Week 44

Mis Querida familia y amigos,

!loco esta aqui en Claifornia como siempre! Cada dia pedimos que Dios y Jesus nos protegan mientras los chinos manejan.

We have some great news and great blessings to report on. We have a great young couple that we are working with an teaching that are nothing but awesome. They are the Nolton's, and it is cool because he grew up in Mesa and went to Westwood and know about as much as a normal member. He went to seminary and has had friends all throughout his life who are members.They both were in the Army and served in Iraq and smoke A LOT but they want to stop and we gave them the stop smoking in 10 days program and are doing it. They have a baptism date for 27 June and we are all super excited for them. We have dropped a lot of people and are still working with lots of less active families and are getting them to the temple and that is amazing to see. We have a family that has never been sealed and the husband is weird, but actually the whole family is weird which makes teaching them awesome. He thinks that God and Jesus Christ exclude him from the Atonement NO MATTER WHAT the scriptures say and now he has changed completly and now going to temple whether I have to drag him there or not. "He is fully actIve and has calling and everything and in great standing, he is just weird. Anyways, there is so much stuff in this world and so many problems people have but the church and the gospel can answer EVERYTHING! its that easy! I am in the Middle of St John for my reading and love it. Chapter 4 is one that i just read and it is amazing how much joy you receive from the service you do for the Lord. GO read it!

Love Elder Jimmmie Watkins

Week 43

Hello familia y friends,

Life is going pretty good here, transfers are today and Elder Moncayo are still companions and still tearing it up here in the Colima Ward of the Whittier Stake. We have reset all of our baptismal dates, lost a couple, and gained a couple so we are still doing great on that point of the work. Elder Smith and Clarke who we were living with moved out but two more moved in. Elder Jarmin and Elder Parra, Jarmin is from South Mountain area and he went to North High School in Arizona and is from the Crossroads Ward in Val Vista Stake I think. Elder Parra is from El Salvador and cool, so now we have two Arizona boys and two latino Elders in the arartment. Elder Moncayo is great still, even though he is leaving after this transfer. We are working our butts off to get baptisms but not successful on that end yet. We have seen miracles though with the less active members of the ward. People are coming to church that havent come in forever and its because of the work we have done with them. It is just like a baptism when you see a totally inactive member come to church for the first time. Life is going great all around. I am ezxcited to hit my year mark and cannot believe how time flies!!! Thanks for everything love ya>

Elder jimmie Watkins