I love Bountiful, I love our
ward the Parkway 1st Ward. The last few days have been hard because I
have been saying bye to the members and recent converts that I have
learned to love during my time here. Needless to say, I've been saying
bye to lot's of people. There are so many people in this area that I
love, and it's been really hard saying goodbye. They have added me on
facebook but you know that it will be a while before I can accept those
friend requests.
This area is still on fire, we have some
people on date so I should be coming back to this area in a few weeks
for some baptisms. All of my companions have been incredible and I'm so
blessed to be here and serving the Lord!
Thanks for all the love and support, Elder Barfuss and I will kill this area, I can feel it. LOVE IT!!!! HAHA it's going to
be cool, the last few days have been tough saying bye to members and
stuff, but it's part of the mission life. I'll send the weekly letter
and be prepared for lots of pictures.
Nicole Mateos (A recent convert) bought me a really nice Seahawks jacket, like I mean really nice. I don't know why haha but I'm super grateful for it!
Job Allred is one of
our Ward Missionaries, and he came out and helped us a ton. He served
his mission in Guatemala and he's super funny.
With the Guadarrama's. They were my first 4 baptisms in this
area, Memo wasn't there last night so I missed him but their family is
super nice and I will come back to this area in 1 year to go to the
temple with them.
With Elder Ward. He plays
soccer for BYU and he was a visa waiter waiting to go to Taiwan. He got
his visa last week, he's a really good friend of mine. He said he'll
come watch me play ball in university. He's from Michigan and he told me
he's actually pretty good friends with Nik Stauskas, the NBA player
from Canada that played university for Michigan and is currently with
the Sacramento Kings.
The Elggren family, they are an amazing family. They were like an
extension of my family from home, they made me feel welcome and I truly
experienced their love. They were my first dinner appointment in this
area too! Brother Elggren served his mission in Venezuela and his wife
is from Mexico City!
Brother Jeff Wilson. He
is originally from Logan area here in Utah. He was also a Ward
Missionary and I love him. He served in San Fransisco Spanish Speaking
and he could relate to me really well in terms of speaking a foreign
language in a English dominant mission. He married a Peruvian and now
they are expecting their first child in a few months!
Dale Parsons, he is also a return missionary. He served in
Columbus, Ohio mission Spanish Speaking. He came out with us all the
time and was a great example for me. He came with us last week when we
went to the temple to do baptisms for the dead with some recent
converts. It was an amazing experience.
I am getting more pictures today with more members and others I have met
in this area that I love. I will send them next week, there are a ton
of people I want to get pictures with so today is going to be a crazy
P-Day!
Yeah you are going to get some friend requests from people on Facebook.
Johan is one of the guys I baptized. I'm getting transferred so
yesterday I went and visited my recent converts and members I've gotten
close too. Some of the names of them are: Guadarrama family (Johan and
Guillermo or Memo), Ethia Elggren and David Elggren and their family.
Nicole Mateos, Juan Juarez, any of the people I've baptized might send
you one, they have also been sending me some too but I obviously can't
accept them right now haha. There are also others that have been adding
me. The Belmares family, Marquez family, Jeff Wilson, Saavedra family,
Job Allred, lot's of different people have been adding me on facebook.
The Salas family is another. Just ask them when they add you and they
will let you know. Last night I was at the Elggren's house and you were
messaging their Mom and I was sitting right there! Haha it was so funny,
I started to miss you a bit more when I heard the vibration and Sister
Elggren was like, "Hey it's Elder Strate's Dad! Haha it was cool. But
yeah just watch for some friend requests, all of them are amazing
people.
Love,
Elder Strate
Sounds like you guys have a fun Summer planned ahead of you, that's great! Love it! Haha
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