Okeechobee

Well last week I thought I was going to be leaving the Great White North, but instead I made it to the real Great White North, Okeechobee. I am as far north as it gets in our mission, and as far West(besides Key West) as it gets here. They just keep sending me to the farthest reaches of the mission, just a year later this time. It is nice though. A little more rural than I expected when I came to this mission, but it is good, a nice change. All the homes here are further apart and have a lot of land, so knocking takes a little bit longer. That and the fact that this place has been knocked over like crazy makes it an odd mix. It is nice though, I like it. One of the families here is related to one of the families down in Key West. They were amazing down there, they helped us out so much. The K family. They called each other and told them that I made it up here now, it would be cool if they came on vacation up here, I know they do it a lot. So far we have had some success. Suprisingly enough most of the people that we have met this week have been Spanish, which is great because I can still speak with them and I love teaching Spanish people, but there is not to much Spanish in the branch so it will be a little hard integrating them, and I have to teach them everything because my companion is an English missionary. His name is Elder L. He was origanally in the Oralando mission, but got switched when our mission took over one of their zones. He goes home in February, so he still has a little bit of time left. He has been here in Okeechobee for a while, but he is excited to get the work rolling here. We did a lot of things that really changed the dynamic of the work here this past week. With our new investigators we should start seeing progress pretty quickly here. We also have some families that have just been floating around waiting to be taught and baptized, so we are excited to get working with them, we talked to them yesterday and are planning on meeting with them all this week. We have also met some really nice people that have been helpful to us. That is basically all that is going on here though. I love you all, and I am thankful for all that you do for me. I love this this gospel and I know that it is true, and that no matter where we are, even in the middle of an ocea, or a farm town, or a big city, or the suburbs (been to them all now), there are people waiting for us. I know Jesus Christ knows us and cares for us, and he wants the best for us. I love this work and I love you all

Love,

Elder Wesley Christopher Bowen