Email from 03/31/10

Hey guys how is it going. Thank you for all your emails this week. Sorry i dont have more time to write everybody back individually! It sounds like you guys had an awesome trip! i am jealous, kinda, not as much as i thought i would be. Guess i am liking my new area :) actually i know i love my new area, we dont have any solid investigators right now but it is about to blow up. we just had a new ward mission leader called and he is amazing. So both ward mission leaders are good and they want to get stuff done. i am very excited. We should have a for sure baptism in april since there is a kid that turns 18 and has been wanting to be baptized for so long but his dad hasnt let him. he is basically like a member and same with 3 younger siblings. There mom is a member and they all come to church every single week.

I ran into a few connections to home in this ward which is awesome.. bro stonehocker served with dusty on his mission! i was just asking him if dusty was a wuss on his mission and he would laugh! hahaha he was way cool. he is feading us on friday i think. then i ran into a english family and they were ranting about jerom dastrup. They loved him! She like wasnt even breathing she was talking so fast. It was pretty funny!

I am serving in two wards now so we should hopefully be getting about 20 lessons a week. When i got here, my comp and his last companion seemed like they did nothing, it was kind of a joke. there was absolutely nothing set up and they were only teaching 5 lessons a week. so we are deffinitely changing that around.

Dusty, might you know, i can garuntee you cant hear me gaining pounds, cause i havent gained a pound. i am actully going to start losing weight, every monday wednesday and friday we go work out at elder and sister owens (senior couple) house and we actually work hard. I havent workeed out this hard since basketball. and on tuesday thursday saturday i still work out on my own. so im good! plus i am in a car share area so we only get the car monday tuesday wednesday thursday and we have to walk on friday saturday sunday. we are going to try and find bikes to borrow in the next couple weeks!Katie your fam sounds way busy! I got one of the pictures of mason, i think it was from terra, and it is the funniest thing i have ever seen. it is awesome! he just has a huge ol grin and i wouldnt be surprized if i go back and look at it that he will have food in his hand! Terr, Thank you so much for the package i always love getting them and new ties :)

Mother i havent gotten the st patricks day package yet but we should get mail next monday and our zone conference. i am excited for it!

my new apartment is WAY better then in brooks. hahah brooks was such a pile. lethbridge is way nicer and nicer home. we live with some members. The pitchers. They are like the nicest people i have every met. they have a son serving in austraila and he gets home in june. so that will be cool to see the families excitement. They are always watching the march madness stuff so we are staying updated on it! Sounds like byu did ok. they should have beat kansas st. though. typical byu choking when it comes down to it.Well todays pday is going to be awesome. i will actually be in civilation! yes! haha basketball! i am stoked. but yeah i guess that is all i have about i love all of you guys and miss ya so much!

love elder dastrup

ps Dusty, i believe i have been out longer than 2 months. 5 actually and i am going to burn a tie at the end of april when i turn 6!!! 19 more months to go!