Email from June 15th, 2010

Hey family!!!

So another week come and gone. It always seems like the last week of the transfer takes the longest. Everyday was a drag. It was killing me..

The good news is that Transfers have come and i am now almost out 8 months! this transfer i will be hitting the 8 and 9 month mark. so stoked!!! More news, elder moore is getting transferred to Calgary and i am staying right where i am at... At least for one more. My new companions name is elder Green... And I am now the district Leader... hmm we will see how that goes.. haha i would rather just skip right to zone leader. district leader has to do a bunch of tedius things... oh well i am excited for the new challenge and new things i am going to have to take care of. We will just have to see how it goes!!! I havent heard anything about my new comp but hey if he hasnt been obedient, he will be now :)

This week has been a very productive week. We had 16 lessons and a whole lot of service. I was writing in my journal this week and realzied how much i really do enjoy service now.. its weird coming from me i know. haha but still, i have definitely changed a lot in the last 7 months and i plan on only getting more devoted to the work. The great things missions do to ya!

We have two new investigators this week! We taught them on sundays. they already have their own quads, gospel principles manual and preach my gospel..... talk about a golden investigator. we set the date for july 16th or 17th. but we need to work very closely with the bishop with everything...

We also have had several other good lessons this week and have new investigators from that. but they dont live in our area so we will have to have other elders teaching them that cover the area they live in. oh well the lord is blessing us in so many different ways it is unreal!

Mother i have not recieved a package yet but i will be getting mail tomorrow when the transfers happen so i will hopefully get it then! hopefully i have a ton of mail! probably wont happen.

Rumor on the street is that my scooter still isnt up.. hmm funny how that works...

the family i live with has a son coming home from his mission in like two weeks from australia.. so that will be pretty cool getting to meet him..

Boston celtics are going to win tonight!!!!!! they better. i hear that rondo is the man and ray allen is doing nothing. my goodness. lots has changed since i have been gone..

worst news of the day, i hear that harvey unga isnt playing this year. he screwed up! what the heck i heard that and i almost started crying. any word on where he is going to play? that upsets me. i love unga. why do people have to be stupid!!!!!

Well i am starving so i guess we are going to go eat. i love you guys so much and miss ya a ton..Stay classy and get that scooter on the net!!!!!!!

love elder dastrup

Hows it hangin??

This week in the mission field has been a good one. We got lots done and still more to improve on. There is always something or another to work on! So it sounds like it is still pretty cold down there??? That confuses me.. It is warm up here and i guess that is all i need to worry about right now.. haha my jacket is finally off and willl stay off (besides sundays) until october! and by then, woah the year mark will be right around the corner.. Who am I kidding.. I still have a very long time! haha.

We taught lots of lessons and asked lots of people for referrals. nothin to new! but what was different about this week was :. We did splits one day.. that was ballin.. mos definitely showed up our district leader.. I got a pretty good day planned and he was just like, wow this is the most effective english missionary day i have ever seen ( he is a spanish elder) but then again he is kind of loopy. IIt was an ok day. not the best ever but hey whatever..

Stake conference was this week so that was fun.. We had a broadcast coming from vancouver.. President Uchtdorf was there along with elder Ballard and Elder Pace (of the 70) So that was cool. Elder pace's talk was the best, oddly enough.. All three talked about gaining, or regaining your testimony. then to share it with others. so basically missionary work. It was a good stake conference. I thought i was getting the day off for stake conference.. It was news to me that we had to go!

Everything else is pretty good around here. I dont know really what to type this week haaha.. just all is well in zion..

oh yeah i got a new hobby!! carving golf balls.. it is pretty fun.. We take a hack saw and cut through the first layer of golf ball, and pry half of it off. then we carve the rubber on the inside of the golf ball. i have picked up this habbit just in the last week or so and it is pretty fun. i am carving Hulk Hogan right now.. it is a blast!!

that is all about that is new with me..

I love you all so much and miss you dearly. sorry i am a short writer this week!

love elder dastrup

ps dev you sell my scooter or what?