Hi family how are you all? I hope
you all had a good week, and that Dad has a happy birthday!! Well this week has
been pretty good, lots of lessons and los of people to teach. One of the
members was giving some cloths to the good will but then decided to donate them
to the missionaries. So I now have 6 new suites!! I love suites, Sister Rose
says that my style is boring but I love it. Ok so on to the story of the week.
So for the past month or so we have
been teaching a less active family with an 9 year old who is not baptized named
Aiden, and an 8 year old who is unsure of getting baptized named Ava. Also they
are moving to Florida in July and we are afraid that if they move with out
baptizing the kids that they will never get baptized. These kids are very wild
and crazy they never really sat and listened to the lessons, at lest not till I
started bringing candy. But even then they were still crazy. The mom is less
active and the dad is not a member, and neither of them really bring much help.
They just kept saying its up to the kids and are not helping them do things
like read and pray. The past 2 times that we have taught them I have thought up
fun games and those seemed to at least keep them interested for a little while.
At one point I even had to talk to him through his R2-D2 puppet, but hey at
least he was sitting still. But they were still just unsure about getting
baptized. We told them how important it was to be baptized and that it would
make heavenly father happy. But the 8 year old said that she was just to shy
and didn't want people to look at her. So the other day we talked to the mom
and just asked if she would help them to be baptized before they moved to
Florida. She said that it may be a possibility but she would have to check her
schedule. So we pulled out our planers and started asking if any dates would
work. And none really did so we just encouraged her to find a day that she
could help her kids be baptized on and then we left. Later that night we
text-ed her and ask if she had found a date. She said that Adiden said that he
wanted to be baptized on Friday, and that Ava would think about doing it with
her brother. We were just shocked! We had been trying to get the kids on date
for almost 2 months, and now it looks like they finally will do it! It just strengthens
my testimony of working on the lords time and not my own.
Another man named Robert who was
baptized on the 11th he is going to receive the priesthood so that he can
baptizes his daughter Brooke this Thursday! ! That is going to be so cool to
see him have that opportunity! But it has been a very good week and we will
have 2 baptisms this week !!!! I love to be here and be a missionary! I miss
you all so much and hope to hear from you all soon. Where are the pictures of
Avery's Birthday! I want to see them! You should send them soon!!
I love you all so much!
Love Sister Chatwin.
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