Mom
Well like always it seems like life is going super awesome for y'all. I cant believe school is almost out. I still remember like yesterday when they started school and thinking its going to be so long before the end of the school year. Wow how fast time flies by. Everything is going good here in Espinar except for the cold I'm doing fine. Also just an FYI when y'all send my package for my birthday send sun screen. I'm so close to the sun here and I burn super easy. Now I know what it feels like to be Matt Gerber. I have enough for now,but I might run out. So,6 weeks down for dad, wow. I can't believe that. Tell him to get lots of movies from Redbox or something. He's in for a long long 6 weeks. Get him a video game or something.
Well here in Espinar things are going good. We have our work cut out for us but at the same time I have a feeling espinar can blossom so that's the report on that. I love being a missionary. I know I don't have a lot of stories to tell y'all like the other missionaries probably have but even though not a lot is happening I just love being here and teaching; letting people know that I believe in the true and living Christ and that God has a plan for us. He will not abandon us. I think more than anything that's why I'm here on the mission. I haven't been blessed with much success. Up to this point I don't have any grand stories about people just wanting to be baptized as soon as they saw us. I don't even have any stories of people wanting anything to do with the gospel, but i've realized that I'm doing all I can and I've learned to depend on my Savior just to make it through the day. If God blesses me with success after this point great I'll gladly receive it but I think that's not my mission. My mission is for me to learn the lesson of dependence on the Lord in everything we do and say. I love y'all so much and I'm so grateful I have a family firm in the gospel. I really took that for granite. Y'all mean so much to me please stay safe. I love you guys!
Elder Kotter
Dad
Well I love Espinar, and the comp is great. Elder Calle and me are getting along just fine for now( you know how fast that can change). Well the teaching pool is slim but we are going to be changing that soon. There are some things we are going to put in order. We've got our work cut out for us.
ok D&C 6:36 got it. Everyday we've got to improve to represent the Savior better. I'm trying my best!
Dad I also heard you going to be having surgery soon. Get lots of movies and video games and BOOKS to read while you have to lay in bed for 6 weeks. Good luck with that!
Love
Elder Kotter
Llama
Monday, May 19, 2014
Monday, May 12, 2014
Pictures for the week!
I love you mom it was so awesome to talk with y'all . I'll see y'all in 7 months in December.
Mother's Day Skype
We talked with Elder Kotter via Skype on Mother's Day!! He is growing in ways we never thought possible!
Here is a letter written by Stephen for his mom on Mother's Day. Our bishop read this from the pulpit yesterday!!
Mom
Hey so I’m suppose to be writing this letter to you and I know it won’t measure up to how I feel but here we go….. First off, I want to say anytime I said that I didn’t like your food, I lied. Your food its the BOMB. What I would give for some of your fresh chocolate chip cookies right now! Now that I got everyone hungry, I’ll talk about other things. Mom, seriously you are the best thing ever. You may not think that’s true, but it is, so stop lying to yourself. You are probably the closest example of Christ like love that I have ever seen. Mom, I also want to thank you for everything you have ever done for me. It is about a million billion things but you did it all to help me. I want to especially thank you for reading the scriptures with me as a kid. You may not remember, but I still remember you reading me the picture book, Book of Mormon to me while I was eating grits or cereal every morning. That did more for me to learn the scripture stories than anything else. I also want to thank you for having a love for the gospel and showing me how a true disciple of Jesus Christ is really supposed to be. Mom keep being awesome and making everyone else jealous because they aren’t as awesome as you. I love you mom, I really do. You have helped me out, and basically I am on the mission because of you. I love you soo much mom!!!!
Love Elder Kotter
Here is a letter written by Stephen for his mom on Mother's Day. Our bishop read this from the pulpit yesterday!!
Mom
Hey so I’m suppose to be writing this letter to you and I know it won’t measure up to how I feel but here we go….. First off, I want to say anytime I said that I didn’t like your food, I lied. Your food its the BOMB. What I would give for some of your fresh chocolate chip cookies right now! Now that I got everyone hungry, I’ll talk about other things. Mom, seriously you are the best thing ever. You may not think that’s true, but it is, so stop lying to yourself. You are probably the closest example of Christ like love that I have ever seen. Mom, I also want to thank you for everything you have ever done for me. It is about a million billion things but you did it all to help me. I want to especially thank you for reading the scriptures with me as a kid. You may not remember, but I still remember you reading me the picture book, Book of Mormon to me while I was eating grits or cereal every morning. That did more for me to learn the scripture stories than anything else. I also want to thank you for having a love for the gospel and showing me how a true disciple of Jesus Christ is really supposed to be. Mom keep being awesome and making everyone else jealous because they aren’t as awesome as you. I love you mom, I really do. You have helped me out, and basically I am on the mission because of you. I love you soo much mom!!!!
Love Elder Kotter
Monday, May 5, 2014
Transfers
MOM
Well here is the news of the transfers.......... I'll be staying in the zone Sicuani but I'm moving to a different sector called Espinar which is actually kinda far from Sicuani. It is supposedly a really cold sector. Kinda like Puno so I'll be going back to a cold sector during winter. So that's the news my comp will be elder Calle. This week was a good week nothing crazy happened and nothing bad happened it was just a normal working week. I can't believe Shelby went to prom. Its crazy that everyone is leaving for a mission. Congratulations to Matthew Bennett. Well I can't wait to talk to y'all on Sunday.
Elder Kotter
The pictures of stuff are the contents of the package we sent him. He was very grateful for it!
Well here is the news of the transfers.......... I'll be staying in the zone Sicuani but I'm moving to a different sector called Espinar which is actually kinda far from Sicuani. It is supposedly a really cold sector. Kinda like Puno so I'll be going back to a cold sector during winter. So that's the news my comp will be elder Calle. This week was a good week nothing crazy happened and nothing bad happened it was just a normal working week. I can't believe Shelby went to prom. Its crazy that everyone is leaving for a mission. Congratulations to Matthew Bennett. Well I can't wait to talk to y'all on Sunday.
Elder Kotter
The pictures of stuff are the contents of the package we sent him. He was very grateful for it!
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