WEEK 104

THE LAST STRETCH

Hey everyone!

It's crazy my time is almost up. I can't really believe I am going home already. It was great! This last Sunday was my last sacrament meeting Sunday. It was fast and testimony meeting as well. So I was able to share my testimony with the branch here. This branch is amazing, I know it will continue to grow. 

This last week we went over to Tobago for the day it was lots of fun. Elder Hill is over there so I was able to see him and also an Elder named Elder Tablot. We had a good time, I was able to see a couple members I knew as well. It was great seeing them. One was Sister Henry, she tried to hung me haha but she realized that she couldn't. We also saw a member Elder Kohlieber and I contacted when I was there several months ago. She turned us down the first time but eventually got baptized when I was out of Tobago. So I was able to go back and see her. It's great to see how happy she was! We also had teaching visits with the assistants, it was good. Elder White came with me, he is a stud of a missionary. Had some good lessons and had bake and shark for dinner.

This week was a pretty great week. I'll miss it here in Trinidad. This coming week we have Zone Conference, probably an exchange to Couva as well. It will be a great last few days.!!

love you all and cant wait to see everyone!

love elder bastian 

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WEEK 103

3rd to last email

hey everyone

It is pretty crazy to think my time is almost up on the mission! These past two years have been great. So many great people I met and so many great experiences I had! I'm grateful I had this chance to go on a mission!

This last week was really good. We have been working really hard this past week and we have been able to have some great experiences. We have been teaching the Victor family. They are a big family of members and nonmembers. They are progressing so well. They want to be baptized and make those changes in their life so its been great working with them. That was a great highlight.

On Saturday night we were buying some food at this place and the owner came out the back room and wanted to talk with us. He invited us in the back of the shop and we just talked about what we did as Missionaries and how we share the gospel. He was really interested and never heard about the church before. He is from Syria and is in Trinidad for the time being. He was really nice. We told him where the church was so he could come, he said he wanted to bring his family as well so it was great. He also gave us the food for free.

Also on Saturday our plans we had were falling through but it is amazing how things work out. We ended up seeing a lot of people that day and as we went about the day people we contacted in the past saw us and asked when we can come by so we taught them right there. So the day was filled and so many great people are prepared for the gospel. It is truly by divine design. I'm pretty thankful for that!

Thank you everyone so much for the support and prayers. I'll be seeing everybody real soon! love you all

love elder bastian

Malcolm our branch mission leader, he's a boss he just left for BYUI

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WEEK 102

hey everyone!

Not much to say this week. It was pretty normal week.

We had an exchange this week so I was with Elder Mckay, it was really good and we had some awesome lessons. 

Also this week we went to a baptism in Chaguanas a man named Jonathan got baptized he is awesome. He was so excited about his baptism. He shared his testimony how he found out about the church online and he read some of the Book of Mormon and after chatting online with missionaries he was able to meet with the missionaries that cover that area. So it was pretty cool to see him get baptized.

Really other than that we have been finding awesome people and have been working with a family to get them baptized so it's been great!

I wish I could stay a little longer to see them all get baptized but I'm grateful I was able to teach them a lot.

Our area covers 3 different wards so we have been working with all of them and so it's been great to work with the members here in Trinidad. You really come to close to each one.

I'll try making my email a little bit more exciting next week but have a great week!

love elder bastian

WEEK 101

ONE MONTH LEFT!!

hey everyone! 

Not a whole lot happened this week! The area is doing great and I'm doing great. I really hope there is snow on the ground when I come home. By looking at it, I may be lucky. But we had a really cool lightning storm yesterday. So much rain and thunder, it was really cool.

We have been meeting a lot of great people. This man we talked to last week is really prepared, we got there and he said "this is the same foundation that Christ built His church isn't it?" so that was really cool he is seeking. Also we set a baptismal date with a man named Brother Harper, he loves the Book of Mormon. So we are going to continue to prepare him for his baptism next month.

I also finally weighed myself, from the beginning of my mission to now I have lost like 11 pounds. So I have gotten smaller haha but Elder Peterson loves to cook so maybe I'll gain it back before I come home, he made meat loaf yesterday.

Other than that everything has been pretty normal. Have a great week... enjoy the snow. Always be working on those good habits like praying, reading, going to church, helping those around you. It's amazing to see the difference it can be in your life. 

love from Trinidad.... elder bastian

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