Hi family!! How are you all doing ?
How was your 4th of July? Were the fireworks cool? I didn't get to see any
because I had to be in bed by 10:30 :P , but I did hear lots of them!! How was
the parade? I really missed driving the candy cart and having homemade
raspberry ice cream! So how is everyone's summer going? Morgan said that you
laid sod in 109 degree weather, and I thought I wish it was 109 here....
Because it has been 115 and we had to go trackting. Yuck!! I almost died!!!
Well not really but it was so hot that the air conditioning was almost not
working!!
Ok now for the stories of the
week!!!
Number 1 So lst P-day (after I had
already written you all) we had a district p-day. So that means that all of the
comps in our district are supposed to get together and do something fun. Well
naturally the boys wanted to do something very stupid that we could not do. But
there is a less active family in our ward and they have lots of out doorsy
things so the said that we could come to there house and do something there.
And so the boys agreed and we all went there to see what they had. They had
lots of things that we could not play with like guns, ATV’S, and a dune buggy.
But again the white book of blessings (WBB) tells us no. But they did have bows
and arrows!!! And no where in the WBB does it say that we cant do that!! Oh man
it was so much fun !! Brother Shaffure had two bows a 30 pound one and a 50
pound one. He had everyone try both and the boys could pull both, sister brown
could only pull the 30, and I could totally do both!! Well I got to be the
guanine pig and shoot first and I actually did not do to bad, and just kept
getting better! I did not shoot any bulls eyes but I at least made it on the
target... most times. But hey I still did pretty good. And then every one else
tried and then I got to try the 50 pound bow. And by that time my shoulders
were so sore that I could not pull it any more :( But they all know that if I
would have shot that one first that I would have been able to fire it!!
Story 2 On Wednesday we got to meet
the new mission president and his wife. So there was a member who was willing
to drive the 100 miles or so, thank heavens because it would have killed our
miles!! So I got to sit in the back of the truck and listen to a 5 year old
sing call me maybe at the top of her lungs and have my hair pulled by the 2
year old. It was really fun, especially when the 2 year old fell asleep. We get
to the meeting and they start the way that they normally do then sister Miller
spoke to us. She is very nice and excited to be here, I just love her already!
Then President Miller talked to us and had everyone stand up by zone and say their
names and where they were from. And he apparently really likes names and so he
was asking where they all came from. So if you have any info on the Chatwin
name let me know! But he is an amazing man and he is going to do wonders for
the mission. I can’t wait to see what he has in store for us!
Story 3 So here is how I spent the
4th.. planing in the apartment all day. Exciting right! Then our dinner
canceled on us so Sister Cadd Invited us to her house. She made the best fish I
have ever tasted!!! And yes I said fish. It was so stinking good, and did not
have that fishy taste, it was very good. After dinner we helped her sew quilt
squares together for her daughters wedding. So sister Cadd and Brown pinned
them all and I sowed them. Mom you would have been so proud, I sowed over 100 5
inch strait lines!! Ha yeah sister Cadd was amazed at how fast I could sow
them. After that we went home and walked around the block to see if we could
find any families. But apparently almost everyone goes out of town for the 4th.
So we only found an African American man who was locked out of his house,
who had no phone and did not know any phone numbers. He was also very surprised
that 2 white girls would just come up and talk to him. We talked about the
church for a little while and gave him a card. But he was very nice and I hope
that he will feel prompted to go to the web site.
And story 4 So we were out visiting
a less active who was sitting out on his porch. He was telling us that he just
had so many questions and that the lord was not answering them. And everyone he
talked to just kept telling him the same answers of pray and read the book of Mormon.
So we talked for bit longer and I realized why he had not received his answer.
He was praying and he was reading every so often but he was not living in line
with the standards of the church. So I just told him," You are not
receiving the answers you want because you are not living your life worthy
enough to have the Holy Ghost with you. And it is through him that we receive
all our knowledge." And he just stared at me and said "Now that is an
answer that I have never gotten from any one." He did not understand that
if you want to receive revelation from the lord you have to be living your life
worthy to get the answers you are seeking. And as we left he said that we had
given him lots to think about, and he would talk to us more the next time we
came back. But the best part was as we were saying goodbye and setting up another
appointment, a Hispanic guy comes over and starts talking to all of us. Right a
way we knew that he was wasted, he was so out of it and still had a drink in
his hand. So I give him a card and told him to put it in his pocket and look at
it later. He asked what it was about so I told him about God and Jesus, so we
talked for a few minutes more about church and stuff. As we were leaving I put
out my hand to shake his mainly because it is a habit now, and he shakes it and
tells me the following. " If God treated me half a nice as you do
then I would be a very happy person." And then processed to kiss my hand
which he has still been shaking. So I pull my hand out of his and we go to the
car. I don't know what it is but drunk guys seem to like me a lot.... And I am
not sure if that is a good thing, but probably not. Ha Ha Ha ;)
Well that has been my week!!
I hope to hear from y'all soon I love you and miss you so much!!! Tell all the
kids to stop getting so big and that I miss them!!
Sincerely Sister Chatwin
P.S "Snoz Berry who ever heard
of a Snoz berry"
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