Photo taken July 14 2014
Monday, July 21, 2014
Monday, July 14, 2014
The Lord Lives!!
Hey everyone!
what a crazy week!! Sorry if I am writing a bit later than usual, we played soccer with the Young Men of the ward for a few hours...Elders vs Young Men. Love it!! my love for soccer is growing so much here! haha how could it not, being here in mexico?
random fact, we always see cool cars here and a few days ago we saw an Alfa-romeo! didnt think id see one of those here in mexico, but then again this place is full of surprises.
anyway, we had a lot of ups and downs this week. for the most part, we had some rough days and there really have ben moments where Elder Goldsberry and I struggle to find people to teach. but we know that as long as we do everything we can, the Lords blessings will come into play. So, we didnt have as many contacts this week...
but we did find a few new investigators, as well as we have 2 baptismal dates set!: Alicia for the 9th, and Another Alicia for the 16th (of august). We also had 2 at church yesterday! woohoo!! We hope to be able to put more this coming week, and in terms of new investigators would be Alejandra, Lety, Emiliano, and Armida. each of them are so special and they each definitely have a unique situation. But, thats the great thing about the Gospel, is that it can apply to everyone in some way; or the gospel has at the least 1 principle that everyone can benefit from in their lives.
I also know the Lord is blessing me because I have Elder Goldsberry as my companion. We had a talk yesterday and Im so grateful that he was able to open up and we both just felt the spirit so strong. Im grateful for our companionship and I hope we get to stay together until christmas!
well....not too long this week, but know that all is well and SUPER HOT her in Chihuahua. The Lord lives and loves each and every one of us, as well as our Heavenly Father. I love you all and hope everyone has a great week!!
always,
¡Jason!
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**Elder Newman**
us and a recent convert, hermano lupito (not our RC). reminds us of Albert einstein :)
Photo taken July 13th 2014
some best friends in the mission (L to R: E.womack, my dad :), Me, E. Goldsberry, E. Hoopes)
Photo taken July 13th 2014
Monday, July 7, 2014
Happy fourth of July!!
Woohoo the fourth! God Bless America :) Elder Goldsberry and I listened to the Star Spangled Banner practially all morning! haha cant believe its july already!
So, I haventy mentioned too much about it before, but the world cup has been crazy here! Even though Mexico lost, as well as the us (darn!), its still a big thing here to see everyone wearing the jerseys and such...haha one lady even came to church wearing the mexico away jersey...just shook our heads at that one. but yep, the world cup fever is still contagious here.
Also, i think i mentioned before that there is a mission Choir here, and I sing tenor in it. we have had it for a few months now, and we practice every sunday. Its nice getting those spiritual songs stuck in my head on the Lords day. anyway, well Elder Norris, another tenor in it, who is one of my best friends out here because he went to orem high with me, got transferrs to Cuauhtemoc! (another city), and so he is not in the choir anymore. He had a solo, but everyone is like "oh just have Elder Newman Sing it" and so i now have 2 solos in that song (well, a duo w Elder Womack :) , and a trio). also, i get to direct 2 songs! man, i really hope we get to perform or something...word on the street is that an apostle is gonna come...
Also, our mission president had told the leadership, who then told us, that He had had a dream. in this dream of his, He was visited by the Lord, and was given instruction on something that the Lord wanted him to do. He said that he had been told By the lord that another stake would be formed here in Chihuahua, and that He would have 2 months to do it. WHAAT!? oh man, we love Presidente Chavez! so, fyi we are working hrder than ever to get going on hastening the work here in Chihuahua.
Elayne got baptized! oh, it was a wonderful time. She was definitely prepared to hear us, because everything just went so smoothly in teaching her. we had our lessons at the same time everyday for 3 weeks, and she was baptized on saturday. We are so happy for her! She is a great convert with a really powerful testimony. its because one lesson, we were reviewing the baptismal interview questions, and she apparently had a doubt with Joseph Smith really being a prophet. so, nervous, yet calm, we immediately helped her undertand this topic, and turned to the scriptures. ah, this experience was so awesome! ok, so lets see...so we opened to 2 nephi 3 in the book of mormon, and read with herhow Lehi teaching his son Joseph about 2 other Josephs: Joseph sold into egypt, and Joseph smith. It says that Joseph who was sold into egypt had a prophecy that in the last days, the lord would call a prophet, AND HIS NAME SHALL BE THE SAME AS MINE (totally referring to Joseph Smith.) She could hardly finish reading this verse aloud for us, because the spirit literally in that moment confirmed it to her that yes, Joseph smith IS God's chosen prophet, and that what we were saying to her was true. Neither Elder Goldsberry nor I have seen this in our missions, but we now have a testimony that one verse of scripture really can make all the difference!
We Love the Lord, and we serve him. There are hard times, yes, een for missionaries too, but its like President Uchtdorf said in his talk "You can do it now": our destiny is not determined by the number of times we stumble but by the number of times we rise up, dust ourselves off, and move forward.
i love you all and hope you have a great week!
Jason
**Elder Newman**
1. Happy fourth!! decorated my agenda for the day :) 2. fun with fruit roll-ups from my companions package 3. us with Sister Acuña...she is so sweet! i think she is my favorite old lady in the ward, actually 4. Elayne's baptism! Elayne Chavez Talamantes 5. E. Goldsberry, Elayne, E. Loveless (now in offices but we started the teaching), and E. Newman
Photo taken July 5th 2014
Here are some pics of one of our favorite snacks here in mexico...they are called "nitos". they are these donut bars, filled with chocolate on the inside, but the reason they are our favorite is because of the prize. Due to the world cup, there are stickers on the inside of each country in the world cup (32), and Elder Goldsberry and i are teying to collect them all :)
Photos taken July 7th 2014
Monday, June 30, 2014
New Companion!!
Hey everyone!
so, last wek we had transfers and i stayed here in our area, and recieved a new companion. His name is....ELDER GOLDSBERRY! haha it was so perfect because i was so nervous about who id get, and really there was no need, because The Lord blessed me with a friend. Elder Goldsberry and I were in our last zone together, and then just barely he came to our zone here in another part of the city, where we were in the same district. and now, we are companions-what a blessing. we both are so excited for this cycle.
not too much new, mainly just that Elder Goldsberry is my new companion, but also a heads up that this saturday we will have a baptism. Elayne has come to church 3 weeks in a row, but we have taught her all the lessons and she is so ready. we are so proud of her and I am way excited!
the mission is going great. im learning so many lessons, and i feel that spiritually, i really have been growing. I know this letter is gonna be super short, but i have to do a bunch of other stuff like send photos to the offices and what not. but know that I love you all and that I am really excited for this next cycle, because of my new companion. May god bless all of you in your endeavors this week, and know that i am so grateful for all of you and your words. stay strong and keep on keepin´ on!
always,
Elder Newman
Jason
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**Elder Newman**
1.MUNDIAL! (world cup!) - go USA! 2. Land of the free, home of the brave :)
Photo Taken June 26, 2014
The zone (had changes recently so ill be sending a new zone pic next week)
Photo taken June 23, 2014
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