Hola!!

  This week has been good! Changes are today but I will be staying here in Universidad and I will be staying with my comp another change, Elder Salazar. Some times the Lord has hard tasks for us to do but He always provides a way for us to acomplish them. I'm grateful to be a servent of the Lord and even though it may be hard I'm ready to do whatever it is that the Lord has planned for me. I know this change won't be that easy but I know that with the Lord's help I can do it! My comp is doing much better so it shouldn't be too bad, but please keep me and him in your prayers. They really do help. We have a few people really close to baptism. This Sunday we were supposed to have 2 baptisms but they fell through. But, we should have at least 2 this week so I'm pretty excited! Well, I love you all. I love you all. Thanks for all you do for me. I have the best family ever. Thanks for being so great!

Love,

Elder Despain

Me, Elder Wagstaff, y Elder Prise, at the conference with Elder Oaks. 5-18-11

Elder Agular he goes home in like a week. 5-18-11

Mi Papa! (the missionary who trained me), Elder Higuera, haha. He only has 2 or 3 changes left in his mission. 5-18-11

 

Me and my package! I have been waiting for this since February, but it kept getting sent back to my family for one reason or another.  It was for my birthday and hump day (1 year anniversary). 5-13-11

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Mi Hijo, (My Son/A missionary I trained) Elder Plata 5-18-11

 Picture of Elder Oaks when he was leaving from Stake Conference! 5-22-11

Zone Metepec playing vs us, Zone Toluca, today! 5-23-11

Me on the field we played on! 5-23-11 

 Me and some other missionaries. 5-23-11

Hola 5-23-11

Hola familia!

 

This week was good! I was still a little sick, but I'm getting better! This week was cool because I got to hear Elder Oaks talk twice!  On Wed., we got to listen to him in the D.F., just our mission and just the missionaries. It was awesome! I got to shake his hand and talk to him for a second! It was sweet. Also when he finished his talk to us, he said "In and by the office I hold as an Apostle of Jesus Christ, I leave a bessing with all of you!" It was really cool. Like through the office as an Apostle he blessed us. It was cool!!!! Also when he spoke in our stake conference, the mission president's wife asked me for a pass along card for Sister Oaks. So I gave her one I had in my pocket and then Sister Oaks used it in her talk and held it up and it was mine, haha. Stupid, but cool! I thought it was funny! We played futbol (soccer) today vs Metepec, a different zone. That was cool. I made two goals, haha, and who says Americans can't play futbol?!!!! It was fun! It has also been really cool to visit and see how much Veronica, Andrea and Fernanda have changed. Their baptism was a big change and it was really great for them. I love this gospel and I love seeing it change peoples lives! It was so, so cool to hear from Elder Oaks. I now know more than ever that he is truly a special witness of Jesus Christ and truly is called a servant of the Lord just like all the apostles in the Bible! It was really a cool experience! It was also cool to be all together as a mission. ever since they changed how we do changes, we never see everyone in the mission. So there were a lot of missionaries I hadn't seen in a long time, so it was cool to see them!!!  I will be sure to keep Jason in my prayers. Hope that all is good with him, but I will be sure to pray for him!!! Well, all is going well for me. I love you all so much! Thanks for all you do for me. Love ya!

 

Love,

Elder Despain

Hola Familia 5-16-11

 Hola!!!!!!!!
  Well, it was really great to talk to you last Sunday! This week was good! Today I had an interview with the president that was cool, haha. This past week we had a zone conference and that was good, too. We watched a talk from Elder Holland and it was a talk he gave when I was in the MTC but it was still great to list to it again and it was a motivation! But the really cool thing is on Wednesday we get to go to the D. F. (District Federales) and see Elder Oaks! He is going to talk to our whole mission! Then next Sunday, we will see him again when he talks to our stake. It going to be awesome. I am really pumped to hear him! I'm doing good. I have been a little sick but I'm getting better so that's good and I'm feeling much better! Thank you for the package. It was really great to get a package and I already gave away some stuff that I got in it! It's always cool to have stuff to give to the people we baptize and also to the people we are teaching! I love you all. You're all so amazing. I truly have the greatest family ever! Thanks for all you do for me! Well not much new has happened here, just doing good here and working hard! I love this work and I'm so grateful to be here! Being in the service of the Lord is truly amazing and just to see the happiness it brings to people's lives makes it worth every second. Like this family we baptized last week, they're really great and we have got to see them progress so much and just change their lives and now they are so much more happy. It's so great! They call us their angels, haha. It's funny but it truly makes it all worth it when you see the happiness it brings to their lives! Well, I love you all !!! Thanks for all you do for me! Stay safe!

Love,
Elder Despain

 Me and a little bunny 5-4-11

 

Me and Marcos, the guy that lived in a little shack that moved away. That was sad. 5-7-11

 The baptism of Andrea, Fernanda and their mom, Veronica! 5-8-11

  

Me and my comp., Elder Salazar 5-9-11

 

A picture of me and Elder Gamez in my Spain jersey 5-9-11

A picture of the whole zone after playing futbol. 5-9-11

Hola 5-9-11

Hola Familia!
 It was so awesome to get to talk to you all! And it was really great to get to see you all as well! The kids are so big. That really shocked me how big they have gotten! I loved being able to talk to everyone, that was really cool! I love you all and miss you all as well! I sent some pictures of the baptism that we had! And also of some other things! Well, I love you all and it was great to see that you are all doing well! I love you all so much. Thanks for talking to me for so long! I truly have the greatest family ever! Thanks so much for all you do! I love you all! Thanks also for inviting Kylee. That was really nice that I got to talk to her as well! I love you all. Thanks for all you do. I will write more next week!

Love,
Elder Despain

Hola Todos! 5-3-11

Hola,
  Thanks for your letters and I'm sorry for not writing yesterday. It's just that we were super busy and had to visit some people and didn't have time to write! I love you all. Thanks so much for your emails! So about the call, I'm going to call on Sunday. The time difference is 2 hours and I think I will call at about 4 my time, so i think it will be about 2 your time. I'm going to try and make a Skype thing really quick so that I can do it through the computer and it won't cost any money, but if not I will call you and then you can call me back! And just in case some thing goes wrong you can call me. I don't know what area code or international code you have to use, but I should be able to call you! I love you all! Well, I will talk to you on Sunday. It's crazy it has been like 5 months since the last time I called. I feel like it was yesterday! I love you all and I will talk to you on Sunday at 2 your time! If you could send me your Skype address before Sunday that would help me to be able to use Skype if it works out. I love you all! I'm doing great!
Love,
 Elder Despain