So to start out this letter I guess I should tell you that the conference with Elder Vinas rocked hard core. Thursday was the district fireside with him. and we were able to bring three families to the fire side. It was so awesome. Sadly though none of them are married and we are still struggling to get them married. Why is it that men never want to get married? It's stupid. Then Friday was the zone conference, and it rocked as well. We had our lil' interview with Elder Vinas before the conference and it has been confirmed - he is a human being. And it was all kind of weird to be honest because my mission president was in the interview and I always thought of my mission president as old and wise. But next to Elder Vinas he literally looked a heck of a lot younger and seemed a lil besides himself. He was the same confident mission Pres. that I had always known - but hey it was way cool. We talked a lot about my zone and I told him about the problems we had and everything. My zone doesn't have any major problems though, because my zone just rocks and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Tomorrow through Saturday I will be going to the capital for four days. It's going to be crazy. Every zone leader and District leader will be there. Gotta run, will fill you in later - but hey that was my week.
Love Ya, Elder Woestman
Monday, August 30, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Monday, August 23rd 2010
Thursday the AP´s should be coming down from Santa Domingo because Elder Viñas, who is in the 70s, is coming here for a conference with the people here of Barahona. And the even cooler part is that I get to have a one on one interview with him Friday morning to talk about the mission work because I am a Zone leader. So I am way excited for that and a lil nervous. But I'll tell you more about that next week after it actually happens. I don't want to get ahead of myself.
So this week was way good. My first full week this transfer without something crazy happening. Today was way cool. For p-day I bought a huge tarp to make a slip-n-slide for the zone activity -which was way sweet. Everyone loved it. Plus the work is going really well right now. We have four people lined up that we are teaching to get baptized. Other than that life is pretty much the same as normal. The past couple of weeks we have been working a lot with our new ward missionaries, which is kind of rough because almost all of them are under the age of 17. lol. But that's how things work here because once you turn 18 you get a "real" calling. lol. But we have been working with them a lot and things have been going way good. They work their butts off and are reactivating tons of people. And - yea that was my week.
Love Ya, Elder Woestman
So this week was way good. My first full week this transfer without something crazy happening. Today was way cool. For p-day I bought a huge tarp to make a slip-n-slide for the zone activity -which was way sweet. Everyone loved it. Plus the work is going really well right now. We have four people lined up that we are teaching to get baptized. Other than that life is pretty much the same as normal. The past couple of weeks we have been working a lot with our new ward missionaries, which is kind of rough because almost all of them are under the age of 17. lol. But that's how things work here because once you turn 18 you get a "real" calling. lol. But we have been working with them a lot and things have been going way good. They work their butts off and are reactivating tons of people. And - yea that was my week.
Love Ya, Elder Woestman
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Monday, August 16th 2010
Hi:
So I'm feeling a lot better. Mom - I won't let them do surgery or anything. And a rock came out Friday, and that hurt a lot. But now I'm perfectly fine. I was out and working Tuesday. So the whole kidney stone thing is hopefully over - although I doubt it, because my sonogram says that I have some still in my left kidney. But we will see how things go. I'm pretty sure I'll live though. But this week was way sweet. Friday my companion and I set up this sweet activity in the house of a member where we watched the restoration video. And it was only for the young men, because we are teaching the son of a member and trying to hook him up with some member kids so he can have more friends. It turned out great. Then Saturday we had another activity for our investigators who are older. We watched the same video but afterwards key members stood up and bore their testimonies of the gospel and it was way sweet. One of the investigators that we brought, named Elisa, loved it. She said that there was nobody that could ever keep her from getting baptised and going to church. But the problem with her is that she is married and her husband gets out of jail Wednesday (after being there for three years), so we will see how that goes. Today , Monday, we played basketball as a Zone. and it was way fun. But yea, that was pretty much my week.
Love You, Elder Woestman
So I'm feeling a lot better. Mom - I won't let them do surgery or anything. And a rock came out Friday, and that hurt a lot. But now I'm perfectly fine. I was out and working Tuesday. So the whole kidney stone thing is hopefully over - although I doubt it, because my sonogram says that I have some still in my left kidney. But we will see how things go. I'm pretty sure I'll live though. But this week was way sweet. Friday my companion and I set up this sweet activity in the house of a member where we watched the restoration video. And it was only for the young men, because we are teaching the son of a member and trying to hook him up with some member kids so he can have more friends. It turned out great. Then Saturday we had another activity for our investigators who are older. We watched the same video but afterwards key members stood up and bore their testimonies of the gospel and it was way sweet. One of the investigators that we brought, named Elisa, loved it. She said that there was nobody that could ever keep her from getting baptised and going to church. But the problem with her is that she is married and her husband gets out of jail Wednesday (after being there for three years), so we will see how that goes. Today , Monday, we played basketball as a Zone. and it was way fun. But yea, that was pretty much my week.
Love You, Elder Woestman
Monday, August 9, 2010
Monday, August 9th 2010
Well - you won't believe the trouble I have been going through these past couple of days. lol. Now that I think about it, its kind of funny. But basically I have been in the hospital again, but this time they actually brought me out of the backwoods country area and into the capital. So now I officially know what's been going on with me. It turns out I have kidney stones, yeaaaaaaa. But I'm OK. It all started Saturdays evening after I ate a milkshake. Apparently milkshakes aren't good to eat if you have kidney stones, but I promised a member kid I would buy him one. So, why not me one too right. Well after that we went to an investigator's house and I wasn't feeling good at all. So I made my companion end it in the middle of the lesson. We walked down the street and I just started throwing my guts out. And I just lost all my strength. Well, kudos for the member kid because he was nice enough to run to the church and tell the president what was going on so he could come pick me up in his van. But in the mean time I was throwing up with all of the neighbors circling around saying how the white missionary was dying. Well the president came and they took me to the hospital. I lost all feelings of my lips and hands and pretty much went hysterical. That's when they pocked me with some needle to calm me down and take away the pain, because e it hurt really bad. But my branch here rocks. A member lady was holding my hand through out the whole thing. But let me tell you something - kidney stones are not fun!!! So they sent me home around 10 PM but then at 2 AM it came back and I went back to the hospital. From there the mission president had me sent to the capital, because the hospital where I'm at really isn't a hospital. It's really just a clinic. It was in the hospital in Santo Domingo that they found out that I had kidney stones. The other hospital was guessing colon infection. lol. But now it's Monday and I just got back to good old Barahona with some pain pills and something to help the rocks leave a little smoother. Basically I was told I am going to have to suck it up and be a man. lol. But luckily the biggest one is already out. And - yea that was my week.
Love Ya, Elder Woestman
Love Ya, Elder Woestman
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Monday, August 2nd
So this week was pretty awesome. I really worked my companion (lol), but yea he is now on his way home. So this week was way good. We had five baptisms this past weekend - and they were all way good. Two of them were 8 year olds whose families are members and just had their birthdays. But the others were ours. So that was way exciting. Also its going to be transfer day tomorrow and I'm staying put. Elder C is my new companion. He is cool. He was in my group of Dominicans that were in the CCM with me. So this will be a fun transfer. Also I just became a "grandpa" in the mission - one of the kids I trained is training now and the cool thing is that he is training in my zone. So I'll be his zone leader. So that's going to be sweet. My time's short because it was house cleaning day and I have to go get ready for a family home evening night.
Love Ya, Elder Woestman
Love Ya, Elder Woestman
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Monday - July 26th 2010
I got lots of birthday cards, thank you and I love you. I got one from pretty much everybody.
So this week was pretty rainy - I'm not going to lie. It was pouring down rain three to four days straight. So now my shoes pretty much smell like rotten cabbage or pigs. You can take your choice, but hey what's new there? Wednesday we went to Neyba, which is a good two hours from our house, in a small van packed with like twenty people. It was way fun. There we bought our people lunch. Their living situation kind of stinks bad over there. They haven't had electricity for 8 weeks. They just got it this morning so now they're happy, but I don't envy them at all. Friday we had an intercombio with one of my district leaders. He is a way good guy. But it rained on us so we got soaked - and got to teach all wet. Good fun. This is my companions last week so I just hope that we still have a productive week. Wish me luck.
Love, Elder Woestman
So this week was pretty rainy - I'm not going to lie. It was pouring down rain three to four days straight. So now my shoes pretty much smell like rotten cabbage or pigs. You can take your choice, but hey what's new there? Wednesday we went to Neyba, which is a good two hours from our house, in a small van packed with like twenty people. It was way fun. There we bought our people lunch. Their living situation kind of stinks bad over there. They haven't had electricity for 8 weeks. They just got it this morning so now they're happy, but I don't envy them at all. Friday we had an intercombio with one of my district leaders. He is a way good guy. But it rained on us so we got soaked - and got to teach all wet. Good fun. This is my companions last week so I just hope that we still have a productive week. Wish me luck.
Love, Elder Woestman
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