Eltham and an approach Winter (May 13, 2024)

 Where many of you are going into spring/summer. Here it's getting colder and more rainy. I've been grateful  to have been able to hear of all the things that have happened back home and am so glad at the good things that have happened. And I think of and pray for the hard times to get better.

I don't particularly know why my writing has been so off and on. it could be some days just blur into others although, each is different from the other in so many ways. A brief description of the past week goes as follows
This week was very good especially in comparison to previous weeks, Wednesday was good because we've been working on contacting all of our grey-Dots (not recently taught, too busy, etc.) Either before or after we go out during the day. On Friday we called one, Delila. And before we could even say anything she asked when church started and said that she would be there. And she was! We also met with lani, and her 2 daughters to set an appointment they also seemed excited to see us and we have an appointment set for them now.
The hardest thing for this week is that I feel a little like I didn't do enough last transfer but, the fact that I get to stay here means that I get a chance to do as much as I possibly can. We also visited Valleen. Valeen is a new member of about 4 months. and introduced Elder Danielson. I've been enjoying all the work that he's been putting in and that's helped me to feel more like I'm matching or getting closer to what I would like to accomplish throughout the week. I'm really grateful to have been able to be a part of the ward and I feel much closer to heavenly father through the work that we have done.

I have seen a few other miracles as well this week and I know that all of your thoughts and prayers are a MAJOR contribution to the success that I've seen here, big or small.
In addition one of the friends I'd first taught just over a year ago has finally been baptised. It's always amazing to see that the effort that you've made, no matter how long ago, still has had enough impact to make a difference.

A quote that I found while in MTC came up a few days ago. It's from Elder Uchtdorf but at the time President Uchtdorf called "You matter to him" the quote goes as follows
"Compared to God, we are nothing"
"But we are everything to God"
This quote really highlights just how much love God has for each and every person everywhere. I often feel like asking, Why would God need me to do missionary work for Him, when He has so much more power than me. One answer that I've found, (and I'm sure there are many) is that God doesn't NEED us to help Him. God WANTS us to help him. And for me the process of trying to serve God by helping others is one that has helped me to take shape as a person and hopefully helped me to become more like Heavenly Father.

I think that's all I have felt like saying for now. Happy Mother's Day to those I've been unable to speak with directly and congratulations to my cousin Jedi for being baptised. I was praying and fasting that it would go well, and it sounds like it did.

Thanks for being patient with me. I know this may have been a long E-mail and I'm just extending it by writing more, I'm just not really sure how to end this one. I guess this is how I'll do it.


-Elder Westover 💙 

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