Monday January 9, 2012

Hola Familia!!!!

wow what a week!!! it was a tough one. for all those who have served missions you know that the first few weeks with a new companion can be a little interesting. you need to get used to how he eats, sleeps, studies but most importantly how he works. Elder Quintero and i were a great team. we had a lot of success together. we also had a lot of trials together. but through it all we worked as hard as we could. when he left he told me that he had no regrets for the area. he knew that he had worked hard everyday and that he had helped 100s of people. he also said that he was glad he was leaving the area in capable hands. i just hope i can live up to his expectations that way when i am called to leave this area i too can say "I have NO regrets."

The holidays really didn't help our area at all. this last week was spent trying to recover some investigators that were progressing but lost our contact. we were able to start teaching a family and they have a baptism date for this next week. a family of 5 with parents and 3 kids. but unfortunately only the mother and one of the daughters accepted. but we will keep working with the other daughter and father.

My new companion is . . . interesting. his last companionship wasn't one of the best i guess you could say. they had a hard time starting out and it didn't really get much better. they got out of the habit of working and actually spent most of the week in their apartment. so these first few weeks has been a struggle for me. i almost have to beg him to leave the apartment. but little by little i am sure he will begin to love the work like he used to.

we have been working with a less active family that we found about a week ago and yesterday we finally got to meet the aunt, who is also a member. we sat and talked and before to long she began to tell her life story. she was baptised at the age of 16 and the next 20 years of her life consisted in. her going back to church, something happened she left the church. she went to a different church and again something happened. so she changed her faith but the same, something happened and she left. she probably told us 8 different stories and finished with saying "that is why i just left churches all together." Adan (our missionary leader, we were on divisions) and i had been listening for about 30 minutes and at that moment we had nothing to say. she left to check on her kids and Adan told me. "give her all you have because i have nothing." she came back and we began to talk about her baptism. she explained that it was a beautiful day she was very happy and felt at that moment like she had completed something very important. we then asked why she got baptised. she said she wanted to serve the lord and felt that the church was the best way to do it. and that she had "fallen in love with the book of Mormon." we then explained the difference in a feeling and a fact. we explained how a fact, even though it is true, can be denied. but that a feeling is something that no one can take away or change. we explained that the feelings she had, despite all the bad experiences, were still there she just needed to find them again. . . . she committed to come to church this week with her 6 kids and niece (who 3 are members and the others are to young).

also yesterday was fast and testimony meeting and i felt impressed to bear mine. and as i got to the pulpit i felt a impression to start in English. i did. i stumbled through words that i couldn't remember and i am sure i sounded like a child but like always i began to cry. i finished with a little bit in Spanish and sat down. the next person to get up was the bishop Roberto Atuncar. he talked about my testimony and that even though it was in a different language they all understood the love i have for the gospel, missionary work, and the savior. he then related it to missionary work. that the gospel isn't something complicated. that it really didn't matter what we said to people just as long as it came from our heart. he promised all of the members that if they would have the courage to share the gospel with their neighbors and friends the spirit would testify to their hearts that it was true. we closed the meeting and within minutes we had a group of members surrounding us asking what day we could go and visit families with them. another great experience following the spirit. we are barely starting the week and our agenda is already full with lessons.

well it is off to futbol :)

hope you all know i love you and that i am working as hard as i can

Elder Landon R. Welch

Happy New Year

well family and friends as we start a new year my mind is taken by many things. things i want to accomplish this year. and also the things i hope for you this year. my only goal that i have is to read the book of mormon 4 time this year. i want to finish it every 2 transfers. this book has been one of the things that i took for granted early in my life. i enjoyed your story mom about how you began to build your testimony of the book of mormon, and i know you all have already heard mine. but i hope you know that a testimony isnt something you gain. it isnt a prize for finishing. it is a feeling, a burning, a craving to keep moving forward. it isnt something that will find you one day it is something you have to look for. and when you find it. DO NOT LET GO.

my testimony is the thing most precious to me i hope you know how much i know that this church is true. god lives. and because he loves us he gave us his son. and because he loves us he gave us a prophet. and the only thing he asks of us after all he has givin us is . . . to be happy. because we all know that happiness only comes by obeying his commandments.

i love you all

Elder Welch

Monday January 2, 2012

Hola Familia!!!!

Man was i ever wrong when i said that christmas is when peruvians get the craziest. New Years definatly tops it off. saturday night was like a giant party where the entire city of Lima was invited. every house had lights and music and the houses that didnt is only because they were invited to someone elses house to share their lights and music. we recieved a call friday night from the Zone Leaders who had recieved the instructions that after dinner at 6 every missionary was to be in their house with no exceptions. so we watched all the chaos from our window. they were breaking bottles and plates and burning scare crows in the middle of the street. they washed their whiskey down with beer and then started all over again. but at 12 o´clock they all shot of fireworks (and not little sparklers either) for the next 25 minutes the sky was lit by millions of dollers of fireworks. but the best part was watching the dogs in the streets freaking out. they werent sure what was going on but they wanted to get away from it. then to top it all off we were waken sunday morning by the sound of a man vomiting in our stairwell. oh joy greatway to start off the new year . . . cleaning someone elses vomit.

and i called it Elder Quintero had a transfer, he is now in Huacho. but i am still here in Santo Domingo with my new companion Elder Figueroa from Guayaquil Ecuador. once again a different country than all the rest of my companions. i was thinking about it this week and i am only missing Venezuela, Chile, and Argentina in order to have a companion from every country in south America. Elder Figueroa has 13 months in the mission and seems to be a great missionary but only the next 5 (maybe more) weeks will tell.

i now have a renewed testimony of the Holy Ghost. we were on splits yesterday, me with oscar and my comp with our new Mission leader, Adan Pacheco. it was about time for dinner and we were walking to the pension to eat when i felt the impression to buy a soda, seems kinda weird and i thought the same thing sure i like soda but i was on my way to dinner and didnt need to buy one. it came again but this time it sounded like a demand, "buy a Incakola at the corner store." i told oscar what was happening and he said i was crazy, the the spirit doesnt "inspire" people to by things addictions did that. i told him that even if it was a addiction i was going to show my obey it. we stoped walked back to the store and as i was asking for my pop a drunk driver came around the corner smashed into a cement barrier which broke in to 1000s of pieces and landed exactly where we were going to be walking.

we cant be sure that we would have been hit by those pieces but i am glad i didnt find out. the car was tipped on it side and smoking and all i can say is thank you firefighters and Boy Scouts of america because my adrenaline kicked in. i left my incakola and with the help of 6 other men we tiped the car right side up. it stopped smoking and we were able to pull the man out through the window. he had smashed his head pretty hard and was bleeding pretty bad. and that is where The first aid merit badge came to play. we were able to at least slow the bleeding until police showed up. but the booze and the bump made it very hard to keep him awake. but we succeded. i dont know what came of that man i just hope he thinks twice before drinking again.

i hope you all know how much i love and that i am working as hard as i can.

Elder Landon R. Welch

A Christmas Card

Monday December 26, 2011

Hola Familia,

man does that hour fly by, and seemed to go faster with skype. i cant believe how much each of you have changed not just the kids but the adults too. but my family is still as amazing as i left it. (and goofy but that just helps the amazingness)

I am currently in a internet with a very slow connection. every word i write takes about 5 seconds to apear on the screen. but hey atleast the internet is working.

we had a interesting week this week. alot of drama with the sister missionaries and sometime i wish my sister crystal could come and teach them a thing or two about working in the mission. we actually had president tell us at zone conference that he was fed up with complaints and excuses. he told us that his christmas wish was that we would stop crying about every little thing that happens to us and just work harder. man how i respect this man. i have been thinking the same thing alot lattely and it seems to be working. whenever i have a problem i find that the solution is work and it is nice to see that president feels the same.

homesick = work

physicaly sick = work

unexcited = work

no success = get off your bum and work

he stuck some deep cords with everyone of us. he finished by reading a scripture an i just wish i knew where it was, but it said, the things i have said shouldnt hurt if you are doing what you should be doing. i am happy to say that neither me or my companion were hurt by what president said, but we had a new and refreshed desire to work.

well as you know today is transfers, i dont think i am going anywhere but unfortunatly elder quintero has 9 months in this area so it is almost certain that he is leaving. so if i have a new companion pray that he has the same desire to work as Elder Quintero did and i will be a happy fish.

i love you all and remember i am working as hard as i can.

Elder Landon R. Welch

p.s. i recieved a message from Gaby!!!!!!!! (the baptism that escaped my hands) and she told me that she was in touch with the italian missionaries and that she is about ready to choke them because they have yet to challange her to be baptised :) (ROOKIES) :) but at least my mind is now at ease it will be interesting to see what becomes of that powerful girl

p.s.s. i recieved your package meg!!!! and that i have yet to open it but i am sure i will love it. every second.

chao!!

Monday December 19, 2011

Hola Familia!!!
well i have just finished creating my skype account also and i am a little worried, i have no idea how to use skype and for that i am a little worried. and to make things harder it was all in spanish, i tried changing it to english but it simply told me that "the feature was unavailable in peru." but we got it figured out and i have my computer wiz companion to help me out so it is serious when i say SEE you next week!!!!
but how has your week been? ours has been hectic. i always thought that the US was hectic with christmas but now i know that peruvians are 10 times crazier than the craziest gringo. the have parties to celebrate their parties!! and that isnt a joke. our neighbor has just bought a sterio for 3000 dollars and for the last 3 nights has be testing the sound barier. and all i can think is that his sterio cost more than his house. they do chocolatadas for all the kids in the neighbor hood, but i think they just do it so the parents have another excuse to get together and drink. but the awesome part about this season is that everyone seems to be a little bit nicer, and more willing to listen. we have found some great new people to teach this week and that alone has made all the bad parts worth it.
another interesting thing happend this last week. we were able to divide our ward. before we were part of the Tungasuca Ward but now we are our own ward, working for our own success. but with that has come new waves of stress. the bishop is a new bishop and very young. he doesnt have very much experience running a ward but he is 100 percent focused on helping us out and for that fact alone i am sure we are going to have some great success.
this saturday we had another baptism, Carlos Alberto Chanta Vargas got baptised. and to be honest i wasnt sure he was prepared to be baptised. but he passed his interview and after he was baptised he had a moment to talk and express how he felt, and all my doubts went away. he expressed how happy he was to "be part of the family" and for the oportunity he had to start a new life. he really is a good guy and i am sure with a little time he will become a great leader in the church. but that depends on him and how well he remembers the change he has made.
I have some good news and some bad news. . . . the good news is i got some of my packages!! but the bad news is that they are both from christmas and not from my birthday. i am not sure what that means. . . i will talk to president tomorrow in our multi zone conference to see if he has any idea what is going on. and speaking of packages i also sent a package home about 2 months ago, (maybe more i cant really remember) have you seen it yet?
i am running low on contacts and contact solution, and yes i dont have a choice if i want to use contacts or glasses, because my glasses give me pounding head aches.
how is the weather up there? any snow yet? how much? and has anyone gone snowboarding for me yet? :) the weather here is getting hotter and hotter and now the humidity has started raising too. i remember going to the gym at 5 in the morning with carrie about this time of year, having to scrape the ice off her windshield. and then how we would freeze the whole ride up there because the heater wouldnt get warm fast enough. now ahhhh what i would give to lay down in the freezing snow. or go to work with mom and spend a few minutes in her walk in frige. (i am not sure if that is exactly sanitary so dont tell pam) :)
well i love you all and i hope you remember i am working as hard as i can
Elder Landon R. Welch

Feliz navidad‏

Hello to everyone
i send my love and holiday greetings to all my family and friends. and also to their family and friends. i truly am grateful for the role you have all played in my life and the life of my family. to all the work friends of my mom there at davis county school food, and to the thousands of people my dad has known, helped, and loved. to my buds, kyle and daniel where ever you are i hope your chistmas is as good as mine. and of course to kevin and chris hope that the gym has not collapsed on your heads and that you both have a happy christmas.
to chad, monica, amy, crystal, kirsten, carrie and all of your amazing families. to april, jaydee, greg, brett, and jerm-y thank you for making my brother and sisters so happy. i could not ask for a better family. and Grant you are extra special to me this christmas season because like me you are far away from home, and family. thank you for protecting our country this time of year. i know now more than ever that we really are the land of the free and the home of the brave but only thanks to amazing men and women like you. know that i love each and everyone of you.
to my litte buddies, heaven only know how much i miss you all. but i sure hope you know how much i love you all.
and to my amazing parents, all i can say is thank you. there is not a day that goes by that i remember a counsel you have given me that i took for granted before but am now (i hope) a little wiser and mature. i love you both i am who i am because of you two. and everything i am trying to become is because of the example you have given me
i love you all and hope your christmas and new year pass as good as mine will.
your son, brother, uncle, friend, but most important in this moment, Missionary
Elder Landon R. Welch

Monday December 12, 2011

Hola familia!!!
how has your week been? mine has been a week full of work and stress but in the end as you said mom, "it was worth it." Ada Cruz Serafin Venancio was baptised this saturday and baptisms are always where i remember why all the work and stress is necessary. i always have such a good feeling when they come out of the water a new person, and then with the baptism of fire i know that they have everything they need to have a happy life. i just hope we taught it well enough that she never forgets the feeling that she felt. but along with baptisms being the most beautiful they are also the time where Satan works his hardest.
i love to see my area progressing and it is. . . a lot. we have more people progressing than i have had in my entire mission. we have 4 baptismal dates for the next 3 weeks and are preparing 6 others. we are teaching every type of person. young old family single with problems and others really seem to be gold. it is a amazing.
i was just informed that next week (not sure what day) i will be calling to organize our Christmas call!!! woo hoo. i cant wait to hear your voices again. and the best part is we can use skype. but that is up to you guys. it seems like forever since i got to call home on mothers day. but then at the same time it seems just like yesterday. i cant decide if time is flying or not. when i was in the MTC and Arizona it seems like i was calling every other weekend. so i guess 6 months should seem like a long time. but i need a favor, what number should i call
the fruit is juicy and sweet as ever and the best part is . . . it is cheap. you can buy a full pineapple for 1 sol. (cents) or 6 Mandarin oranges for the same price. and the strawberries have just come into season and the are as big as my fist. my pensionista knows how much i love the fruit here so she always has something for me to take with me in the afternoon. walking in the street eating a mango with juice running down my chin, reminds me of all the peaches that used to do the same. that is one fruit here that i am not to fond of is the peaches, they are tiny. i have eaten some fruit here that i have never seen before. there is one called pepeñio and it almost has the taste of bubblegum.
it is kinda weird Christmas is just right around the corner but it doesn't feel like Christmas. i try and imagine how home looks with its fresh snow but i cant anymore, Especially with the wind damage that has just happened, I am just grateful that no one is hurt. it is hard to imagine Christmas when i am always so hot, i am even sweating during lessons. i remember when chad told be that he bought ice cream on Christmas i was so amazed. i didn't even think that was allowed. and now all i have to say i just might have to carry on the tradition.
it seems exactly the opposite of what Christmas should be, but at the same time i am happy. i am happy that i have this opportunity to cry the good news of Jesus Christ his birth, his death, his Resurrection, and of course his love for every one of us. there is nothing better i could be doing during Christmas then what i am doing right now.
i love you all and please remember i am working as hard as i possible can.
Elder Landon R. Welch
p.s. still no news on packages, or letters. i will see president on the 20th and i will try to ask him personaly, because i am not sure my questions get to him through the Zone Leaders.

Monday December 5, 2011

Hola Familia!!!!

You were right the internet in my area is suffering. there is hardly any signal and then on top of that put 14 missionaries in the same room and you have a mess. but we got everything straightened out and we shouldnt have any more trouble.

how has your week(S) been mine seem to be improving i dug myself out of my sour patch and have begun all over again. fresh start and it seem to be working, we have found some pretty amazing people over the past few weeks and there is nothing i love more than to see them progresing.

i have still yet to recieve any package or letters but i keep my hopes up that one day it will make it to my hands, and just know that i am very greatful for your packages and letters. little pieces of home that i seem to be missing alot this time of year.

we were able to watch the devotional yesterday and like always my eyes teared up while the choir sang. llike my mom i think i feel the spirit alot through the music. but the best part is hearing the peruvians trying to sing along in english, they butcher it but the message is stronger than ever. the lord loves all his brothers and sisters.

well i love you all and always remember i am working as hard as i can.

Elder Landon R. Welch

Monday November 21, 2011

hola familia!!!

i am doing better thank you for the words that i needed.

i had a wonderful surprise for my birthday yesterday, my first pensionista, (from lampa de oro) surprised me by coming to my church with all my friends from that area. after church we went in to a little room and they sang to me and gave me a cake it was exactly what i needed to pick my spirits up.

we also had another interesting experience this week. we went to church with one of our investigators. he promised that if we went with him he would come with us. well we went and the lesson was on "look out for false prophets" about half way through the sermon the pastor put some pictures on the slide projector, of supposedly false prophets there was pictures of jehovas witnesses, christian missionaries, and of course 2 LDS missionaries. the picture came up on the screen and the congragation groaned and said more jehovas witnesses. the pastor corrected them and told the "no these are the mormons," the room went silent for a minute and i was on the edge of my seat ready to run for my life. when a little old lady said in a frail voice. "i like those young men they always are willing to listen to me and help me. they cant be that bad if they are so christlike." haha the pastor wasnt sure how to respond but i settled back in my chair with a huge lump in my throat. man i am so greatful to be known as a member of the church that is christlike.

i love you all sorry this email is so short but just know i am working as hard as i can.

Elder Welch

Monday November 28, 2011

No email this week...

Monday November 14, 2011

hola familia!!!!
this week has been a rollercoaster ride for my emotions and in this moment i am a little procupied. let me explain. i have this great fear. and it all started with a dream i had during my first week in the MTC. my first week was rough and i wanted to give up many many times but after this dream it was sertain what i needed to do.
in my dream i was sitting in a room all the lights were turned out i could hardly see anything. then one by one people began to appear. and they all said the same thing, "you promised me", "You promised me" i could never see their face but what they said has stuck with me to this moment and i am sure it will haunt me forever. my greatest fear is one day to be standing in front of christ and someone will approach me and say "you promised me, why didnt you fulfill?"
this past month we have been trying to teach a family, in particular on of their daughters, Gabriela. one day we went to visit her and her aunt told us not to come back, that gabby didnt want to listen to us and that we were wasting our time. well we listened to her we didnt go back until yesterday. she is moving to italy tomorrow to be with her mom and we went to visit her and say goodbye and good luck. i felt like i should give her a book of mormon as a last effort before she left. i was in the middle of explaining it and she cut me off and asked. "why did you stop visiting me?" to me that question sounded alot like my fear. and it cut deep. we explained what happened with her aunt and she told us that her aunt was speaking out of anger. that she had been waiting almost 4 weeks for us to visit and we never did. she told us that she has read the pamphlets over and over and over again, that she has prayed, and that she wants to be baptised, but we never visited her. and now it is too late. . . what have i done? did i fail? did i break one of my promises? is she one of those people from my dream? did i fail to listen to the spirit prompting me to go back and visit her? and the answer is . . . i dont know. i will never know. the only thing i do know is i am scared.
we entered her house and talked for almost a hour more and we are also going to visit her tonight but i know that it wont be sufficient.
i got back to my appartment last night and after planning went straight to the book of mormon. i opened it randomly to Jacob 1:19 looking for comfort and for the first time i think my heavenly father was trying to make me feel guilty not comfort me, because it reads, And we did magnify our office unto the lord taking upon us the responsibility, answering th sins of the people upon our own heads if we did not teach them the word of god with all diligence; wherefroe, by laboring with our might their blood might not come upon our garments; otherwise their blood would come upon our garments, and we would not be found spotless at the last day. the answer is YES i did fail. i failed her, i failed myself, but worse than that failed my dad who always tells me to work work work and i always tell you a am working as hard as i can. well in moments like these i wonder if i am lying. and worst of all i failed him who i represent, the name i have on my badge. i dont know what i am doing anymore.
i recieved the package with the terkey jerky and cookies but the camara not yet. still waiting.
i love you all and know that i am trying.
Elder Landon R. Welch

Monday November 7, 2011

Hola Familia!!
how has your week been? mine has just been dandy working hard and enjoying every minute of it. it still amazes me to think you are all getting ready for snow where as i am having to store a extra white shirt at my pension so i can let the other one dry from how much i have been sweating. it is hot and very very humid. and it is killing me. i sweat alot as is but now i have the humidity factor too.
supposedly i have recieved my package but i havent recieved it yet. the way the mail works here is all the letters, packages ETC. gets sent to the mission office and from there a man (named Pedro), or the Zone Leaders take all of it to district meeting and give them too us. well last week while at the temple Pedro told me that he had a package for me but that it was currently in his car and that he would bring it to me the next day. well he didnt come. so i asked the zone leaders and they know nothing about it eather. so they called pedro and he told them that he DIDNT have a package for me. so 1 of 2 things has just happened. #1 he lied to me at the temple about have a package in his car. or #2 he lost it. i am kinda worried because even though he works for the mission he is still a person so i just hope he is a honest person.
i dont have too much new news other than Elder Quintero is going to the clinic tomorrow to have his arm operated on. he has a little bump on his arm and they figure better safe than sorry so they are going to take it out so please remember my awesome companion in your prayers for the next week, it isnt a dangerous sergery but at least help him to recuperate faster.
we all remember my good friend Ramos Romero (the man with the problem with sunday as the sabath) well we had tried everything and come to find out he has been studying with Jehovah witnesses too and has chosen to be baptised in their church and not ours. well all i can say is i am sorry i couldnt change his mind. he really is a great man, i just hope one day he will see for himself that what we were teaching him IS true and that it always will be. talking with my comp after the lesson he said "i just hope i can be there in the day of judgement to say "I told you so." that made me think and i have decided i hope i am there too but not to say i told you so but to hear his amazing story about his eventual conversion. i know he has started to build a testimony i am just kinda sad i wont be able to help him grow it.
well it is off for another grand adventure of a p day . . . not it is p day by ourselves and elder quintero want to go and wash his ties . . . . . . are you serious?!?!?! you want to wash your ties? but hey i guess if that is his idea of a free p day i guess i will play soitare. oh which reminds me, if you have time i would love some american card games, like the ones we always used to play on sunday, phase 10, uno skipbo, golf and any other fun ones you can find. i am in no rush to have them so when you have time.
i love you all and remember i am working as hard as i can.
Elder Landon R. Welch
p.s. i tried to send pictures from the last few weeks but looks like it is going to take more time than i thought. but these are pictures of some of my good friends from trapiche at my goodbye party. and from the last baptism we had. and it was a awesome baptism 4 from us and one from the Hermanas!! woo hoo. and the amazing sunset is Oscar (our ward mission leader) and Lucero (one of our future baptisms) but i have honestly never seen a sky more beautiful.
p.s.s. tell brad dopp that i havent forgot about him and that i am writing his letter as fast as i can. and i think next week i will have time to email it to you. love ya chao

Monday October 31, 2011

Hola Familia!!!
What a amazing week we have had this last week, we didnt have too much time to teach but for a good reason. i was finally able to go to the lima temple. after more than 6 months here in peru i finally got to see it, inside and out. it is a small temple, it looks much bigger from the outside but actually incredibly small. it has 4 rooms for endowments and the rooms themselves are small, it seemed to only fit our zone and no one else. but in the center of the temple was the baptismal font, it had windows on all side where you could watch them doing the ordinances from almost anywhere in the temple. amazing. as missionaries we cant be part of the baptisms which is kind of a disapointment, but none the less i hope one day to have the experience.
we also had a baptism this week, Henry Sergio Quispe Mendez was baptized at 10 saturday morning. i had alot of doubts about him, his desire, and his faith, as we were teaching him. but there is no doubt now in my mind how much he really loves and treasures the things we have taught him. we share with him some pictures from our temple adventure and all he could say is "wow, i cant wait for experiences like these on my mission." amazing young man with alot of desire to follow the spirit and to one day serve a mission. he recently turned 19 and was very disapointed that he had missed the mark to serve a mission. when we told him that the limit was 25 for men, his face lit up and said. "25?!?! well in that case when can i go?!" he will be quite the missionary.
but unfortunatly the week brought a little bit of sadness too. we were supposed to have 2 baptisms this week. but Miriam decided that she didnt want to be apart of this grand truth. she had a baptism date and hour set for saturday at 7, well we got to the church at 7 exactly and waited 30 minutes for her to get there. when she didnt show we went to the nearest phone to start looking for her. after calling 3 different places we finally found her. she told us that she didnt feel prepared, that there was still things in her life that she didnt feel good about. we told her that we understood and that we were there to help her over come any struggles or chalanges that she had. she then thanked us but told us that she didnt want to talk to us or anyone from the church anymore. i am not really sure what happened, why so suddenly she changed. in the morning we were calling her to find out what size of clothes she needed, and in the night we were calling to find out why she didnt show up. it is sad but it is her choice, we have taught everything, but she didnt want to accept it, and we just need to accept that. it is my hope and prayer that one day more will be guided to her door and she will open it to them. and that in this moment she will feel the need to change her life for the better.
i love this work the good times and the bad. i am so greatful for the oportunity i have to change other lives as well as my own.
i love you all and always remember i am working as hard as i can.
Elder Landon R. Welch
p.s. i was finally able to send pictures!!!