It's all in the Book

This week was really good.  Monday we played a classic Hutchins family home evening game called 'Dont eat pete' or Chilean style 'No come pedro' we played with an active family, the Angulos.  And we had invited two of the people that we are teaching Viviana and Jaqualin, they all loved the game and we played about twenty rounds, they would have kept playing as well (its all fun and games when Elder Hutchins buys the candy). Viviana and Jaqualine (a mother and her daughter) have plans to get baptizd the 14 of this month at 6:00 pm. it is going to be a spiritually uplifting experience.

Also during that same family home evening lesson Jaqualin opened up and expressed how at times she feels sure that she wants to get baptized, but other times she feels some doubts as well.  Brother and Sister Angulo are both converts and they responded to her doubts excellently and by the end of the night Jaqualine was committed to redoubling her Book of mormon reading efforts. That is how certaintly is achieved. 

Also this week we had a few key lessons with Macarena and her mother Hilda. They are both reading the book of mormon and this week we taught them soley from the doctrine found in the book of mormon. (which is all the doctrine needed for salvation) we taught them the restoration from the introduction and the testimonies at the beginning of the book, the plan of salvation from 2 Nephi 2 (which focuses a lot on agency, and that hit them hard.  That they have the ability to choose for themselves, liberty and eternal life or captivity and death), we also taught faith from Alma 32 and are going to teach the doctrine or gospel of Jesus Christ from 2 Nephi 31. It's all in the book of mormon. They are each preparing to be baptized the 21 of this month. 

We are teaching a less active family who has gone less active because the father lost his drive.  We are taking care of that, we have him reading the book of mormon daily with his wife (trying to get the family study going) and the changes in his countanance are clear. He was a church this week in a suit and tie.

Furthermore, this Sunday two of the less active brothers which we have been teaching recieved the higher preisthood and are preparing to go to the temple. 

Elder Hutchins

Workin' Hard

1.26.2015


This weeks letter is going to be a little shorter for lack of time, so forgive me ahead of time, but it has been a busy week. 

Wednesday and Friday mornings this past week we went to the second councilor in the stake presidencies house and helped him to make the foundation of his house....oh boy, that was probably the hardest I have ever worked in my entire life. We had to move about a ton and a half of rocks and then the same weight of sand from the street into his yard. It took from early in the morning until lunch to move it all, but in the end it was done, and so was I.....until after lunch when we left the house and did a different kind of work. But seriously I think that was (at least on my mission) the hardest I have worked physically, and I was sound asleep when my head hit the pillow that night and every night. 

We kept teaching Macarena and her mother HIlda, they are progressing well, the only problem is that Macarena got sick this week and had to go to the hospital twice , but now she is on medication and is feeling a little better. They are reading the book of Mormon and are loving every single second of the time they spend in church and with the church members. They are feeling the spirit. 

This week on Thursday the entire mission stayed home in the morning (before lunch) and dedicated the entire morning to cleaning up the house. I love having a clean house, it is the best. You just feel better, and boy, is our house clean. It wasn't terrible before, but now it is celestial. 

On Sunday we had to help cook the lunch and the sister who asked for our help at first didn't trust is us to make the food taste good, but after she tried a few of the inventions that I made she changed her mind and selected me as the "master chef" ;) that's what we do it.

Love you all!!

Elder Hutchins