Hi family :) everything is good here in Cartago!! This week we found about 12 new investigators! Woo! :) we had 5 people that came to church. So that was cool! This week i have learned a lot that when we are doing what we can our Heavenly Father does the rest! All week we have been trying to get people to come to church and calling every day to remind them and sending texts and everything! Then sunday came around and we had like 12 people that said they would come so we were really excited! Then sunday morning came and no one answered their phone, or said they were sick, or had some lame excuse.... whats new... but we had been praying so hard this week to have people come to church so we showed up and we had 3 people with us then a few investigators that we had not seen for a week or so showed up too. It really helped my testimony grow in the fact that when we do our part the Lord does his. Maybe our plans are not exactly the same as his but when we show him that we are willing to do everything we can to have success he blesses us in ways we never thought about.
My companion and I put up all the christmas decorations that we got so our house is all christmasy! It is great! :) We had to go to imigration last week so i am finally legal here! Yay!! :) soy tica! That was fun to see a few girls that came with me and talk to them about how things are going! I was talking to one girl and we were saying it has been hard but good! We were talking about how the most important thing about being a missionary is learing how to be a better member when you come home. That really the work is with the members. That the missionaries teach the lessons but the Members do the rest! I have such a strong testimony of that! Seriously member missionaries are the most important in the work of salvation! Then this week we had a lesson that we invited this couple to come with us. they are THE BEST! This was on a saturday and they told our investigator we are going to come pick you and your daughter up tomorrow morning for church and you can sit with us and it will be great! She was kind of hesitante but it was great! She and her daughter came and they really liked the church! Then the family said we should have a family home evening with them tonight so they invited them over and they are really getting into the missionary spirit! I love the members of the church so much!
This week I have also learned a very hard lesson that everyone has their agency to chose to accept the gospel or reject it. It makes me so sad when we find someone who is prepared but they don´t want to listen or say that it is not important to them, But then i started to remember that this is the point of our life. Some people will accept christ or some wont. It is sad but there will always be people who are ready to accept the Gospel. So we will just keep looking for them!
Well family I love you all! Hope you have a happy thanksgiving! A few members said we can come over thursday and eat dinner. I think we will make sweet pork... So mom if you have that recipie send it to me :) the one with coke or something! Love you guy a lot! Everyone is getting so big! The pictures of your kids are stinking cute!! Love you all so much! And tell Brynlee thanks for he wish at disneyland for my spanish! I am sure that it will help me be a better missionary! Love you guys all so much!! <3
Love
Hermana Chatwin
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