparing to apply for school? I am hoping to start
in the fall semester coming up because I want to continue to move
forward and not have too long of a down. I am hoping that it will be
possible for me to apply before that time. Also, for this upcoming Sunday, my companions and I need to sit down and plan for when we want
to Skype. With the mission office having Wi-Fi capabilities, it might
make sense to do it here. Once I have figured out a time, I will let
you know so that you can be prepared for that. I am excited to hear
from you and to talk with you all.

That's all for me this week I love you and hope you have a great week be safe.

Austin

Hello Family and Friends,

I am sorry that I was not able to take the time to email this past
week. Please forgive me! I will tell you about all the crazy things
that have happened in the past 2 weeks. I will start with the week
before this last one.

Transfer week! On Wednesday, we had to set up a booth at NOVA
Community College for some religious diversity week. That was actually
a cool experience because people would walk up to you and ask you what
the Book of Mormon was or what we believe about Jesus Christ. The
funny part was that this one guy at a booth kept coming up to the
other booths and wanted to "discuss" the Bible. When he came up to our
table he was very friendly but you could tell he wanted to debate with
us about religion. Of course we did not give in but it was fun to chat
with him.

Also, we went to the airport to pick up new missionaries. I enjoy
seeing the excitement they have but you can tell they are pretty
nervous. After we get the luggage and round them all up, we take the 5
minute drive or so into DC and show them the Lincoln Memorial. I
remember when we did that when I came in and that helped make it feel
real. It is an enjoyable time! That night, we go back to the Mission
Home and we eat a great dinner and share a little powerpoint about our
mission. That is probably one of my favorite days in terms of being an
assistant.

After President does interviews, we re-evaluate who should be training
what missionary. We all felt good about the trainers and so we started
to plan for an upcoming event. Sister Riggs volunteered to say a
prayer and right after the prayer was said, President Riggs decided to
make some changes. Elder White was going to be one of the trainers and
was already told that but President Riggs felt like he should be an
assistant. After a discussion, we agreed and so now I am in a trio
with both Elder Walters still and Elder White! Crazy how it all worked
out. The 3 W's.

We decided not to tell Elder White that night but to tell him right
before transfers. He was all ready to train a new missionary and then
he learned that he would be with us. He was excited because we are
both very good friends with Elder White. It has been a lot of fun
having him here with us and the trio life is a blast!

Now let me explain about this last week. The reason we did not email
on Monday is because President Riggs really wanted to bike the W&OD
Trail. His whole time being here he has wanted to do it but just never
made it a priority. The reason the bike ride is cool is because you go
from one end of the mission to the other. It is a 45 mile ride. You'll
have to look it up on the internet later and see the trail. It is so
cool to see the different terrains and places. We started the ride at
about 10 and finished just after 2. We got back and we were exhausted
so we passed out and at that point had very little time to email. I
will try and send some form of pictures.

On Thursday, there was a big Mission President Seminar where all the
Mission Presidents got together with a few General Authorities and had
a big Seminar from Thursday to Saturday. We were assigned to be the
chauffeurs for those that flew in. We went to Dulles Airport in the
morning to pick up a big group of Mission Presidents and then
transported them to the Hotel they would be at. It was very exciting
to see all the different Mission Presidents And the personalities they
have. After dropping them off, we drove to Reagan and picked up Elder
Kacher, Elder Perkins, and Elder Hallstrom with there wives. We drove
for an hour with them and got to ask them questions and had great
discussions with them. That was such a neat day.

Saturday afternoon, we took the Mission Presidents to the airport and
before dropping them off, we went to the Dulles Air and Space Museum
and showed them around. I had never been there so I thought that was
such a cool day! It is incredible all the different things to see in
that building. I also have pictures of that.

It has been busy! I love you and am excited to hear about your week!

Love,
Elder Westover

Family and friends,

Happy Easter to you! For Easter, we went to President Riggs home early
in the morning to plan for our upcoming round of Zone Conferences.
After planning, we ate some REALLY good French Toast and did an Easter
egg hunt with his family. That was a lot of fun and I enjoyed that
leading into conference that morning.

Zeph got baptized! It was a nice and short service and he was just
extremely happy about that day. It was his 21st birthday on the 2nd so
that was a very special day for him. His family came and they were
happy for him. I enjoy watching the Atonement change people's lives,
including mine. I'm thankful I had the opportunity to help Zeph take
another step toward coming to Christ. He will be confirmed this
upcoming Sunday in Sacrament Meeting because this week was General
Conference.

Speaking of GC, I was extremely impressed by some of the talks and
counsel given. On my mission, the more I have come to understand the
gospel, the more that the talks have started to really apply to my
life. It's hard to remember all the names of who said what, but a few
messages jumped out to me.

1. The Family is super important!! We need to strive to develop strong
family relationships and allow our families to be a place where the
Gospel is taught.

2. Agency in the role of the Plan of Salvation. It's not necessarily
just keeping the commandments, but it's about making right choices
every single time because that is the kind of person you have become.
I think that this is where I see myself needing the most improvement.
I just want to be the person that has so much light in my life that
when temptations come, it easy to resist.

3. Faith in Jesus Christ. In the church as a whole, I think we need to
trust just a little bit more. It's hard for me at times to really
fathom all that he did and so I might shrug it off. It really is
amazing to se the power of the Atonement come into your life,
especially when receiving additional strength.

Transfer week! Busy times ahead for us. We are both staying and so
that is good. Wish me luck and hopefully we can get some sleep! I am
excited for the companionships this transfer.

Love you Dad. I am exited for the next priesthood session of
conference! Have a good week.

Elder Westover