April 21st 2014-hey hey hey

miss you all. Keep the commandments and you will be happy i promise. SOunds like they are building a new church and school in herriman? thats gonna be nuts. New stoplights and what not! Man it didnt change then when i leave it changes a ton. oh well it will be fun to see everything. 

This week was nuts. Very challenging for me. The most up and down i have ever been. 

P day we went to a ski resort. Or ski town. like a tiny park city but crappier haha. It was cool. we went to the top and after ate some waffles with berries andcream. So good. It is pretty big ski area. we can see frutillar from the top of the ski hill. it was pretty good day.

Went on exchanges on thurday with elder shearer from layton. Were good friends but the4 transfer wasnt great. Really boring as crud. But we had a few tough lessons and thats what put me down big time. I was very down. I could hardly talk. I felt like a stone. I had no feeling or expression. But i just kept going. 

This week as well, the day before exchanges, we had interviews with president. My interview was good. I didnt have much to say as normal. But he shared some good stuffwith me. Also i remember he prayed for me and i remember hearing in his prayer that i will have mighty miracles in the coming days. Well he was right. After this meeting is when exchanges happened and i had those cruddy meetings so i was just wondering what those miracles meant. 

Then saturday we planned in the churchwith the sisters. Sister Rainsdon from my district MTC and sister mcchesney. they were on exhanges the sisters. Normally its hermana aguero de paraguay. We planned for our activity may 1. a night of pizza and talents. Should be great. Were going to play and sing a song for it.  BUt Sunday was busy. 

Sunday. Went to the church early at 8 am to make the invitations to the activity. Then we all spoke in church. I spoke with just a book of mormon and my thoughts. I was rushed and my spanish sucked cause I was just going fast becasue had 2 minutes but na awesome story to tell. Anyways some people loved it and some said they didnt understand but what are you gonna do. I liked it so hah. haha no. but it was ok. Then we went after to see Julian, our 16 year old investigator. 

We found julian in febuary my 2nd day in bariloche. He has a lip ring, emo hair and wears chains and stuff. But he is excellent. He is capo. He always comesto church and likes it. He had a baptismal date for march 8, 15, 21 and april 19th. They all fell. So he always kept pushing it off. We went after church to visit him. ANd in the week he had gone to youth conference in the mountains for 3 days with the youth. We heard he loved it and was super happy. He bore his testimony as well. So we went to visit him. It started off normal. He was annoyed that we were there. He said i want to be baptized MAS ADELANTE. more in the future. BUt i was tired of hearing that so i told him how i felt (with love of course) and then after a little bit, he commited to may 10.Then i said. oh wow thats too bad. He said why? whats wrong with may 10? I said, im probably going to leave bariloche and be transferred. Cause i am most likely gone. He said...oh....and said. Ok. Lets do it saturday cause i want you to baptize me. AHHHH! When he told me this, i am serious, i felt a fireball in my chest. The same fireball i felt with president in my interview when he said i would see mighty miracles. Unbelievably great. I almost started tearing up. It was powerful. He is ready and finally hes going to be baptized.

This story just shows what hard work can do. And the scripture in eter 12;6 is true. I have been trying so hard to get baptisms for 10 months now and finally. We have arrived. ANd the great thing is were having another one after julian as well. So rewarding. I have had baptisms before of course, but this one i feel responsible for. we found, we taught, we converted. I am very content and excited. The church is true. 

That just about does it for this week. Always when i have a cruddy day, its followed by a great experience or miracle. Eter 12 6 seriously is true. JUst keep pushing and you will see what happens. This principle and the atonement are what keep me going in the mission. I would be gone home if i didnt understand these principles. 

Anyways i am doing good. Its ups and downs. But at the end of the day, i will be on top and have learned a lot. 

Love you all. Dont be sick i pray for you a lot. And think about you everyday. CHAO!

Elder Westensee

p.s. tyler, andrew, derek, dustin, blake, got any good ideas for trainings? district meetings?