IT'S ALMOST MY BIRTHDAY!

That may or may not be a hint ;)

And my address is

14701 Bartram park Blvd.

Jacksonville, Florida

32258

It has been so crazy moving here. Packed, and moved in a matter of days.

We are both new to the area and so we keep working hard and are trying to find some new investigators to teach. We have been able to see some Less actives, and we even have a lesson scheduled with a potential investigator.

The place that we live in is glorious, it is just so wonderful, I was a little scared I would end up in some scary place but this place is pretty new and it smells clean. :)

My companion is pretty awesome. Sister Toledo. She has been teaching me Spanish, and just the other day I taught the plan of salvation in Spanish!! it was to her, but she said I did pretty good! She says that in no time I will be fluent, ha I'm not sure about that but she likes teaching me, and I like learning.

She is really sweet and kind. She is basically the opposite of me.

I am loud, she is quiet.

She is gentle, I am not.

She is meek and humble, I'm pretty prideful.

So this is perfect, Heavenly Father gave me a companion to show me a good example.

Oh guess what!!! This morning we talked with president over the phone and he said in 3 weeks we will be getting Ipads!!! :) Which will be so splendid. Right now we don't really have access to computers, so this morning we are at a members home using her computers for a moment. She is so kind, and funny note... this is the place where I spent my first night on the mission. Sister Toledo spent her first night here as well. It brought back memories driving up here today.

OH which brings to remembrance a story. We are not the first second set of sisters to be here. The last set ended up in a car accident and then one of them went home. It is quite the story, and everyone here has told it to us a few times... not only where they in a car accident, but they rear ended another car, who then hit into the other sisters in the ward... and gave one a concussion.

So everyone keeps telling me to drive really safe. That is a ton of pressure. My companion does not have her license, so I always get to drive, and the car we have is a 2013 ford fusion in silver. I drive super duper careful!!!!!! But one of the best parts is that we don't have to share our car with anyone. The other sisters in our ward are the sister training leader coordinators. Basically they are the sister version of AP's. I feel intimidated at times, but they are really nice and helping me learn a ton of new things!

Well I don't have much else to say, don't have any real investigators to tell you about so... I hope you have a great day!!!

Love,

Sister Chambers

TRANSFERS!!!!

I'M LEAVING GAINESVILLE!!! 

I am moving to the Mandrin 2nd ward tomorrow morning at 10!

My companion will be sister Toledo (Holy Toledo!)

She is bilingual and speaks spanish fluently, so I will probably be picking up some spanish here.

I love sister Blatter, and I am sad to leave her, I will miss her sweet spirit but I know this is the Lords will and his way! 

I'm going like right for the heart of Jax!

It has been hard to say good bye to the people here because I love them so much, but this will be so exciting.

Yesterday I spent the day going to less actives, potential investigators, and investigators homes to tell them I was leaving and bare them my testimony one last time.

MAN, I have learned so much in these past 6 months here.

I have learned a ton about other religions and I really have learned that EVERYONE is looking to come closer to Christ, whether they know it or not.

When we are built upon christ everything else just works out. There are no needs to worry about!!

Most importantly I have learned that our church really is Jesus Christ's church restored upon this earth. It is run the way he would have it run, the people may not be perfect, but the gospel is.

I have learned so much about how we can return to live with our Heavenly Father.

My trainer taught me an awesome analogy about the gospel.

She said that when Jesus Christ came to the Earth and established the gospel, it was like a mirror. It was held up by one nail and 12 pieces of tape (the apostles). Then when he was crucified the nail was removed, and slowly the 12 pieces of tape where removed as people rejected the apostles. 

So with nothing to hold the mirror up it fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. People went and tried to put everything back together. Some picked up some pieces, while leaving others, and others picked up some as well. BUT even if one where to pick up all the pieces of the mirror they would not be able to really use it. You see mirrors are not all that easy to put back together. You can't just glue them, there will be cracks everywhere.

So this is why there HAD to be a restoration, not just a reformation. :) 

Joseph Smith was given the Power to restore the church to its fullness, he translated the Book of Mormon that has plain and simple principles, principles that make up the gospel of Jesus Christ.

That we need to have faith (or follow all instructions through hope)

Repent,

be baptized by immersion,

receive the gift of the Holy Ghost,

and continually endure to the end.

Our savior wants to help us with everything. I have heard the analogy that is is like the life guard. Though when we are sinking, he throws out the life preserver, but it is still up to use to grab hold of is and USE IT! The atonement is always there for us to turn to and use. 

The enabling  power is such a wonderful thing that can always help us in any circumstances. 

Any who, this year our bishop challenged the ward to read the book of mormon in 6 months!!! I extend that challenge to all of ya'll! Read it in 6 months and then we can talk about it over our mothers day Skype call. I know that as you read the book of mormon you will increase in Faith, knowledge and you will gain clarity in your life. This is what I am teaching people here, and I know it is true. We NEED to feast upon the words of Christ continually so that we can do the will of our savior. 

Well as for Gainesville this week was pretty good. We found some new investigators for sister Blatter and sister Grundberg. 

Still have 3 baptism dates, one for jan 25 and two for feb.8

Oh Also I got to hold two baby goats yesterday!!! :) We didn't bring the camera so maybe next week sister blatter can e-mail me the pictures and then I can forward them to ya'll!!! :)

I love ya'll so much and I hope that everything is good in your neck of the woods, the frozen woods!

Ha we have freeze warnings here. People are putting blankets on their plants and schools have even closed down because its cold. HA HA HA I think it's pretty funny, though I probably will go and buy myself a coat soon, it is too cold for just light sweaters, who knew I would need a coat in Florida?

This new year will be great! I'm grateful for last year, and ready to learn even more this year!

Thank you for all your prayers and all that you do back home.

I love ya'll,

and miss ya'll!!

Love,

Sister Chambers