Here's to a New Year! :)

First of all HAPPY NEW YEAR!! That’s crazy 2018 is already here. It feels like I just talked to you guys last year...;) haha yeah lame joke... This last week was really good!:) We had our zone conference on Tuesday and the AP’s talked about giving our heart to God and how we can do that. Like if our heart was a house we were trying to sell, would it be ready to give over to Christ? Do we have the confidence to give him our house and put our future in his hands and let him mold our future?:) It was a really cool conference!

As for our investigators, we met with the Alverado family this last week and talked about this new year and making new resolutions to start off this year (like coming back to church, and baptizing their daughter). It went really well! Oh and we got together with the bishop and ward mission leader to make the "mission plan" for the ward. We planned to have an activity to read the Book of Mormon as a ward and then have them share their experiences with their friends and others around them. So we are planning an MTC activity with the members to help them learn how to share the gospel! So it seems like it will be pretty great!:) I just hope I’m here because cambios are this next week. We will know at the end of this week if we have cambios or not!:)

On Saturday we went to 2 baptisms for investigators of the Elders in Fresia. It was so cool and we sang a special number as a zone. It was so amazing. I just love watching people getting baptized and how happy they are!!:)

As for the new year, we were with the Familia Sandoval and we had to be in at 10:30 in the house. But it was crazy. The house of one of the neighbors a block or so away started on fire! Luckily it didn’t burn down but it did have some good damage, but no worries it wasn’t close to us at all!;)

OH man I loved all of your photos and videos that you sent of the New Years celebration. It looked like you guys had a fun time. That’s super crazy that the weather has been so warm. It doesn’t look like you guys are going to have much of a winter this year, that’s crazy.

That is a sweet spiritual thought, thank you for that momma:) That’s the best way to start out this new year and to stay on our path or trek to our Heavenly Father: love, do and look forward!:) I have a quote for you today: "Although no one can go back and make a new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending!" I know this is true and God has a plan for each and every one of us!:) Love you to infinity and beyond momma!:) Thank you for the challenge! Have a great week!

Love,

Shawners

The first five pictures are from their New Year's Eve Celebration with the Sandoval family:

Roasting a lamb

Intercambios with Elder Merchen

Selfie at the baptism

Rest of the pictures are from a zone activity on Monday:

With Elder Vaughn in the shirts they made for their zone!

Shawn with Elder Jacobs (who served in Osorno
but has been off his mission since July). He
went back to visit and saw Shawn in church on Sunday
 in Alerce. His mom sent me this picture!!!

Another picture from Sister Jacobs!