FETCH. thats the word around here. No, its not a joke. Just like in "The best two years" all we say is fetch. Its fetchin sweet. So I got into Poky (after a 30 minute flight on a puddle jumper, I couldnt even stand up it was so small) on Tuesday and went straight to the mission home. We had baked potatoes....uhhh ya. But it was good. Then interviews and then me and elder....i cant remember went and stayed at a grannys house in the ward. She was tight. She gave us bread and kool aid and in the morning french toast on her back porch watching the sunrise. It was great. Then we went to the transfer sight and i met my new companion. HE IS 6'5 Tongan 360 lbs. Holy fetch. He eats 8 top ramens as a snack. He has football scholarships to Utah and a bunch of schools. He is from Maui, Hawaii. He is an amazing trainer and helps me so much and is very humble. Elder Finau. (FEE-NOW) So my apartment was a mess when i first arrived and so we cleaned it deep and now its clean. We put dish soap in the dishwasher and let it foam out the bottom all over the floor, then we mopp with that soap. Its funny. I have been sooo busy. Taught about 10 lessons (all in spanish) and the work is booming for us. We have 8 baptismal dates. I invited all of them to be baptized so that was a cool experience.
Saturday, was my first baptism. Irma Deluna. 60 year old spanish lady. She was a devout catholic before so she loves Jesus. Funny story......after she was dunked in the water, she came up and put her hands up and started yelling jesus! jesus! jesus! this continued for what seemed like....well....about a minute. Elder Finau was like "What the heck" but he didnt say anything. He just look up at us soooo confused. So that was awkward. For my first baptism hahaha. Oh then in church the next day, we confirmed her and gave her the holy ghost. The entire blessing, she had her hands up and was crying.....We finished the blessing and she sat there crying with her arms in the air, crying with eyes closed. This went on again.....for about a minute. What the fetch! It was so weird! But I can say that the spirit was very strong. She was just not used to feeling it like that. So that story with Irma Deluna was quite a gem.For the mission, we have a Subaru Impreza for our car. I am the driver because I have a license. We get 1,250 miles every month. It takes like 20 minutes to get to the Flores family (3 of the 8 baptismal dates) and they live in a mexished as we call it. Its plywood basically with some rugs...kind of on a farm. Maybe I will take a picture so you can see. I will try to send pictures next week i lost my camera. But we have to drive a lot to places. Blackfoot reminds me of Medford but more country. Country roads and farms everywhere and a lot of latinos. I have had so many experiences already I cant possibly fit them all into this email.But overall things are fun. My P-Days are monday. Things are going well. Its hard but fun. I was born into a district that has obedience problems. "trunky" missionaries who have a few weeks left. And kids watching movies and getting on youtube and sleeping in. So its tough. But me and my comp are doing great. We have none of that and we work hard so im glad I was paired with him. Hes an awesome example and is incredible in the lessons. We had a fiesta on saturday and i swear i never thought I would be part of one of these mexican parties but it was actually fun. All the people like talking fast to me and watching my face melt cause i have no idea what they say.The food was great. We have hookups at a mexican resturaunt as well. The guy who owns it is a member and its good food. We have dinner with english members every week night and weekends with the spanish members. Sorry if this is all out of order and jumbled.Pokemon Cards is a huge game out here. And Risk. Its a P-Day activity. I am surprised at how the field really is. We work hard but have a lot of fun. This morning we got up at 5 30 to play basketball in Firth with some oldies (like dad). It was fun. We played 6 on 6. But it was kind of lame. No room to play really. Then we studied and now were emailing and right after were going to Idaho Falls to B-DUBS! YESH! Its gonna be a good day.My apartment is nice now. We just had to clean a little or a lottle. But its good now. I got a bag of POPS cereal and have eaten almost the entire thing. And cup-o-noodles and top ramen. Thats the diet around here. Its good stuff. Well I left out a bunch of stuff but thats the gyst of how its going.I havent heard about my visa. Its gonna be a while unfortunately. But im fine in Blackfoot for now.Thank you all for the emails and support. It helps a lot. I miss you all and pray for you daily. Hope everyone continues to do well and stay safe and healthy! Love yall!-Elder Westensee
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