Baptism of Jeffer Wilson

 Baptism of Frank Delvecchio

Aiden Delvecchio at Man-richment

Family and friends,

Thursday night, I got a call from one of my former companions who is
still serving in the office. It was great to talk to him and he
informed me that someone we  had taught named Eddie Ramirez was being
baptized on Saturday! I was shocked. Let me give you the background.

President Riggs had us go on an exchange with some missionaries
serving in Gainsville. Although Gainsville was about 45 minutes away
from where we lived, it was still part of our area. I went to
Gainsville with Elder Snell, and while we were out, we met a man named
Eddie Ramirez. We had a good conversation with him on his back porch
but it was obvious that he had some mental disorders. He could speak
and understand just fine, but just struggled with being social and
something seemed off.

As we left his apartment complex, I told Elder Snell, "Don't you think
that Eddie would do great in a singles ward?" He looked at me and
said, "Thats a great idea, what is the singles ward up this way?" A
few seconds later he finally realized what I was saying. He agreed to
let us teach him and so my companion and I started working with him.

After a month of teaching him, Eddie was going to go back to his
country of Guatemala for about 2 months and so at that point we lost
contact. We were bummed but when he got home, the plan was to teach
him. After that point, we kept trying to find him but never caught
him. His phone did not work so the only way to contact him was to
drive the 45 minutes to Gainsville. After no luck a few times I left
the area.

Turns out, the sisters in the Gainsville ward, ended up knocking right
into him and he had been home for only a couple days. Instead of
passing him to us, they passed him to the Spanish ward. They taught
him the rest of the lessons and then he ended up being baptized on
Saturday! It was a cool experience to see how God knew where he was
and that he was not going to fall away from the missionaries.

I have some plans that I want to do but I need to confirm when we will do it. That's my job this week, is to get things somewhat finalized. The training is good. He is a cool kid and so it's been easy. I hope that he will continue to work hard after I'm gone. That way the things we have done can hopefully stick with him.  I've heard from Kayla, but not about much details. I am happy for her, she seems happy and so I am happy!

Hello Dad,

Elder Jensen is home now. My new companion is Elder Overstreet. He is
fresh from the MTC and is from West Jordan Utah. It's been fun so far
to be a trainer and he is a good kid. This is my first companion that
I am older then in age. I guess it had to come at some time right?

President Riggs leaves tomorrow and President Huntsman arrives
tomorrow. We will have the opportunity to meet him on Friday. It's a
really weird time but it's also super exciting to have a new person to
meet, even if it will be short. The Riggs are going to take a big trip
on the way home and will be back in Arizona around the 20th of July.
He made me promise him that once I got home I would get in contact
with which was an easy commitment to accept.

For the 4th, the ward is doing a big breakfast at the church, but
beyond that we don't have many plans. During the week, we will have to
ask around and see what people are doing. It's hard to even believe
that it's already the 4th of July. I completely forgot until they had
made an announcement at church about it. It should be a fun day
though. Hopefully we can meet lots of people in the area and build
some connections with new people.

Frank came to church again! He has almost finished the Book of Mormon,
and we are really trying to get a baptismal date set up with him. The
ward is very excited and they really want him to get baptized and join
the church. We might be able to do something with him on the 4th!

Have fun up in Utah. Send lots of pictures and play a lot of fugitive
for me. 

Love,
Elder Westover

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

Dad,

I don't have a ton to write about this week but it actually went pretty
smooth. On Wednesday, we went to the Temple with the Departing
Missionaries which is always great. It is a privilege to go once a
transfer because our mission rule is once every 6 months. Zeph is
doing well and his baptism is for this Thursday. We are hoping to
finish up the lessons quick and have him be ready. He is excited and
will be great!

I am not 100 percent sure with my release date but I can send
a picture that might help. I am jealous you were with Uncle Ernie and
Aunt Fran. That would be so fun to talk and catch up, especially after
serving a mission.

I love you Dad. Have a great week.

Love,
Elder Westover

Hello Everybody,

This was one of those crazy weeks! We were booked with tons of
meetings and it kept us pretty busy during our days. Tuesday - Friday
we had a Specialized Training from 9am - 4pm. We took two zones each
day and did some training on The Book Of Mormon, planning, and iPad
use. We taught the planning section and I thought overall we did well.
I won't lie, it's hard to teach an engaging lesson on planning for and
hour and a half but somehow we did it. Its been a big relief to have
finished that training.

Zeph is still progressing! He recently got a job and since he is new,
they asked him to come and do some training on Sunday. We had a lesson
with him last night and told him that he needed to be at church on
Sundays. We promised him that God would help provide a way so that he
could be there. The gospel has really started to change him and he
promised to do all he could to be there. Pray for him this week and
that something will turn up!

I am excited for the upcoming week. On Wednesday, we get to go to the
temple with the departing missionaries. Thursday is Return and Report
for the new missionaries and trainers. Friday is Mission Leadership
Council. Staying busy is always a good thing, but I am really starting
to feel very tired every day. Its amazing that somehow I feel
refreshed and energized from the day to day work. The grace of Jesus
Christ is a real power!

Love ya!

Elder Westover

Dad,

Zeph is progressing great and his baptism is scheduled for April 2nd. That will be his 21st birthday and so he is motivated to really have that fresh start. I am happy for him because he has decided to make this decision and has kept every commitment that has been given to him. Faith is a principle of action and Zeph is willing to put forth his faith and he has seen the blessings come from that. It is great to see the blessings come into his life.

On the other hand, I feel like the mission is on the other side of that. Since September, we have seen a lack of baptisms and just miracles in general. I almost feel like I have let the mission down. I feel like I have done training after training and motivating after motivating and nothing seems to click. I am just frustrated with myself. I love the missionaries and I want to help, I just don't know how. If they could recognize the happiness that comes from being consecrated in the work, they would always choose to work hard. President Riggs has done amazing with continuing to train and help. I follow his example and do the same. I just want to make a difference and feel like I made an impact on individuals, the same way that Jesus Christ did. I would love to hear your advice and thoughts.

Our big news this week is that we have a specialized training with 2 zones each day for 4 days. We will go from 9 to 4 and hopefully the principles taught will really change individuals hearts.

I hope you have a great trip with the scouts and are able to take great pictures. I love you. You are in my prayers.

Love,
Elder Westover

Dad,

Sorry this is coming to you a little late. We got tied up yesterday so
I had to email at a different time. I'm glad that I can still email
now.

My thoughts have been focused so much on obedience lately. I am
finally realizing that with the ability to make choices, we also have
an option to choose either obedience or disobedience. Every single
person will be affected by the choices they make, no matter how great
or small. If we will choose each day to be obedient to what we know is
right, we will see blessings flow into our life and change will come.
Let me tell you a story about that principle.

Elder Walters and I had been praying to know who needed a visit from
us. When we looked through our LDS Tools, we picked a few names that
we did not know and that we felt would be good to see. The next night
we went and visited a kid named Dennis. We were happy when he opened
the door and it was obvious from the start that there was a lot going
on his life. I was grateful to share with him the knowledge that only
Jesus Christ could really understand what he was going through. He
talked about how he had suicidal thoughts and felt like life was too
big for him. Choices that he had made weighed him down to the point
that he felt like there was no hope. We talked for a while and he
agreed to let us come back and to continue to talk with him. I'm so
grateful that God places people in our life who need us at the right
time.

That is great that Brooks got to speak at church. What a good
experience for him. I also was called upon at the end of church to
fill sometime. The talks had been on Mercy so I continued with that
theme. We all three got to speak from the pulpit. You will have to let
Brooks know.

The weather has been pretty fun. It seems to be getting better from
now on but it hurt a lot of the wards sacrament meetings. I am glad
that the weather will start getting warmer because people will hit the
streets more often. Also, the plan as of now is for me to leave after
my third transfer here. I told President that I would like to go back
to one of my old areas and to white wash and train. He wants me to
white wash a struggling area and train. It will be good to get someone
in after me to be prepared to have President Huntsman come in. My
companion will be here for that first transfer. He is an incredible
missionary.

I hope this week is fantastic and that you are able to get done all
that you need to do. Have fun while doing it. I love you Dad and am
thankful for all that you do.

Love,
Austin

Dad,

It's really hard to believe how fast the time is going. President
Riggs realized Saturday morning that he only had about 120 days until
the end of his mission. He called us together to talk about what we
could do as a mission in those 120 days. To make a special point, we
texted out the MLC and decided to have a meeting at 9:15 Saturday
night. The goal was to do something special that would show the
Mission Leadership Council the sense of urgency we want to create in
the mission.

Once everyone arrived in the Stake Center, we did some opening items
and then split them up in two groups. Elder Walters led one and I the
other. We took them around the building and showed them the picture of
the first vision and the Savior in the garden of gethsemane. We told
the story to each picture and asked, "Did this really happen? If this
really happened, what are you willing to do?"

The point was to bring in them that inner fire to want to share the
gospel. A fire that truly will never die. The spirit was strong and
then we met in the chapel were President talked about a few things. It
was a great meeting and I hope people will leave from there and change
because of it. I know I have set new goals and recommitted my self to
giving it my all.

Something that we feel the mission has lacked is a sense of urgency in
this work. People are content with letting things pass by and not
creating a sense of ownership. How do you create a sense of urgency in
people? We have done exchanges and one on one but still no growth for
the most part. I would love to hear your thoughts about motivation. I
can't imagine trying to motivate an Elders Quorum because I feel at
times they really don't care much. But those are some of the thoughts
I have had of late.

I am glad you are running again! I would love to run with you once I
am home but I won't ever let you beat me anymore!! I have to start
putting you in your proper place! Hahaha Just kiddin. How far are you
running in your runs? Where are you going?

It sounds like some fun times are ahead. I hope you have a great week
and continue to enjoy what you do. I love you and am thankful for all
you do.

Love,
Elder Westover

Hey Everybody,

It feels great once transfers are complete. The new missionaries
arrived safely, missionaries made there flights home, and every one
has a companion and an area. We made it! Now it is just post transfer
items, helping close apartments and training at other meetings. Lots
of fun! We are teaching a guy named Zepheniah and he is pretty cool.
We have taught him the first 2 lessons and he has been to church 3
times. He enjoys it a lot and now we are just confirming a solid
baptism date with him. I think he will make it. Finding is hard in a
singles ward so we just hope that people will be placed in our path.

My new companion is Elder Walters. He is a great guy and a fantastic
missionary. We both are hard workers and so we get things done quick
which is great! I could see him being one of my favorite companions of
my mission. We will probably do 2 transfers together. Which is good!

It has been very cold here and it really hurt the week. They cancelled
church in a lot of places even though the roads were not bad at all. I
am glad we still had it though because it would have been 2 weeks
without the sacrament. We had Stake Conference the week before. I am
thankful for the sacrament and the cleansing effect it has in our
life. I feel so much better after and have a new desire to work hard
and to live up to the covenants I have made.

The white shirts were great! Thanks for doing that. I use them for
meetings or for church and so that is nice. Have a good week. I love
and miss you.

Love,
Elder Westover

Hello Family and Friends,

It has been a great week for us in the Braddock ward. We were able to find a couple new people and to put an investigator on date. He committed to be baptized on the 2nd of April and so we are going to push to make it happen. What I have seen in a singles ward is that there are lots of people who have heard about the gospel before but we're never baptized because they did not care at that time of life. It's neat to see people have experiences that lead them to the desire to learn about the Church. I am thankful for our lives and the experiences we have that help us come closer to our Father in Heaven!

I had the opportunity to be on a lot of exchanges this week and I learned a lot from the missionaries I went with. I hardly felt like I was in my area at all this past week but it still was a great week. Yesterday, we picked up my new companion and went to dinner at the Riggs home which was really fun. Then last night, we had our New and Returning Member Fireside that the mission runs. It went really well and it was fun to hear about those individuals stories!

Transfer week has come! The work load will be tiring and so I would love to have your continued prayers! I am excited but I will be tired for sure.

How was your week? I am excited to hear about the adventures you had. I love you all. Be safe this week.

Love,
Elder Westover

Hello Dad,

Thanks for all the pictures you sent this week! It seems like you had loads of fun this week. My week was fun and busy but I don't have that much to report on. This is what I have been up too.

I went on a lot exchanges this week. I was in Gainsville and also went on exchanges with the Elders in Manassas. We found a new investigator which has also been really good! We had MLC on Friday and it was weird to not have to report on how the Alexandria Zone was doing. Last night, we got to help President Riggs with Transfers and that was actually really fun! It is cool to know who is going where and what is going to happen, especially when we still have 12 or so days to transfers. It is hard to keep your mouth closed though when people ask! Haha

I am excited to hear about your week! Have a good week and be safe. Love you.

Elder Westover

Hey Dad,

The pictures you sent looked like a really cool place to go. How far
did you have to drive? That would be a fun place to go in about 6
months! Do you enjoy going on the campouts with the kids or is it
pretty tough?

I am glad everyone is feeling better by the way. That seems
like a tough time over there!

I have one shirt that fits well thats says 15 1\2 and 32-33 but then
the ones that are a bit bigger are the same size. I think it just
depends on the brand that you get but I think maybe a 15 and a 30-31
would be ok. That is my best estimate though. I decided not to get a
suit. I will just hold out with the ones I have here. It really is not
worth all the hassle and cost to get one.

Elder Miles was the assistant before me. It was crazy because he is
one transfer a head of me and served here for 4 transfers. He was just
over a year and had never been a Zone Leader so it was a big shock for
everyone. He went out into the field and is now a Zone Leader and has
about 5 months left. Pretty crazy but he is a really cool guy. My
companion, Elder Raban, is on his third transfer here and goes home in
like a month. So that means I will get a companion and then probably
do 2 transfers with him. Then I will leave and have 2 back in the
field. Which is good because I have a request as to where i want to
go. We will see what happens! :)

We had 4 zone conferences to teach at this week so that really took a
toll on the sleep but it all went really well. We have one more
tomorrow and then we are complete! I am excited to finish up and then
to push forward with the other tasks. I had a cool experience! My
trainer has been home for about a year but he came out to go through
the temple with a family he taught. It was sweet because he visited me
and we got to catch up on life and just tell stories. It was neat
because he said he could see the growth that I had made in the past
year which was a good sign for me. His name is Casey Powell. Its funny
because he now has this super crazy beard going on! I will try sending
pictures when I get them.

On Saturday, we got to do a service project at Arlington National
Cemetery! They put wreaths on the head stones at christmas time and so
we had to help take them down.. all 200,000 of them! Good thing there
was a ton of people to help out but it was a really cool experience. I
can send some pictures of that as well!

I love you Dad! Have a fantastic week. Miss ya.

Elder Westover

Dad,

That is no good to hear about all the sickness going around. I wonder
how all of it was caused. Hopefully he will feel better soon and not
have to be stuck in the hospital much longer. Have the kids had to
miss a lot of school with being sick?

Laura said that it was great to be at Glen Lakes. Has the ward changed
a lot or is it still a lot of the same people as before? I got to see
The Cherry's brother this past week and should have taken a picture to
send home. That was a great ward and I really enjoyed being there. Did
you talk to Ben Ely at all? How is he doing?

Happy Birthday Emery! I need to make sure to shoot an email to her.
Does that mean she is 17 now?? I lose track of how old everyone is
now. Time just goes to fast to keep track. Kayla sent me some pictures
this week and so it seems like all is going good for her. I knew she
would love to be back up there. It seems like she has changed so much!

Having meetings everyday has sure been an adjustment for me. It is a
ton of fun but at the same time it is exhausting. Saturday, Elder
Hallstrom and Elder Perkins of the 70 were here and they spoke to us.
That was a great meeting and I am glad everything ran smoothly. It is
stressful having to set up meetings and just hoping that everything
works out for them. We got to take some time before to talk with both
of them and so I guess that was the perk of the week. They are amazing
men and are consecrated to the work. It is impressive to see there
commitment to the gospel.

I love you all. Have a great week and hopefully everyone feels better.
Be safe and work hard.

Love,
Elder Westover