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Email from October 25, 2010

Yo Family

How is it going?? Another Week down, hmm they just seem to be going by faster and faster..... Most of the time at least!

This week was a wonderful week. The first one of the transfer is normally really slow and dragged out. Not this one. Me and Elder Dana lit it up this week! We taught 23 lessons and 8 of them or so, were with Less Active people. So I am pretty excited about it! We stayed busy a majority of the day. So that was good! We just strive to stay busy doing the things we should be doing, and we seem to continuely be blessed. Funny how that works eh? My Canadian lingo is coming along just fantastic...

So I was doing the math like yesterday, and we have 2 months until christmas! So crazy... I can't believe it. I will only have one more call home after that. So pumped. haha Who knows, I still could even be in the same area I am now by christmas. That would put me here in this one area 6 months. Could happen, just unlikely. Christmas would be really fun in this area though. We live with awesome members, so that would be nice and there are tons of cool members in the ward. But the next transfer is December 1st so I could be long gone.

So this week we had so much service we were doing. It was sweet. The more I do service, the more I like it. Yes I just said that. It is fantastic. Most of the time. It kind of gets annoying when people aren't grateful for what we do. But the only way to get over it, is to just keep serving. got to love it!

I hear the Jazz are 8-0 in the preseason!!!!!!! Finally, they are good and of course I am not there for it. This kills me. Last pday we were at the mall for lunch, and i saw on a tv thhey were playing the lakers. Their new jerseys are sooooooooo sick! Like good/cool/neat... To bad BYU football isnt any good, or else we would have a good year all the way around. It is good i dont have to watch it. I would just get frustrated.

Thanks mom for sending that suit out. I just need some switch ups out here. Man it gets boring wearing the same suit over and over and over and over again. Rediculous...Nothin a good suit wont spice it up a bit. The only things i get to change are ties watch .... thats it...

So my ten minute shut off thing just popped up so i am going to try and hurry!

This morning it snowed. yup i was upset with seeing that. I am going to have a long winter. It is supposed to be the worst one yet.... We do have a ward activiity coming up on the 30th... trunk r treat. We are doing it in the churhc parking lot. and we are supposed to dress up our car. We drive a chevy malibu so we thunkdid up an idea to put a bit sheet on it and make it a ghost and call it the maliboooooo! so creative i know :) I think we are going to try and find somebig boxs to put over us and one of us will be the holy bible and one of up a book of mormon! or mario and luigi. We cant decide! We have to be in our aaprtment and 600 on halloween. So that will be nice to catch up on sleep!

We play horse, with a mini basketball hoop at night in our apartment. I am totally dominating. I havewon 12 i think and he has won 4. And around the worl i am up 6-0.. domination station..

Drum roll please, at the year mark i weigh in at.......................

180 pounds. Makes me plus 8 lbs right now...... rediculous. It will be gone by the time i come home. I am eating healthier than i ever have before.... i am pretty impressed...

Mother I will get back to you next week what my christmas list can be :)

I love you all so much and miss you a ton. Work hard, read your scriptures and serve people around you constantly... i love you all..

Love Elder Dastrup

Email from Oct 19, 2010

Yo doggs!

Whats up. Another Week come and gone. Still just loving it! Transfer emails came, and once again I am just staying in my area with Elder Dana. This will make 4 1/2 months together by the end. I am excited. We get along well so might as well keep it this way right??

I was kind of surprised to see that I was staying. But Definitely excited.

This week was such a good one.

We got to go to the temple on saturday. It was AMAZING .... So awesome. Such an intense day. First of all, we were going down so that we could see a couple go through for the first time and get sealed. We found in the morning that Sister Anderson Hill (mom the person you sent that package to) Was really really sick and they were supposed to be the temple at like 10. They definitely were not going to make that. We were praying like all the way down. As soon as we got there, We got word that they were coming, and going to make the 230 session. So we went through two sessions, yep and i stayed awake, wide awake it was so awesome. The temple up here is so cool. So it made for a really cool day.

We also got a couple leads on some potential investigators. We will have to see what happens. One of them bailed out on us last night, but we arent even close to giving up on him.

Here is the scoop.

So one of our members, brother matthews, moved in about 6 months ago. The elders Helped them move in. After the elders left, their neighbor came over and said, hey are you guys jehovas witnesses? Can i get some literature on that?? The member then said, well we do have litterature but we aren't j dubs. So he gave him a book of mormon. 2 weeks ago, the member was building his fence outside and that same neighbor came over and gave him a saw to borrow, and said something like the price is to send your elders over to my house!!!!!!

We had the member try and set up a lesson and that didnt go so well so we are just going to try and stop by his house on thursday. So we will see what happens.

We also had this scottish ladie jump out of her car and chase down up to a door step to talk to us. She is already a member but she has gone pretty less active. So she got the info of when church is and where it is and everything. She actually called me this morning so that wwill be good to reactivate maybe!

I am really hoping to see this area boom this transfer. It has so much potential. We just need things to click!

So how is timpview football doing?>

Dad you will have to get back on track here sending me the timpview basketball stuff. They should be pretty good! I dont know about down low though. We have some really good basketball in our zone right now. And A couple good guys are coming in. So it will be good.

BYU SUCKS!!! whats going on. I am so upset. This is killing me. I cant handle seeing the cougs not winning. I heard they got smoked by tcu. Hey at least they scored on them right??

What else is going on???

I got dev and rachs package. Thanks :) more candy :) the sad part is, i eat like all of it..... haha

Mom can you get that gray suit. Get the pants taken out just a hair :) and send the suit on up? thanks!

Send some return labels with it so that i dont have to right my address on every letter i send.

So i dont know what else to say. But I love you guys and miss ya a ton. Cant wait until next monday to here from you again!

Love Elder Dastrup

ps mom do you want me to write a specific letter for my friends thing or what?

Email from October 4, 2010

Family

Yeah, sad to say this week I saw my last teenage days die before my eyes... Well I guess I will start having to grow up now??

But it definitely was a good birthday. I was Able to be doing exactly what I wanted and knew I should be doing..

First of All, Conference was a great start to the day. Every session was so good. It is amazing the things that you can get out of conference when you pay attention :) I am on two in a row now! All those men are such inspired men and they truly are called of God to lead and guide us..

Right before the sunday sessions started, our zone leaders brought us up the mail.. And Yep, I got some of that!

Package from Dana, thank you! You would make a trunky calendar at my year mark! Now i just get to look at how many more days left I have on my mission! haha jk jk I enjoyed it along with the ties. That one is very skinny. But I did wear it for the remainder of the day yesterday!

And of course Kate! Thank you so much for your package.It was wonderful! I always love getting vampire teeth and Pictures! All the little kids look so different. It is so weird. I saw one of the pictures that all the little boys were sitting next to eachother on the boat. yep, I had to do a double take with Chance... I was so confused. He looks so much older. plus he has long crazy hair..... So weird. I am sure everyone will be a lot different by the time I get home.. Plus me. I am going to be ripped by then. I plan to start working out. That is right!

So dusty I have been meaning to ask you. Or mom or dad incase dusty doesnt get back to me! Did you play ball with one of the balderson kids. I keep thinking that you did play on a team with them, but i cant remember for the life of me.Alot of people talk about them as idols up here.. Just curious..

Mom, when I sent home that package of white shirts did i send a GPS box with it?? yeah I cant find mine anywhere. I think that i sent it home and i sure hope so. because it has a 1 year warrenty but i need the box. the stupid thing wont turn on. so if you find that you should send it up to me asap!!! thanks :) that would be awesome! :)

Also that gray suit that i had before my mission.. take a look at it. If you think it would be a good missionary suit. you can send that up too. haha it might not be!

It sounds like you guys (mom and dad) had a wonderful trip to nyc and bermuda. Dad i was like crying laughing when i opened up that picture of you and your "homies" in nyc. that was awesome...

We are not having tons of success with our investigators going forward... we are just working hard to continue to meet with them and do everything we can.

Me and Elder Dana are getting along great and continue to press forward with the work.

I got to get going, but I love you guys and miss ya a ton.. Keep it real and I am now 20!

Love Your favorite brother/son.

Love Elder Dastrup