Believe, Love, Do.

Hello friends and family!! 

Well, I’ve got lots to say this week, so I’m just going to get right to it!!!

So it seemed like those couple of days before the General Conference, we had lots of people who were against the idea of living modern day Prophets. We had a guy named Marco on Tuesday tell us that God didn’t speak today, and that all was revealed in the Bible. The Holy Ghost brought to my mind a talk that Elder Tovar shared with me months ago, and I felt impressed to ask him the same questions used in the talk.

 I asked him if he believed that God spoke today, and he responded, "like literally? no, I don’t think so..". I responded to that by saying, "Ok, so if God doesn’t communicate today, I think there are 4 possibilities why. The first, is that God has lost his ability to do so, and doesn’t talk to us anymore.." Marco responded, "No, God is all powerful..." I said, "Ok, so God is all powerful, if he wants to he can. The second option is that he doesn’t love us anymore, and that’s why he doesn’t speak to us anymore." Marco told me, "No, I know that God loves me.." I smiled and then said, "So if God loves us, and is all powerful, maybe he doesn’t communicate with us because we as human beings, mortals, don’t need his guidance anymore. I think that due to the evil that we are seeing today, there has never been a time where we have needed the guidance of a loving Heavenly Father. " Marco told me, "You are right..."

I finished by saying, "So if God loves us, is all powerful, and we need his guidance to overcome the trials and evils of this world, that brings us to the last option. God DOES SPEAK today. But a man needs to have faith to hear his voice..." The spirit testified of this powerful truth, and Elder Archer showed him in Ephesians 2:20 where the Lord specifies Prophets as part of the organization of the church. The Lord speaks today!!!!!

We have a great Investigator named Nelson Castro! He has been listening to us for about two weeks now, and has accepted a baptismal date and has been reading the Book of Mormon. He told us something that just made us so so happy. He said, "it’s easy to tell that the bible is the word of God, right when you start reading you know it’s not a normal book. It’s the same when I read the Book of Mormon." You couldn’t take the smiles off mine and Elder Archer's faces after that. And even better when he came to conference with us on Sunday!!!


Conference... wow, where do I even start??? What an amazing experience to receive the revelation that the Lord had ready for us this past weekend. Each talk was just what I needed. I am so proud to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and to put the name of the Savior on my chest everyday as I represent him and his church today.

Scriptures from my studies this week!!

Psalms 27:1, The Lord is my light and salvation.

Mosiah 4:10, If you believe these things, see that ye do them.

I hope you all had a fantastic conference weekend! Remember to make the changes necessary, and APPLY the words of the Lord's servants. Love you all so much, have a great week!!!!!

Love, Elder Christian Duvall Newman

Dad, what a cool letter!!! Sounds like an interesting week of football, and a good week at work!! It’s going to be exciting to put into play the new revelations we have received this weekend!! Love you Dad!!

Mom, what a busy week with soccer, football games, choir concerts, and Conference. Thank you for sharing your studies. Christ's sacrifice really is everything!!! Love you Mom!!

Jackson, crazy week, and GO UTES!! That’s an awesome win!! Nice job on your midterms, good luck with the rest of them!! Love you Jackson!!!


Emma, thanks. Thanks for sending your whole email in code, appreciated that a lot. Thats crazy that you are starting military!! Drill season is coming up!!! Love you Emma!!!

Sarah, that is a long drive up to Logan for the soccer game! But good job! Thats crazy that it’s getting cold out there, because it’s pretty hot here!! Love you Sarah!!!

Callie, good job in your basketball game!! How fun that you got to go up to Uncle Jake’s for the party! Love you tons Callie!!

Mom’s Questions:

1. Did you have any investigators attend conference with you? 

Just Nelson, but he loved it!!

2. What was your favorite talk/message/impressions from conference? 

Elder Uchtdorf's talk and President Eyring's talk really touched me, but all of them were so so good. It went way to fast. Looking forward to the conference Ensign.

3. How is Maicol Saldaña doing? Have you been able to teach him more this week?

He is doing well! he reads everything, and just needs to attend church,

4. How did you serve Elder Archer this week? 

We made Pancakes for weekly planning, so it was kind of a mutual service lol.