Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Hi family (: What a great week!



Hi family (:

What a great week! We have really just had so many miracles this week and the Lord is working so hard here in Cartago! 


Lets start with a few miracles. On Tuesday we had a full day planned but people started canceling on us in the morning so we were a little bummed. But we decided lets go visit one investigator that we have been meaning to visit but she is never home. So we went. We got there and there was a little kid outside and we recognized that she is the daughter of a recent convert. We were kind of confused but the investigator let us in and two of our recent converts were there. We had no idea that they even knew each other but it was so awesome! Then they helped us teach the lesson and told her just come to church with us one time. They testified of José Smith and how they recieved the answer that he was a profeta. It was really great!  Also we got there and the investigator was like oh we were just about to drink some coffee. We were like what….. but then the recent convert said oh do you have fresco because I don't drink coffee anymore. It was like  the best payday to see that she was sharing the gospel and that her testimony has grown SO much! I love being able to see the hand of the Lord and the change that happens in peoples lives thanks to the gospel. 
Also we have another investigator who was a refrence of a recent convert. She is really great and her daughter too but we have never been able to get them to come to church. This week she told us no matter what happens she was going to come to church. So on Sunday we called the member and she said that everything was good for them to come. We got to church and there they were waiting for us! It was so great to see them there. And that the member brought them so we didn't have to worry about anything. Then we were in the gospel principles class and the teacher asked her how she felt when we visited her and she said I just feel so much peace when ever I hear anything about the church. She said to a member  after church was over that "I have been to a lot of churches but this is the one that fits me. I just feel like it answers all my questions and I just know it is for me." We taught a lesson after the meetings and we were talking a little bit about the Holy Ghost and how it helps us make choices. She said so really soon I will get then when I am baptized right? We were like Yes (:

 And her daughter who is 12 didn't really want to come to church but she came and LOVED IT. She said oh I have to go to mutual on saturday and I need to start my personal progress. It was so great to see how much they have already started changing! 

Yesterday we went to a members house and she helped us make some skirts. They turned out pretty cute. (: We only made one each but tomorrow we are going to get the other ones that she made for us. I really love the members here in Cartago so much! It is so weird how you can love people so much! The Bishop here is so great! We didn't really know him before but my companion and I decided we needed to do something to let him know we are here to work.
 So we went and visited him one day and asked him who he wanted us to visit and he gave us a bunch of refrences! One of them is a family that is inactive. So we went to visit them and we found out that they have 3 grandkids who are not baptized. So yesterday we went to visit them with the Bishop and he told them so when are you going to get baptized. We have some time this Sunday if you want to. The kid said I think I can this week. Obviously they have to wait a little to prepare but the Bishop was so great to come with us and help us invite the family to church and to be baptized. It was really great!
 Also this week we had 40 lessons (: that has never happened in all of my misison! We were so happy! Usually we have like 30- 35 but this week we have been working a lot more effeciently and we had lot of members that wanted to come with us. So we really had a great week!

I love being here and I love being a missionary so much! I can't believe how fast the time goes! It has gone way to fast! Well I love you all family! I hope you have a good week. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GRANT!!!! 
 And I am hoping for a whole bunch of pictures the next few weeks when everyone is together. You should probably have a party for my birthday at least by a chocolate Pie to remember me (: haha Love you guys!

Love Hermana Chatwin






Tuesday, February 17, 2015

10 MESES!!!!!!

Hi Family (:

Can you guys believe that yesterday I had 10 months in the mission... That is crazy! The time goes SO fast!
Well yesterday we decided we were going to celebrate and we had to go to the misison office so we went to Pricesmart which is like Costco here and ate pizza (: and bought american food to eat! We were so happy (:
This week was really good! We have been visiting our new converts still and they are progressing so great! I am always so happy to go visit them and to think about the first times that we went their until now they really have changed SO much. Every monday we can call our converts from the other area and talk to them so last Monday I called un Hermano who got baptized in October like the first week of October and he told me he has a calling! He is the YM Presidente. I was so happy to hear that everything is going well with him. And they went to the temple to do baptisms with the YM so he went to and did baptisms (: It was just the best feeling to hear that he is still active and doing well. Also another Hermana went to the temple with them and she was telling me well today I am going to do visits with the Relief Society President and tomorrow my visiting teachers are coming and the next day My home teachers and coming. And the next day we have an activity in the church and then it is Sunday so I am always in the church. (: And another Hermano told me he is getting the Priesthood this month. I just love talking to them to see how they are doing!
This week we went to an activity for the Relief Society and almost every member brought a friend to the activity so we had about 10 refrences and we put like 5 appointments with people so that was great! The members here are really so great! We had an amazing lesson with a refrence from a member on saturday in the church and really the spirit was SO strong. She told us that she went to the family home evening of the member on monday and since then she has just felt a lot of peace in her life that week. She and her daughter should be baptized in March!! (:

This week I have learned a lot about how you have to give everything you have to the Lord to see the blessings in you life! It is hard but the lord will always bless you when you are doing what he wants you to do. That being obedient with Exactness really changes everything! I love being a missionary so much. It is the best thing I have ever done in my life. I love seeing how peoples lives change and how they progress in the gospel! I hope everyone can think of someone they can share the gospel with because really that is the only thing that matters in this life (:

Well family i love you! Hope you have a good day!

Hermana Chatwin

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Hi Family (: I am still here in Cartago

Hi Family (:

Well this week we had changes. I am still here in Cartago but my companion left :( how sad. My new companion is Hermana Geis she is from Californa. She has one change less than me in the mission. She is really nice I have known her for a while so I was excited when I found out we would be companions. She was in my zone before I came here. We have been together for about a day or so. She is really nice though.
Well this weekend we had a weekend full of miracles! On saturday our investigators finally got baptized!! (: yay!! We were so happy for them and they were so Happy! Then on sunday our other investigator got baptized!!! Yay!! (: so we had three baptisms this weekend! It was a good way to end our time together.

So on sunday in the morning we called the two hermanas that got baptized on saturday and they told us that they couldn't come to church but I couldn't understand what she was saying becasue she was crying a lot. So we were sitting there thinking... what should we do. We prayed and we just didn't know if we should go and see what happened or go after church. But we felt like we should go. So we went to there house and she was crying because she got in a fight with her husband. So we talked to them and they told us we are not going to go sorry but we aren't going. So we asked them if we could say a prayer together and we did. Then we sat in silence for about 20 minutes and we finally asked them so what do you think God wants you to do today. And they said well I bet He wants us to go to church and recieve the Holy Ghost. So they got ready and we went to chruch. They told us when they recieved the Holy ghost they could feel that really they were clean from all their sins. If you knew these Hermanas and have seen the change that is happening in them you would know that really this gospel is so true! They are just incredible!
The other Hermana has been attending church for more than a year and the Missionaries baptized her daughter but she was living with the father of her kids. But about a month ago we visited her and we asked her Hermana when do you want to get baptized because we knew that if she put the fecha it would be a goal she would have for herself. So she told us the first day of Feb. And she told her marido that if he didn't want to get married  he had to leave. So it was a very difficult decision but she made it and she was SO happy. Everyone in the Ward was so happy to see her get baptized and really you can see the change that is happening in her house. It is incredible!

Well family I hope all is well. Thanks for all the prayers I know it always helps work harder when I remember that my family is always praying for me. I love you guys so much! I hope you have a good week!!

Hermana Chatwin