Happy New Year!

To all,

Happy New Year!! This is going to be a super great year!! I am so excited!! This will be the only year that I am a full time missionary for the entire year. It is crazy how fast 2010 was... I am always excited for the new years and for the goals I want to accomplish as a missionary this year. As I have studied how to set goals and what my goals should be, I have learned that goals should help us further ourselves in our progression to our goal of eternal life. Breaking down this goal can go all the way down to making sure time is taken to study the scriptures everyday. Depending on where you are starting from a change could be reading a chapter a day to wanting to read with an hour of study. The point is to stretch ourselves to become more Christ-like. I know that there is a great Spirit in setting and accomplishing a goal of God. Especially when great effort has been made and you have pushed yourself to accomplish them. I love seeing it in other people. Right now we are working with Albert Garza who is really working so hard to get baptized. But step by step I am seeing the gospel change this mans life and the joy he is receiving because he is making and accomplishing little goals on his way to baptism!! Gosh there isn't anything better!! Albert is great and we are very excited for his coming baptism.

Another family we are talking with is la familia Reyes Moreno!! They are sooooo sweet!!! They have 3 kids, 17 Juan, 15 Pablo, and 12 Jesus and all of the just scream best missionary ever!! They just smile and laugh and have great insight!! We just met them and we are very excited to continue seeing them!!

Hope all is well!! Congrats to Mitchell Tullstrup(sorry on the bad spelling) on his call to Richmond, Virginia!!!!!!!!!! That is so sweet!!!! You will be incredible!!!

Elder Walter