Elder Bethea

Dearest Mommy,

Well this week has been an interesting one, for starters today inst even p-day we just get to email because tomorrow we get to go to the temple!!!!!!!! I'm so excited to be able to go, it is such a huge blessing to be able to attend the temple every three months. So this week has been a flash i cant even remember what happened oh well lets see if i can come up with some good stories. So on Monday it was p-day and just played ball and such nothing really interesting happened just went out and tried by some potentials and talked to a lot of people. We went on exchanges Tuesday night and all of Wednesday. I was with Elder Tipton he is so awesome we went and talked to a lot of people on the streets and knocked a couple of doors, nothing to exciting but then we had a church tour with Traci so that went way awesome, she is so golden haha she loved every part of the Church and when we told her it was three hours long she was totally ok with it. She is so going to get baptized haha. then on Thursday we had interviews on Thursday and it looks like im going to be sent home...........haha just kidding, but it was way awesome the AP's gave a great training on how to extend commitments and have the investigators progress and such it was way awesome! I learned that it is only through us that our investigators can learn how to have true happiness, and i i want to give it to them! haha then on Friday we went on exchanges AGAIN except this time it was with the Zone Leaders haha two exchanges in one week who knew but i had to stay in my area both times so that kind of stunk, but its ok next time i go to the other areas and so that will be fun. On Saturday we had a lesson with the Iwaasa girls, i don't know it ive talked about them but they are two little girls adopted from Ethiopia, so they are 9 and 11 so they have to be taught by us in order to be baptized haha score they are so awesome basically we go over and they teach us the lessons i love it but we had a great lesson with them and then we had their baptism interview on Sunday they are awesome they are getting baptized this Saturday!!!!!! i am so excited! but thats pretty much the week miss ya all and loving the mission!

1. Do the Jessup's have kids? How are they progressing?

A. yes Jordan who is 14 Maya who is 7 and Tiago who is 3

2. How many investigators are you teaching right now?

A. about 8 i think who are actually progressing

3. Do you think you will send Elder Layden home?

A. nope, President told me i wasnt

4. What is the hardest part of being in a bigger city than Moses Lake?

A. to much space i dont like having a huge area i like smaller areas

5. Have you been able to get with the Phillips family yet?

A. no not yet we should be doing something here soon

6. What did you think/feel when Heidi's friend recognized and approached you Sunday?

A. in pure shock i couldn't believe that some one from normal life was there, it was way weird