I don't have a lot of time to write this week because of transfers but i have a lot of photos to send so i think that will make up for it! This Saturday went really great! She was soo nervous but really happy! Her name was Carla! So anyway family i got transferred out of my area and now I'm in LICEY and its really cool here! The ward is really strong but the only problem is that they don't work with us!! President told me that he needed me here because its like my other area! They just need a lot of love and a little push to move just a little more forward! My companion is from Guatemala and he is really funny! He finishes the mission in two transfers and so I think i will be his last comp! I feel really good! My health is getting better as well! I feel like i can concentrate a little more! Well family this my letter this week sorry but I will be sure to write more next week!!!

Hey family this week has gone by soo fast! The weeks seem to be days and the months seem to be weeks! So ya its confirmed that i will be leaving this area! Im really excited to start all over again and with a new comp. So this week i kind of felt like crap but i went to the clinic and now im gettign better! I had rumptured my ear drumb...and had the flu and a infection in my ears and eyes! But these last few days i have felt really good because im now on medication! So this week we didnt have a lot of things happen but it really seems that each and every week we have more success with the investigadores that we do have! Carla and Rosmeri are happy for their baptisms on the 21st. They love the gospel and have really tried hard to get a testimonio about things! They read the book and mormon and pray and they have some great questions every lesson! They are progressing very rapidly! I will be here for their baptism so that will be good! I had called this week of few of my converts from Puerto Plata and they completed 1 year and 3 months!!!! They are so firm in the church! When i hear that people that i have baptized are strong and going to church every week, i feel the real joy of this world! Seeing someone baptized is always special but knowing that they are active members of the church makes all the mission and my work count for something! I feel that my mission has changed me in soo many different ways! I have seen miracles here and i continue seeing them daily! I know that this work is true and that we are his diciples and his istruments on bringing people unto him! We as members of the church have the responsability to reach out to others and share this wonderful gospel! We need to be prepared by reading the scriptures and fasting and prayer! The area that im in is great, i really blessed to be and to have work here for 6 months! I know that sometimes we cant do everything that we hoped but i really feel like the lord would be proud of the work that i have done here! Now when i get transfered i will have to even work harder in order to bless and help the next area! Well family this is my short letter this week! But the next week i will yhave fotos i promise! But know that i love each and everyone of you and that i pray for you everyday! Love you guys! 

Love Elder Westenskow!

Family i want to apologize for what i said in my last letter!! I really need to focus on the work... but that doesn't mean that you cant have more children.. I'm sorry. (Just missing home)
So Joselo didn't get baptized because he has to fix a few things in his life before he can be eligible! On the 21st we should have two baptisms.. Carla y Rosmeri! They are wonderful. They have such a great spirit to them. I think that these will be my last two baptisms in this area! As i talked to the presidente de la misión el me dijo que hay un otro lugar preparado por mi! Yo voy a extrañar mucho mi área!! yo realmente he amado villa vasquez, y todas las personas que he conocido y me han ayudado! Yo no quiero terminar mi misión. Yo se que esta es la iglesia de Dios y que el libro de mormón es verdadero y que contiene la plenitud del evangelio de Jesucristo! Cuando leemos este libro nos acercamos mas a Dios y su Hijo Jesucristo. Es la clave de nuestra religión! I know i havent writen much but i dont have any more time but i love you guys soo much and hope that you guys can be watched over!!

Elder Westenskow