NOTE FROM LAURA: I called the missionary department in Salt Lake City to find out more about the stopping of pouch mail - there IS STILL POUCH MAIL - going in and coming out. So if you have been writing him - you still can. There was a misunderstanding between Salt Lake and the DR Mission Office.

Hi Everyone:
So this week wasn’t that bad at all. I’m still working my butt off to get my companion going - not only my companion but one of the other missionaries too. We are improving - long way to go but improving. So we will have a baptism Saturday. I haven’t had to work this hard to get a baptism. Before they were just falling in my lap. Now I’m in the capital and people are just way more prideful.
But Tuesday was super sweet. We slept on the roof. You know; a “little companion bonding time“. Plus the power went out so our fans didn’t work and it was really hot inside. We were telling scary stories to each other. I feel asleep scared. I’m a big chicken. So we spent every day this week with a member, and we taught 28 lessons with a member this week. How crazy is that. That’s the highest my companion has ever gotten on his mission. Raising-up the bar.
Wednesday was a super interesting day. We ran into a lady who had a question about the bible. But it turned out that she just wanted to fight with us. But I was patient with her. My companion wanted to argue with her, but I held him back. We just listened to her yell at us for half an hour. You could feel something devilish about her. When she was talking to us her lips were twitching. But hey, what can you do? At the end I bore my testimony and we booked it out of there. lol. But, it makes me wonder what would ever push someone to fight about the words of God. Because I’m definitely thinking not God himself.
But hey, Thursday was a pretty regular day. I’m getting to know the streets a whole lot better and I’m working really hard to teach my companion English. I find he is easier to get along with when I am teaching him English. lol. I am also gaining a huge testimony on service. Before when I would ask people if I could help them, they would say no. Now I just walk right up and clean their dishes or grab their broom or clothes and just do it. I thinks it's better that way. lol. I like it that way. They don’t have to make a decision. I’m just going to serve.
We had three people at church Sunday. We went to see 8 people Sunday morning and all said they would go to church. But only one out of that 8 actually came. lame. One I thought was a really cool family too.
Oh - so I also got proposed to Friday. Forgot about that. She told me she would wait a whole year and two months too. Every time she sees me she tells me "1 yr and 2 months". It’s kind of freaky. And then today we played on a slip-n-slide and played some b-ball for p-day. It was good fun. That was my week.
Love You
Elder Woestman