Hello Everybody!! How are you all
doing? What are you all up to and what are your plans for the rest of the
summer? I hope you enjoy Tonys Grove!! I will really miss not going this year,
but just have lots of fun and take loads of picture!! Also Brynlee and Avery
get the s'mores that I would have eaten, and Blake and Hailey also should have
a s'more because they need one to. So you kids remember that Aunt Jen said that
you all could have lots of s'mores!! And again remember to take pictures!!! But
yeah so this week has been pretty good and so on to the Stories of the Week!
Story 1 Ok this is more of a shout
out than a story but hey what can you do? So congrats to my cousin Cassandra
for getting her mission call to Mexico!! That is so exciting and I can’t wait
for you to join in on all the fun of being a missionary!! Also to Elder Poe
(who's address I don’t have and who wont respond to the emails I send him) my
mom sent me apart of your email and it was fantastic!! It helps me see that
every missionary has slow times, and that things will always get better.
Story 2: So this week we had
exchanges, which I am not a big fan of but hey it was fun. So I went to another
area called Rio Grande which is a Spanish speaking area. So I just got to sit
there and smile while my companion taught lessons. Sister Klouse was very nice
and funny, and we had such a fun time! She said that everyone that we talked to
said that they did not need another bible because one was enough. It is amazing
how Nephi's prophecy in 2nd Nephi 29 is coming true! "3 And
because my words shall hiss forth—many of the Gentiles shall say: A aBible! A Bible! We
have got a Bible, and there cannot be any more Bible." It seems that so
many people are looking for the truth but refuse to see what is right in front
of their eyes. Any way one appointment was at a foster home for elderly people,
and so while she talked to the investigator in Spanish I talked to a very sweet
old lady who has dementia. She told me how she had 14 kids and that she had to
give them all away because her husband wanted to eat them.... Yeah I am not
sure how much of the story is true but hey it was a pretty interesting story.
We also colored picture with her colored pencils, and this was apparently a big
deal that she let me use her pencils. Because she is always very paranoid that
people will steal them and so she never lets anybody use them. She was very
nice and I hope that her kids are all right, have not really been eaten.
Story 2 While on exchanges we had
an authentic Mexican dinner, cooked by this very nice lady who spoke no
English. Did you know that authentic Mexican food includes hot dogs?
Because I didn't. But she made this bean soup thingy with beans (obviously),
bacon, and hot dogs. It was interesting to say the least, and then we had
really hot corn tortilla things I am not even sure what kind of meat it was,
but I think that it was beef...I hope. And finally a side of baked potatoes,
which are also apart of an authentic Mexican dinner. Who knew? But yeah it was
very good and she said that she really liked my long curly golden hair. So that
was nice. Oh and she also had this really tiny puppy that was so cute!! I
laid him on my lap and he rolled on his back and fell asleep. It was just too
cute. But not as cute as my Coco!
Story 3 On Wednesday we met with a
man who is the uncle of one of the missionaries in our area. How that
happened I am not sure but any way, she asked us to stop by and see him. So we
did and he then proceeds to tell us that he used to believe in the Book Of
Mormon. But he is now an athirst because the world is too terrible for there to
be a God, and also science and history tell him other wise. So we had a nice
talk with him on how the world is not so bad, and that there is a God. He still
did not believe us but he did say that we could come back, so that is a plus.
But it always makes me sad when people have forgotten God, because then they
are just missing out on the whole big picture of life. There is a god and I
know that he is there and I hope that one day this man remembers that.
Story 4 So yesterday we were in
church and sister brown tells me that we have to go. So we go out side and she
hunches over and tells me that she is in terrible pain. So I set her down and
ask her what it is, she said that is was just this stabbing pain right under
her ribs. So I go get the Ward Mission Leader and he, the Bishop, and the ward
clerk give her a blessing. But she still felt sick so a member took us to the
doctors. So when they were taking down all of her information and they asked if
we were sisters, and I almost said no we are companions. But then thought
better just said that we were friends. But when she left the room to go get
give a urine sample and I got up and followed her out the door he looked at me
like I was crazy. So I had to explain that I had to we are missionaries and we
have to be in sight and sound so I just had to see the door. I am pretty sure
that he still thought that I was crazy. But any way they took an x-ray and
everything looked normal, and the doctor said that is was probably just
Gastritis. So they gave her a prescription and told her to go home and rest.
And so we spent the rest of the day in the apartment. Yea me. It was so boring,
I switched between reading and listening to talks, and I did take a nap during
lunch. Oh yes and since it was fast Sunday I was insanely hungry which was not
helped by my lack of entertainment.
So there you go that was my week
and it was pretty good. So I hope that y'all have a great day and remember how
much I love y'all and miss you!! Have lots of fun camping for me and remember
that the kids all need lots of smores!!! Love y'all!!
Love Sister Chatwin
P.S Kevin’s a Girl!
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