hey family!! so this week has been great!!! we are seeing a huge growth in the work! Our goal for this new year is to recieve 5 references a week from the members and investigadores!! we recieve one or two references a day now and im seeing miracles happen!! me and my companion are getting along and he is learning really fast!! he speaks italiano y portugueses! its pretty sweet if you ask me!! its been fun having more responsabilidad here in the mission! i feel like i have grown soo much!! on the 27th we will be having two more baptisms! Estrella and Mario!! they are great!! they have such a great disire to learn and follow their savior Jesucristo! Estrella tiene 20 años y Mario tiene 22 años! they are soo excited to be baptized! this week we have been talking a lot to our menos activos y nuestros investigadores about the real reason we celebrate Navidad! Really growing up i knew why we celerated navidad but i believe i did focus in his birth! im grateful for my savior and redeemer!! His love is unfailing! the atonement of Jesus Christ is the part most important to the plan of god! I love his teachings and his councils! I know that through him we can be blessed in all things and that he is the key to have peace in this life and complete joy for the eternidad! yo amo mi salvador! El es mi mejor amigo! le doy gracias por todo que hizo por mi! El libro de mormón es verdadero y contiene la plenitud del evangelio eterno! Se que Jesucristo vive y nos ama y que el es la cabeza de esta maravillosa iglesia! Se que profeta Thomas S. Monson es un profeta de Dios y esta recibiendo la dirección de Dios! i love you guys sooo much and pray that we can all remember the real reason why we celebrate christmas!! talk to you guys in two weeks!

Love Elder Westenskow