My dearest peeps,
It was so good to here your voices yesterday (ahem~ Rachel & Tina). So I remembered a question that was asked but I didn't directly answer was to some extent,"How fat am I?" I'm pretty sure that this was your question. To calm your preoccupied minds, I will tell you that I am not doing too bad... however, that isn't easy! It is a whole lot easier for me to control what I weigh when I can control what I eat (we eat at the homes of active/less-active members everyday)...(and they make us a ton of Mexican food/tacos at the taco trucks with pickled jalapenos). Not that I am complaining. I love them. I love it... but it is rather difficult. =) Nevertheless, I am persevering in my efforts.
As far as clothing, now that I think about it, I should be okay. Everything still fits. Todavia.
So I received the exchange between Rachel, Suzanne, and Dad today. That was exciting to read. Quite exciting actually. I even learned a few things (such as not talking to people while waiting in line to use the bathroom while in China).
It was quite nice to talk to you Mom... you have really pretty Spanish... the kind that is crystal clear and understandable rather than murky, dirty, and obscure. There are so many people here that speak all slangy. That is cool.
So the guy here next to me in the Library is Wicken... at least, I believe that is what he is trying to portray with his long black hair covering his face and the pentagram ring on his finger... so that is interesting.
My new companion is really nice... by the name of Elder (Christian) Boekweg (pronounced ~ Boe'kweg).
He is from a small town in Utah called Mt. Pleasant. Apparently, he was there when we had the game of "The World's Largest Game of Capture the Flag" at BYU. We were on opposing teams (they Cheated). We are really excited about the work that is going to happen in this area. We are going to kick it off. And yesterday while we were talking, I got a call from Bro. Bolton who invited us over to his house for the first time in a 'month-and-a-half' (*cough cough!). Huh... that's interesting as well.
We have this couple of investigators that we are teaching... they are awesome! Their names are Richard and Luisa (she is from Peru). Richard actually is a street contact that we had... he may be one of the most golden investigators I have ever met on my mission. We passed by their house the other day and he asked us, "So I have a question, it is really circumstantial and I'm sure it doesn't matter, but I hear Nephi talking about getting the plates from Laban which are made out of bronze or brass, but earlier in the part about the 3 Witnesses and 8 Witnesses, aren't they made of gold?" When we answered his question, he said, "Oh, thank you! And thank you for sharing the Book of Mormon with me. It is truly food for the soul." Where do these people come from?! Wow. I actually was on an exchange with one of my Zone Leaders (Elder Smith - my trainer) who told me that if he was not baptized, it would be entirely my fault! Haha...ha? So pray for them and for us. We are really excited in our goal to baptize three people this month.
I love all of you,
Love,
Elder Ostler
PS ~ FELIZ DIA DE LAS MADRES, MAMI!!!
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