Hello,
Thanks for helping out Chandler's family, I know they need soooo much help right now.
I'll keep praying for Chandler, because I know a miracle
can happen if it is God's will.
Oh and by the way, I got an email from one of Dad's
coworkers, Jessica Ramirez. She sent me a wonderful email about Dad. She said that he acts
really proud of me and he always tells the different things that have happened
to me here. It made me smile and it makes me so happy that he is proud of me!
Also, she sent me a Spanish part and I could mas o menos read it but it is very
difficult and definitely humbles me with my Spanish...
Thats wonderful that Jacob made the first cuts!!! I hope he
can make it all the way that would be soooo awesome! I can't wait to hear what
happens!
Yes, send me the Thanksgiving family video that you make when it is finished!!! Also today before I leave could you send me some nice pictures of our family and
stuff like the one that Steve Barton took at my mission call opening, the Jr. Jazz one and maybe a few of our family. I would like to show some friends from
my district.
Yes I got the package of cookies... thank you so much I have
loved them!!
No, I cant believe I'm going to be 19! It doesn't even seem real
at all.. It really doesn’t seem like its
going to be my birthday cause I've just been so busy I've had no time to really
focus on it.
I heard about Andrew Campbell's mission call to South Korea... that is so cool!
Also, can you get me the Bishop's email, I would like to
email him, along with Tanner's and Amy's if you can :)
Well, we leave here at 9:30 at night and then our flight leaves
from Mexico at 1:15 Tuesday morning. Then we fly to Colombia and have a two hour
layover there we should get to Colombia at 6 or 7 in the morning. So I could
call you then to if you wanted me to. And then from there to Guayaquil!!! So
most likely though I would just like to call you around like maybe 11.00 o'clock
tonight before we fly out. How does that sound?
I am very excited to leave. My Spanish is not
as good as I would like but I'm as ready as ever to leave. I am going to miss my
district a ton because they have been like my family for the last month or so. I
have loved being district leader and it definitely has helped me to be more
focused here. I know the gospel is true and I have loved reading in the
scriptures so much more here. I know the gift of tongues is true at least to a
point because I have learned so much and I have said some crazy stuff to
investigators that I had no idea that I could say.
Elder Pinkston from my
district told me yesterday that he was so grateful that I was here, that I've
helped him in so many ways and that he has looked up to me as a person here, it
made me feel wonderful. As well as Elder quilter, he said that if anyone else
was district leader he probably would have gone home (cause he has a hard time
being out here and I'm pretty laid back) also me and Elder Myers have come to
agreement that if we both didn't have each other we may not have survived our
district, because we both relate to so much stuff and it has helped me so much.
So I'm going to miss my district. I have come to love them all but also it has
made me excited to get out and serve. I want to meet my next companion and learn
to love him and find a way to enjoy everything that I do out here. I know it
will be hard, but if I try my best and forget myself, I will be able to do it and
by doing it, it will definitely make me an all around better person.
Love you all! Email me back today when you get the chance; I
would love those pictures!
Lots of love, Elder Lignell
Local Missionaries that became friends of Austin's and prayed with him for his friend, Chandler Webb.
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