What Does the Fox Say?

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 Another day in the office 

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Hello friends and family!!!

So we kind of had a bummer week, but it seems to be going back up, so fingers crossed, scriptures opened, and lots of prayers are being offered that we can see some success!!!

The first thing is that Familia Retamoso (that golden family we found last week) moved to Villamontes this past week. Yeah, huge bummer.  After working super hard to find them and to literally see the miracles coming into to play with them, it was super heartbreaking to have that happen. It was Tuesday, and Elder Lozano called them to try to set up a cita (appointment), and he just fell silent and listened to the hermano talk, and then after like five minutes of silence on our end, Elder Lozano said, "Don’t worry hermano, we can send your address and phone number to the elders in Villamontes". Heart, broken... But literally like five minutes ago, we received a call, and it looks like the hermano is coming back, but we aren’t sure about the rest of the family, so we will see what happens!

Saturday. So weekends here in the offices are sacred. It’s the two days that we don’t have to be in the offices, and we can just be outside working and talking and all that stuff. We also set up the majority of our citas (appointments) for those days, so they are literally like a spiritual recharge before we have Pday and restart the week of stress in the offices. Well, this past Saturday, every single one of our citas fell through, so we were outside contacting and knocking doors all day long. It was like eight thirty at night, we hadn’t had any success finding new investigators, and Elder Lozano said, "Ok, we'll go to the park and buy something to eat real quick, and then we will pass one last time for some of our investigators." So, I think that God used our hunger to bring us a little success, because while we were eating our hotdogs, Jose Luis (one of the citas that fell through) showed up to the park and started talking to us!! We were able to finally have a cita, and we invited him to church!! The only problem is, he got called into work last minute and couldn’t come to church, but we'll get him there!!!

So funny story for the week. Sunday night, as we were contacting (again, all the citas fell through on Sunday too), we taught an entire lesson while someone in the other room was blasting the song, “What does the fox say?” on repeat..  It felt like eighth grade all over again. I had forgotten entirely about that song, and now its been stuck in my head for the past two days.

Well, I think that’s about everything!! Thanks for all of your support!! Have a great week, keep the faith!!!!

Con amor, Elder Christian Duvall Newman

Mom, Sounds like the Newman sisters are killing it! So exciting to hear about Parker! I know he will be a fantastic missionary!! If you want, feel free to send those chicken enchiladas here to Bolivia. Love you Mom!!!

Dad, So cool to be able to catch up with Reed and the rest of the Chadwick family!! Wonder what that’s like... (Sam if you are reading this, an update on that lifechanging wedding experience would be nice, just saying). And Dad, send some pictures when you and Brett go shooting!! I remember when we went last Christmas Eve, it was tons of fun!! Love you Dad!!

Callie, How fun to go to Sams wedding reception! How exciting you get to go to Disneyland!! Have so much fun!! Love you Sister!!

Sarah, First mutual!! How fun!!! That’s so cool that you are playing up with the 7th grade girls!!! Enjoy your games and I hope you had a great birthday dinner!! Love you Sarah!!

Emma, Well done!! All As!!! Your Morp pictures looked awesome, looks like you had a great date and had tons of fun!!! Love you sister!!!

Mom’s Questions:

1. How’s the family coming along that came to church last week?

Well, they moved so that was a bummer.

2. Was Jose Luis able to come to church this week? 

Had work, so that was another bummer

3. Tell us about the other missionaries you live with. What is your favorite thing about each of them?

Elder Cuaycal: He is from Ecuador, and he is super funny and a super hard worker. He has like 21 months in the mission, so he is also constantly tired. Elder Johnston: he's my homie. He is from St. George Utah, and we just have a blast. He such a humble, cool dude who will walk into our room in the middle of study just to share something cool he liked from his study. He's a total stud!

4.  What is your ward like? How many members come to church? 

We have about 150 members in church

5. How is Santa Cruz different that Tarija? 

Its super hot, and super humid.