Week 33 -December 10, 2012

Week 33

December 10, 2012

Hey everyone,

Not a lot of time, so I’ll give you a quick summary.

We met this week with Mara, the girl from St. Lucia. We talked mainly about going to church, trying to help her get the motivation to come. She grew up Catholic and said going to church makes her homesick. So she doesn’t want to come and get homesick. We'll see if the Holy Ghost affects her attitude about that though!

We also went out and visited some of the ward members this week. Our old ward mission leader (who ironically is from Portland) took us out to a BBQ joint that was ridiculously good and we met his dad who was visiting. His dad had just flown in from Niger. He had been there helping, providing medical care to some of the nomadic tribes. We also met with some other families and challenged them to invite some friends to this huge Christmas Pageant performance that the ward will put on this upcoming weekend. We hope to get some solid new investigators from that...

This week we are going to meet with Benjamin and are hoping to have to him prepared for baptism by the end of month!

I've been studying the Atonement this week and I’ve really come to appreciate it so much more since being on my mission. It so cool to see people's lives change as they utilize the Atonement in their life! We all need it, regardless of how much or little we've sinned. Through the Atonement, we can become "perfect in Christ."

Love you all,

Jordan Chatman