Because I made this blog today I couldn't put the other e-mails on.
From my mom to Elder Otteson: It was so great to talk to you last Thursday! and fun to talk to your companion. I'll be looking for his family on Facebook ;) I hope you are doing better, We are planning on sending letters by mail. it will help you to have them and go back and read them again. I am getting a packet ready for you as well. I though of a few things you can do to alleviate been homesick, First count your blessings, you are so good at it! Yes, stay positive and look everything with a more positive outlook. Write your blessings count them one by one....it really works for me, it bring a good spirit. Second, give a prayer of gratitude to our Heavenly Father, think in every thing you are grateful for and listed to him in your prayer, don't ask for anything in your gratitude prayer. Record in your journal for a week how you feel after saying your prayers. Third, Exercise! kick your booty by exercising periodically. Fourth if none of the above works, you may consider taking happy pills. :) it can help you to stay focus and it makes a big difference. We went yesterday to see Katie's home coming, it was great to see her. Oh boy she speak fast!!! She was so cute as always. I invite her to come and visit us so we can have a good chat about her mission and get some selfies. Hijo I love you, we are so proud of you and your positive attitude. Keep up the good work. Keep control of your thoughts and get busy doing the work of the Lord. I LOVE YOU!!!! Your mama!!
Elder Otteson in response: Hey!! How are all ya guys doing!? Ha ha, sorry to hear that skiing didn't turn out, we were never one of those skiing Utah families anyways, were ten times cooler than that. So this Sunday i had to give a talk in church about faith, i found some points i thought were pretty cool about how we can find and grow more of that faith that I thought I'd share with ya guys. The first is listen and read the written word of the gospel, and search for more, The second is accept it in your heart and pray about it, the third is share what you've felt and spread the word. I've definitely seen my faith and the faith of others grow a ton by sharing the gospel. To be honest there are times when i feel kinda homesick, some of my best friends on the mission are guys that have 20 months or more, two of them are going home in a week, one being Elder Filgueira, i could talk about anything to that guy, But the more i work the more i feel better. Anyways, ha ha, this week has been kinda weird...sooo, fifty shades of grey seem to be a hot topic around here in Sonora, 8/10 of the houses we visited yesterday had the movie playing on their TV...with full volume...and this made it very hard to teach. In the end we started convincing people to watch Saratov Approach since they wanted some sort of movie. Anyways, that's about it on the weekly report, oh, the (are ya there's) are cuz what the majority of missionaries do is chat with their families using the email but you guys sound kinda busy. Oh, I'm down to my suit pants, most of my pants have ripped in the area were the legs split ;) send me something to stitch em up with in the package, that'll help a ton. Love ya guys!!! Elder Otteson I can't wait until he is home!!!
From my mom to Elder Otteson: It was so great to talk to you last Thursday! and fun to talk to your companion. I'll be looking for his family on Facebook ;) I hope you are doing better, We are planning on sending letters by mail. it will help you to have them and go back and read them again. I am getting a packet ready for you as well. I though of a few things you can do to alleviate been homesick, First count your blessings, you are so good at it! Yes, stay positive and look everything with a more positive outlook. Write your blessings count them one by one....it really works for me, it bring a good spirit. Second, give a prayer of gratitude to our Heavenly Father, think in every thing you are grateful for and listed to him in your prayer, don't ask for anything in your gratitude prayer. Record in your journal for a week how you feel after saying your prayers. Third, Exercise! kick your booty by exercising periodically. Fourth if none of the above works, you may consider taking happy pills. :) it can help you to stay focus and it makes a big difference. We went yesterday to see Katie's home coming, it was great to see her. Oh boy she speak fast!!! She was so cute as always. I invite her to come and visit us so we can have a good chat about her mission and get some selfies. Hijo I love you, we are so proud of you and your positive attitude. Keep up the good work. Keep control of your thoughts and get busy doing the work of the Lord. I LOVE YOU!!!! Your mama!!
Elder Otteson in response: Hey!! How are all ya guys doing!? Ha ha, sorry to hear that skiing didn't turn out, we were never one of those skiing Utah families anyways, were ten times cooler than that. So this Sunday i had to give a talk in church about faith, i found some points i thought were pretty cool about how we can find and grow more of that faith that I thought I'd share with ya guys. The first is listen and read the written word of the gospel, and search for more, The second is accept it in your heart and pray about it, the third is share what you've felt and spread the word. I've definitely seen my faith and the faith of others grow a ton by sharing the gospel. To be honest there are times when i feel kinda homesick, some of my best friends on the mission are guys that have 20 months or more, two of them are going home in a week, one being Elder Filgueira, i could talk about anything to that guy, But the more i work the more i feel better. Anyways, ha ha, this week has been kinda weird...sooo, fifty shades of grey seem to be a hot topic around here in Sonora, 8/10 of the houses we visited yesterday had the movie playing on their TV...with full volume...and this made it very hard to teach. In the end we started convincing people to watch Saratov Approach since they wanted some sort of movie. Anyways, that's about it on the weekly report, oh, the (are ya there's) are cuz what the majority of missionaries do is chat with their families using the email but you guys sound kinda busy. Oh, I'm down to my suit pants, most of my pants have ripped in the area were the legs split ;) send me something to stitch em up with in the package, that'll help a ton. Love ya guys!!! Elder Otteson I can't wait until he is home!!!
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