Dinner!
Fried bananas and alphahors
Sunsets in Toledo
Hey peoples! So good to be talking with all of you! We started off the new change today with a super epic Mini-Olympics zone activity, and I'm super excited to see what we can do! We've got some super ¡CAPO! Élderes and Hermanas here in Maroñas! And this past week was pretty special!
Encontrar Os Escolhidos: This was a week of elect-finding; we truly found some people that have a world of potential! First, Nicolás is the grandson of a less active lady we found in an exterior part of our area; he said he wasn't sure what to believe but was SUPER attentive while we taught, and made some great commentaries and connections! He currently is working on Sundays but wants to change that so he can come to church! Excited to see how his reading went. Then we found Johnny and Carlos, who is a son of Johnny's friend Iris, a lady with some slight mental handicaps, but super faithful and funny; Johnny and Carlos both have a baptismal date for the 23 of September! And Elisabeth had taken the charlas 10 years ago when she was 16 and almost got baptized. Her L1 highlights: She read the scriptures in the additional study in the L1 folleto (minus the BoM, which she didn't have) before we came; when teaching about prophets, the first one she named off was Joseph Smith; she remembered other parts of the lesson; and she had already prayed and received her answer a while back, and accepted baptism in a flash! (We haven't set a date yet because she is going to talk with her pareja about marriage and when). So we are planning to set a baptismal date after that! SUPER EXCITED! We also have a super amazing reference from a recent convert that we will be visiting today. SUPER excited! Now we just need to get 'em all to church; nobody came this past week.
"¡Que Gordito que Está, Élder!": Even with exercises in the morning, the Toledo food (and my fried desserts from this week), has taken its toll; 4 DIFFERENT PEOPLE told me that I was fat. Thus, this week, I will be starting a diet to cut back down.
Bear, way to go rocking it with the big girls! I'm super excited to see how you do this season with double-duty! Haha been there, done that with the braces. I know how it is, just do everything you're supposed to and your time will be much shorter than... 4 years. Love ya!
Yup, the wavy pool is super fun; I agree with you Callie! Hey, way to go with the great results in your reading test! You will have a super awesome advantage with being able to read that well. Way to be tough and not cry in your soccer game with that little injury! So proud of you!
Super excited to see what you can do this year in Drill! Love you Emma!
Mom, could you send me Ethan Jensen's mish email? I'd love to write him! Haha best of luck with the loneliness each day while the kids are all at school! Great talk by Elder Duncan, it's so true; the Lord's timetable of conversion and return is not always ours, and sometimes we have to be patient. Love you Mom!
Yikes, rough start for the football team. Well, we always have rough days in sports, mission, or whatever it be, but what matters is how we get back up and charge the beast again. Have you been using the 4k for Bear's games? I'd love to see that! Love you Pap! :)
Well, I love you all, and here's to another great change here in Toledo! ¡Os quiero muchísimo! (I love you all so much!)
Con amor,
Elder Newman :)
Mom’s Questions:
1. Does your mission have a rule about how many times you can attend the temple on the mission? How many times have you gone so far?
Yes: once around every 6 months. And funny you mention that, because WE'RE GOING NEXT TUESDAY! :D Thus, my P Day will be Tuesday BTW.
2. From Emma: Have you started dreaming in Spanish yet?
Sometimes, but I honestly don't remember all my dreams.
3. Is the weather starting to warm up yet?
Strangely, we've only had 2 or 3 truly cold days. This "winter" has been incredibly nice! Yesterday was honestly gorgeous!
4. What service projects have you done recently?
We were going to help with the construction of a house for a part-family, but we got rained out, so we're planning another day.
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