Hi everybody!! How are you all doing? How is life up there in Utah? How is your summer going and what are your plans for the rest of it? I hope that everything is going well and that you are having lots of fun! Well life here in El Paso is pretty good, we have been teaching lots and its just been super fun! So mom had a question about the Dear Elder letters, and I get hers just about every week. And i also get one from Mary and her family which is very nice. But you should tell Rachael that she must be doing something wrong because I have only gotten 2 of hers. So now on to the stories of the week!!
Story Number 1
Last Tuesday we had interviews with our new mission president. He is very nice and ready to get started! He has challenged us to talk to 10 people a piece per day, so that is 20 people a day per companionship! He wants us to be interested and not interesting, so we are supposed to be interested in them and show them we care instead of cramming the gospel down there throats. This will help people trust us more and show them that we really are just normal people. But President and Sister Miller are very nice and are just so excited to be here. And I know that this is were I am supposed to be.
Story Number 2
On Wednesday we went to go see a less active out in Chaparral to see ow she is doing. So we go in and start talking with her when her husband walks in sits down and starts asking us all of these odd questions. Like where in the body is the soul, If lazuras died then why didn't he tell weither he went to heaven or hell. Ya just lots of odd questions that are not really important and that he was just asking us because he wanted to rattle us. So we answered his questions the best we could, because he would only let us use the bible. Because he is a Jehovah witness and his father was a baptist minister. So we answered the best that we could and he still just looked at us like we were crazy. But I was able to bear my testimony and tell him that I know that the Book of Mormon is true and that Joseph smith was a prophet. He still thinks that we are crazy but we were able to ask him questions that stumped even him. And he said that we could come back, so it may take a while but I think that he will see the light.
Story Number 3
We met this girl named Wendy at church on the 11th, and here friend asked if we could teach her because she had questions. So on thursday we went and saw her, she is a Jehovah's witness about 23 and is very interested about what we teach. So we started to tell her the first vision and all about the restoration, and the spirit was so strong! We know that she felt something, and when we talked to her friend she tolds us that Wendy said that she was really considering baptism!! I know that she will commit and she will be baptized!
Story Number 4
On Friday we stopped by to see Tara to teach her a lesson on temples. We watched a video that showed pictures from different temples, and the spirit was just so strong. I love the temple and I wish that I could go more often, but unfortunately the closes temple is in Juarez. Which is A out of our mission and B a very dangerous place. But Tara is very excited to go with the youth up to Albuquerque and go do baptisms for the dead. I feel so blessed to have been able to watch her come on to the gospel.
Story Number 5
So we had the opportunity to speak in sacrament meeting yesterday. and I bet that you cant guess what our topic was....The Law of chastity!! No just kidding it was on missionary work. While I was talking I realized how much I love to be a missionary! This is a marvelous work and I feel very honored to be apart of it. So if you have any friend who is ready for the gospel just invite them to church, or give them a pass a long card. But be sure to always be a good example!!
Love Sister Chatwin
P.S. SQUIRREL....Hi there!
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