Hello Family!

Hello my family!!! 

How are things going? I hope that y'all are loving
the spring weather. How was everyone's memorial day? Did you do
anything fun? We had dinner with a member that was pretty good but
other than that not much was done for the holiday. Things have been
really great this past week, and the Lord has blessed us greatly in
seeing miracles almost everyday! And here are just a few of the
awesome things that have been going on! 

Story 1 The Tale of The Worlds Greatest Temptation 

Ok so this is not so much as spiritual as funny but hey. So the other
day we were going to see a less active and his family. First off it is
a miracle that we even got in in the first place, and second that his
parents were home the second time. Unfortunately the young man we were
there to see was not... He forgot we were coming. And can I just say
that if I had a dollar for every time that someone




forgot we were
coming I would be pretty rich.. Just saying. Well so we go in and they
are watching there grandson, who is watching Frozen. At first they
turned it off, but then the kid got hold of the remote and turned it
back on! It was one of the single most tempting things on my mission!
I could have just turned my head and watched just a little bit. And
also it was really loud and noise, color, and anything that moves
always grabs my attention. Well I did not fall in to temptation, and
we set up another time to see them when they will not be watching
Frozen.

Story 2 The Tale of The Coca Family 

Do you remember that story I told you last week about the little boy
following us around the circle? Well we were able to teach that family
again. They are all so amazing. The two boys went to the Wednesday
activities and loved them, they want to go every week. Well we saw
them them this past Thursday and shared the first lesson with them.
And after I recited the first vision Aurora started to cry. She said
that she was so grateful that God had sent us to them. And she
accepted a baptism date in June! It is amazing to see how that Lord
has prepared so many people to receive the gospel! 

Story 3 The Tale of the Freeks
On my mission 

I have met some very interesting people. In El Paso it
was the Strange family, there last name was strange. And they reminded
my of our extended family... A lot. Well here we have the Freek
family. So I have4 met a Strange family and the Freek family on my
mission. Ha I think it is funny :) Well the Freek family is inactive
and we have been trying to get in and see them forever! Well this past
week we finally caught her at a good time. We were able to talk to her
for almost an hour, and she told us about why she and her family dont
go to church. They are just having lots of problems and dont feel that


they have time for it right now. Sister Walker and I were able to
testify about how we know that the Gospel is the best thing for her
family if they are having a hard time. And I know that that is true. I
have seen it in my life countless times. It like Linda S Reeves said
in this past conference. She said

"A friend recently cautioned, “When you ask the sisters to read the
scriptures and pray more, it stresses them out. They already feel like
they have too much to do.” Brothers and sisters, because I know from
my own experiences, and those of my husband, I must testify of the
blessings of daily scripture study and prayer and weekly family home
evening. These are the very practices that help take away stress, give
direction to our lives, and add protection to our homes."
I know that this is true and I am so grateful that we practiced this
in my home when I was younger. So hopefully she and her family will
again begin to come back to church.

Story 4 The Tale of the Miracle Meeting 

Last night we were driving around trying to fill the last 20 minutes
or so of the day. We tried a few people and they were not home, so we
were driving to one last house to see if anyone would be there. So we
are driving down the road and we see these people just sitting on the
side walk. I was driving so I barely caught a glimpse of them, but I
thought that they looked familiar. And then Sister Walker said that it
was Aurora and her family! So we pull over and talk to them, it is so
crazy that we saw them. Because Aurora said that she was just thinking
about us and that she thought about us a lot the day before! She
apparently got some kind of bad new and she was very depressed. So I
told her what I do when I am depressed, and that is to read the Book
Of Mormon! We had a really good talk about how the gospel and the
scriptures can bring peace to her life. I love when the lord just puts
us where we are supposed to be! It really just reaffirms that the
Church is true!

Well family that was my week! I am sop blessed to be hear in New
Mexico and sad that my time is almost up. But excited to see everyone
again.... And watch Frozen. Ha but I love y'all very 

much and cant
wait to hear from you all soon! 

Love Sister Chatwin

Grasshoppers!

Hello everyone I hope that y'all are having a great week! So what is
everybody up to? I know what Makall is doing, but what about the rest
of you? And Happy Birthday to Avery and Morgan last week!!! Also Happy
Birthday to Dad this week! It is just crazy that it is already may
again. It was really crazy to think that I have less than 4 months
till I see you again! It has been a very good week! And there are
actually stories to tell!! So lets get to them!

Story 1 The Tale of the Egyptian Plague

"Behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast. And they
shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the
earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which
remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which
groweth for you out of the field. 


And they shall fill thy houses, and
the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians;
which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since
the day that they were upon the earth unto this day." Exodus 10 4-6

I hate bugs! especially if they can fly up and hit me in the face!
Well this past few weeks it seems as if God is pouring out his wrath
on the city of Albuquerque. We have had an insane infestation of grass
hoppers! 


They are EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!! You take a step in the wrong
place, and you have this swarm of grass hoppers flying at your face!
Also you drive down the road and see lots of little rocks in the
road... only they are not rocks it is hundreds of grass hoppers. Dead
and alive! We have been praying that the seagulls that saved the
pioneers will come and save us.Because the other day one flew and
almost got stuck in my hair!! So pray that this plague will be lifted,
believe me it is really nasty! 

Story 2 The Tale of my new Companion!

So as you all know that this past week was transfers! And I got a new
companion! Well she is not really new because I was her STL for a
while. But her name is Sister Walker! She served in White Rock when I
was in Santa Fe. She is the one that I went to that fancy restaurant
with in December of last year. She is such an amazing missionary! She
reminds me a bit of Sister Rose, very committed and consecrated! We
have already seen lots of miracles because of her desire to serve! One
of which I will tell you right about....now! 

Story 3 The Tale of Aurora and her Family

Well Sister Walker loves to go tracting. I have never really liked it
much but she makes it so much fun! The other day we had an appointment
fall through so we started to tract the neighborhood. There were these
three boys playing in the street and they kept following us around the
street. One of the little boys asked us what we were doing. We told
him that we were telling people about Jesus. He then told us that we
should go to his house! And he kept following us till we got to his
house. At which point he jumped off his bike and ran in the house to
get his mom. Well she came to the door and invited us in. We told her
about the message that we share, and asked about her life. She has
been through lots of hard things and has been asking God what she
needs to d o. Also she is worried about her daughter Jovanna, who has
lost of questions about God. We told her that we could probably answer
her and her daughters questions. So she invited us to come back later
in the week. So we did and it was an amazing lesson! Jovanna has lots
of questions about the plan of Salvation and why we are here. So we
talked a little about that and how they could know that this was the
true church. The whole family accepted baptism!! And Aurora has 3 kids
Jovanna who is 13, Frankie who is 12, and Miguel who is 9. Miguel is
also to the one who told us to go and visit his mom. All the kids are
going to the activities tomorrow and we will be going to see them on
Thursday! It just the best to find the people that God has prepared.

Well that was my week and I hope that y'all enjoy the rest of yours. I
hopefully will have time to write everyone letters today so keep an
eye out for them! I love you all so much and pray for you always!!

Love Sister Chatwin

Short & Sweet

Hello family! It was great to talk with most of you yesterday! Makall
I wish that we could have been able to talk but that ok and I will see
you in December! Well I basically told y'all how my week has been...
So Yeah I dont really have much to say. But I love y'all so much and I
cant believe that I will be home in 4 more months! The time has just
flown by, and I think that it will only get faster. But yeah its been
crazy and I will be getting a new companion this week so that should
be fun. I am still trying to learn the area so we will probably get
lost a lot. But that will make for some fun adventures! And I will
tell you all about them!! Well I will be on for a while if anybody
wants to talk ! I love Y'all so much ! Have a great week and I cant
wait to hear from you soon!

Love Sister Chatwin

Not much to say!

Hello Family!!! How are y'all doing? I hope that you are enjoying the
nice spring weather. I cant believe that it is already May!! That is
just so crazy that I have been gone for 14 months and Makall has
almost been gone for 1 month. Time flies to fast when you are having
fun :) Well this week has been ok not much has really happened. It is
now the last week of the transfer and we are still looking for people
to teach. We did get to go to the temple yesterday so that was great!
This may be the last time that I get to go to the temple till I go
home !! It is just so crazy! And the new new movie was pretty good. I
havent seen the other one in a while so I cant remember much. But I
like them both. Um yeah that is really all that has happened this
week. And I dont have much time to write because P-day is short today.
But I love y'all so much!! And yeah sorry this is short but we still
have to go shopping, and its a sisters Bday so we are going to take
her to lunch. And then I have to go to the doctors so that they can
fix my toe.It is ingrown so yeah. Well I love y'all so much and I hope
that I have more to write next week. Or I guess I could just tell you
on sunday !! I will probably call between 2 and 5 ish, so I will have
a member text mom when we get it all nailed down. Love Ya!!!!

Love Sister Chatwin