Pics from first area in Tarija
Pics from 2nd area in Tarija
A picture I snapped of some of the lightning!!
In our pension with one of the kids!
After a rain storm!!
Pday visit to a Dinosaur Museum
Ice cream after the museum
Hello everyone!!!
First off, I would like to apologize for how short the email was last week. With transfers we didn’t have a ton of time to write, but I’ll make up for it this week! I am excited to let you all know what’s been happening here this week!!
Elder Maravilla!! So as you all know from my letter last week, I got transferred last week, and I have a new companion now! His name is Elder Maravilla and he is from Nicaragua!! We have a great time together. We hit it off right from the start!! We have talked about everything from families, basketball (yeah, he loves basketball, so huge blessing for me!!), friends, girls, food, but most of all, the work! We work super, super hard, are constantly striving to be diligent to the mission rules, and we have seen some big results from it!
Rayos. Well, rainy season has officially hit Tarija, and it hits hard!!! It has rained like everyday, and usually with some big lightning storms too!! We have had a couple instances of being in the streets when the storm hits, and it resulted in us getting to the house, or wherever we were going completely soaked!!! We also had an awesome experience of being in the middle of a lesson with our investigator we are about to baptize, Zulma. We were teaching her about the Book of Mormon, and we were lucky enough to get inside before the storm hit. Well, the lightning storm was coming our way, and coming fast too. We were about half way through the lesson when a flash of lightning illuminated the room, and right after, a deafening boom of thunder hit and knocked out the power in the house!! We had to finish the lesson by the light of one of the member's smartphones.
Milagritos. So this word means, "Little miracles". We have started doing this idea where we search for the little miracle every day. Sometimes we get so caught up in looking for the big life changing miracles here in the mission that every missionary comes home and tells about, that we miss those little miracles that show the hand of the Lord in his work everyday. Little stuff, like when we are walking away from an investigators house, and then finding them in the street ten minutes later, or when we stop and talk to that family in the street, and turns out they are partial members, and they have two kids that aren’t baptized! Little stuff like that, that just builds your testimony!!!!
Ok, here is the funny story for the week. So we were teaching a guy who has taken the lesson before, but had some doubts, and ended up dropping the previous elders. We returned to his house to try to see if we could help with his doubts, and he let us in! His doubts were about Adam and Eve, and about the Book of Mormon. We started to tackle those doubts when he asked to pause, because he said that he had a perfect translation of the Bible, and he was going to bring it into the room. We were pretty surprised, but said that would be fine. He came back not with a Bible, or even a book, but his smartphone.... and opened up an app..... Oh my gosh, sometimes I hate technology haha..
Alright, I hope you all have a great week!! Remember to Light the World this Christmas season!!! and one of the best ways we can light the world?? 3rd Nephi 5:13
Love, Elder Christian Duvall Newman
Madre, Fun times in Las Vegas!! Glad you had a good time going and relaxing a bit!! And what a fun activity to go and bring Christmas to the people in the old folks home!! And way to help out those missionaries call home!! Have a great week Mom, Love you!!
Dad, Good work with the 3-2 defense!! Sounds like Sarah is becoming quite the stud on the court!!! Hope your conference went well!! Love you Dad!!
Emma, COTTON EYED JOE KNOWS NO BORDERS hahaa!!! And Infinity War???? AAAAAHHHHH yeah that’s gonna be something you’ll have to tell me about! Love you sister!!
Sarah, Way to go in basketball and in futsal!! Lots of games and lots of success!! keep up the good work!! Love you Bear!!
Callie! How fun to go get Coldstone with Mom! And what did you tell Santa you wanted for christmas??? Love you Callie!!
Mom’s Questions:
1. Are you doing the #lighttheworld campaign in Bolivia? What are you doing for it?
First off, I would like to apologize for how short the email was last week. With transfers we didn’t have a ton of time to write, but I’ll make up for it this week! I am excited to let you all know what’s been happening here this week!!
Elder Maravilla!! So as you all know from my letter last week, I got transferred last week, and I have a new companion now! His name is Elder Maravilla and he is from Nicaragua!! We have a great time together. We hit it off right from the start!! We have talked about everything from families, basketball (yeah, he loves basketball, so huge blessing for me!!), friends, girls, food, but most of all, the work! We work super, super hard, are constantly striving to be diligent to the mission rules, and we have seen some big results from it!
Rayos. Well, rainy season has officially hit Tarija, and it hits hard!!! It has rained like everyday, and usually with some big lightning storms too!! We have had a couple instances of being in the streets when the storm hits, and it resulted in us getting to the house, or wherever we were going completely soaked!!! We also had an awesome experience of being in the middle of a lesson with our investigator we are about to baptize, Zulma. We were teaching her about the Book of Mormon, and we were lucky enough to get inside before the storm hit. Well, the lightning storm was coming our way, and coming fast too. We were about half way through the lesson when a flash of lightning illuminated the room, and right after, a deafening boom of thunder hit and knocked out the power in the house!! We had to finish the lesson by the light of one of the member's smartphones.
Milagritos. So this word means, "Little miracles". We have started doing this idea where we search for the little miracle every day. Sometimes we get so caught up in looking for the big life changing miracles here in the mission that every missionary comes home and tells about, that we miss those little miracles that show the hand of the Lord in his work everyday. Little stuff, like when we are walking away from an investigators house, and then finding them in the street ten minutes later, or when we stop and talk to that family in the street, and turns out they are partial members, and they have two kids that aren’t baptized! Little stuff like that, that just builds your testimony!!!!
Ok, here is the funny story for the week. So we were teaching a guy who has taken the lesson before, but had some doubts, and ended up dropping the previous elders. We returned to his house to try to see if we could help with his doubts, and he let us in! His doubts were about Adam and Eve, and about the Book of Mormon. We started to tackle those doubts when he asked to pause, because he said that he had a perfect translation of the Bible, and he was going to bring it into the room. We were pretty surprised, but said that would be fine. He came back not with a Bible, or even a book, but his smartphone.... and opened up an app..... Oh my gosh, sometimes I hate technology haha..
Alright, I hope you all have a great week!! Remember to Light the World this Christmas season!!! and one of the best ways we can light the world?? 3rd Nephi 5:13
Love, Elder Christian Duvall Newman
Madre, Fun times in Las Vegas!! Glad you had a good time going and relaxing a bit!! And what a fun activity to go and bring Christmas to the people in the old folks home!! And way to help out those missionaries call home!! Have a great week Mom, Love you!!
Dad, Good work with the 3-2 defense!! Sounds like Sarah is becoming quite the stud on the court!!! Hope your conference went well!! Love you Dad!!
Emma, COTTON EYED JOE KNOWS NO BORDERS hahaa!!! And Infinity War???? AAAAAHHHHH yeah that’s gonna be something you’ll have to tell me about! Love you sister!!
Sarah, Way to go in basketball and in futsal!! Lots of games and lots of success!! keep up the good work!! Love you Bear!!
Callie! How fun to go get Coldstone with Mom! And what did you tell Santa you wanted for christmas??? Love you Callie!!
Mom’s Questions:
1. Are you doing the #lighttheworld campaign in Bolivia? What are you doing for it?
We will be singing carols in the park!!
2. How was church on Sunday?
With elections here, and the possibility of civil unrest, we didn’t have any meetings, and were instructed to stay in the house the whole day.
3. What are three things you learned about Elder Maravilla? Is he a convert or life long member?
1. He loves basketball like almost as much as I do. When I described the concept of March Madness, he almost lost his mind.. 2. He is a life long member, but his parents were converts, and his dad is a mission president! 3. He loves to sing!!
4. What is your area like? As much walking as your first area?
So our area is in what is considered the "rich area" of Tarija. It’s a little tough, but we are still seeing success! And yeah, just as much walking.
5. What is something you’re looking forward to this week?
The baptism of our investigator Zulma Calderon!
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