Dinner with Eddy's and Elder Grigor's family
Basketball with Pres. Eddy
Matching ties with Bishop
With Elder Escobar
Erik, Kevin's little brother from El Pinar
Hi everyone! Wow. This was one of the most remarkable weeks of my mission. Funny, as well as challenging, but also miraculous. But guys, I experienced this week, perhaps more than any other week out here, the power of the Spirit and the divine design and love of God.
One of the many miracles from this week: we had gotten 0 news last week and literally had no investigators after so many tough weeks of finding few or none and losing all. In weekly planning, we surprised ourselves by putting a goal for 7 news. Lemme tell you, that takes faith in Malvín and especially after a week of almost all 0's. Today, we're at 7 new investigators. We have strived to be humble and to increase our faith, and what a result!
I believe the best two of the week were Franco and Netiel. They are two of the many boys in that American Football group that we met a few weeks ago. Well, we found them in the same spot; they had come out to escape family problems they were having, and we sat right down and taught about the love of God, the Restoration, and the Book of Mormon. The Spirit in that charla was so strong, and they immediately accepted to read and pray about the Book of Mormon and come to church with us tomorrow. Super special.
Tents Toward the Temple: We had our first Ward Family Home Evening this past Thursday, and it was super cool! We had a bunch of seats grouped together like tents, with a TV showing a pic of the temple on front, like King Benjamin. The theme was creativity and it was super cool; we had a great turnout as well! Hope you all enjoyed the photo of the Bishop and I with our green ties.
Las Maneras de Dios son Perfectas: It is amazing how the Lord prepares people like President Eddy and my good friend, Elder Escobar (in the picture, on his last change now) to administer to my needs, whether or not they knew those needs.
Oh yeah, and we also saw Erik, Kevin's little brother (El Pinar) after our multizone conference! Super cool!
We are doing really well now and are super excited for the future of the work here!
See you all next week! Continue to trust in God's love and divine design, and you will see miracles, big or small, in your lives.
Con amor,
Élder Newman :)
Wow. I swear that you and Dad are so inspired. I literally lived the 2nd Nephi 4 experience that you just read about this week, both the bitter and the sweet. Well, drill team judges; what can you do? 😐 Love you so much Mom.
Love you Bear! Good luck with the rest of your tournament!
Callie! We need to try Huhot when I get home! Deal? Deal. Well, I think that it’s gonna be pretty low key for me and Valentine's day. Love you!
Emma! I am so sorry for the politics that happened once again in state and for the ear infection. But oh well, those are things we can't always control. We can just control our effort and know our true success, like you and drill did. Hope that Sweethearts goes super well! ¡Te quiero muchísimo!
Pap! Tell Liv and Brielle congratulations for me! And send me a video of Chris' call if you can get one! And look at that with PG wrestling winning state again! Tell the boys congrats for me! And pretty dope with the Jazz as well; "don't call it a comeback..." ;Love you Pap!
Mom’s Questions:
1. Christian’s pday is Saturday (tomorrow) because of Carnival. Will you have any adjustments this week because of Carnival? Do Uruguayans get crazy?
Fairly crazy, but we won't have any changes to our P-Day.
2. Since you’re down to the last quarter of your mission, what has been the biggest lesson you have learned so far?
Humility to improve, accept counsel, and never be complacent.
3. When did you laugh this week?
A lot today; we had the Grigor family (released missionary and parents) over at the Eddy house for P-Day today, and there were many funny stories and laughs for sure.
4. When did you feel the Spirit most this week?
In our charla with Franco and Netiel.
5. Are you enjoying your changed responsibilities this week with being finance secretary?
VERY much so. A lot more tranquilo for sure.
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