Poky Week 8

Hola familia! Right off the bat i just want to say that Elder floyd, the driver is fine and is going to keep going with his mission. He is strong and doing well. Most the rumors you hear are wrong. But oh well. Its not important. Elder Ward is still serving elsewhere in the spirit world. We got to say goodbye at his viewing saturday. Sad news. Tragic and we are all shocked. But we cant stop working. It made us work harder. He is fueling us right now. It was a tiring week but somehow were all golden.

 

I am sad to think about the little girl who shot herself in yellowstone. That is about the most tragic thing ever. But she goes straight to the top after this life so thats something to think about. Life is fragile. Things happen. Its hard. I hope i never have to experience anything like that again with Elder Ward and also Emma K. So sad. Everyone be careful please.

 

This week was fun for me. The East Idaho Fair was in town this week. HUGE fair. HUGE. I saw my roomate in college. DEREK JUDD needs to read this letter. He knows my roomate OH and lindsey too. His name is Kyle. He is hilarious and seeing him was fun. But made me miss college haha. But ya Heres how the week  went.

 

Tuesday- Zone conference, 8 am to 4 pm. After, it flooded and was raining like cats and dogs in poky. We almost got stuck on a river of water. Then we drove back to blackfoot. We got home and about 20 minutes later we got the voicemail that Elder Floyd and Ward were in an accident. We went to see Floyd in blackfoot and give him a blessing, etc. We didnt know any details that night.

 

 

Wednesday- Finau cut my hair, a Polynesian cut. Where my hair is like a mohawk and is long in the back. Its cool. But after my haircut, we got a nightmare voicmail from president that Ward didnt make it. He passed at 10 am wednesday, or was taken off life support at this time. We went to the fair and tried to get our spirits up. We talked to a lot of people and played a little here and there but ultimately we were just bummed about the accident.

 

Thursday- I dont even remember, we just tracted and visited people.

 

Friday- Went to the fair again. Passed out 7 Book of mormons and ate free food everywhere. Teriyaki bowls, tiger ears, ice cream, turkey legs, you name it. Love the fair. Lots of people wanted to fight us for some reason and threw stuff at us. And yelled. But i lvoe adversity. And i have elder Finau haha to back me up. So thats what we did cause everyone is at the fair.

 

 

Saturday- We had a lesson with Luis Alfredo, our investigator who just showed up to church one day with a member. He accepted baptism and is going to be baptized hopefully in october. During the day we had sports day where members and investigators meet at a church and play soccer or ball or vollleyball. That was alright.

 

 

Sunday- Studied, went to church, went to the Boyd familys house for cake. The boyd family is like my family away from home. They feed us all the time and gave us monopoly. And they are unique family, very loud and immature lol. But i think its funny.

That night we found the Galvan family and talked about the gospel. They love it. The dad said he was having experiences at night at 2 am seeing a white light in front of his face this has happened over 4 months 4 times. So he is a believer and wants to hear more.

 

 

I got to go! they kicking me off at the public library love youall! love your emails! Stay safe and have fun!

 

Love, Elder Westensee