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Hello my dear family and friends,

 

 This week just flew by.  I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We didn't get a nice big turkey here, but it was still an awesome day.  

   Not much happened this week, other than my first full week as a trainer.  It's such an awesome responsibility to train another missionary, because not too long ago I was sitting in his shoes so I can help him with a lot of his thoughts and feelings about a mission.  He's really awesome and very diligent.

   This week I was watching a part of a talk from Pres. Holland about the Book of Mormon.  He was speaking the words of his great grandfather that once said, "No wicked man could write such a book as this, and no good man would write it, unless it were true.  And he were commanded of God to do so.  

   I know with all my heart that this book that I am sharing with others is true and I'm so thankful that I can wake up every morning to help others strengthen their testimony of the book as well.  

I know this letter isn't too long, but I want you all to know that I love each and every one of you and I hope you all know that God loves you more than you could ever imagine.  Sorry I only sent one pic.  It took about 15 minutes to load just one.  I'll try to send more next week.  Take care.  Love you all.

Elder Daxton Cheshire

CAMBIOS!!

Hello my dear family and friends,

  

  This week was a little crazy with transfers.  It started with a call from our President on Tuesday telling my companion that he was getting transferred to an area called Tarija (about 2 hours in plane from my area) to be a Zone Leader.  I thought everything was going to be good, and that I was jsut going to get another companion and that everything was going to be the same just with a different companion.  

  And then, President Rodriguez said to Elder Talaverano (my companion at the time) okay hand the phone to Elder Cheshire for him to hear his assignment.  My heart dropped.  Because I had just finished my training as a missionary.  I answered and President said, "Elder Cheshire, are you ready to be a trainer?"  I didn't think it was possible to train a couple days after being trained, but I accepted and now I'm training Elder Stewart.  A new missionary, from South Jordan, UT, fresh out of the Mexico MTC.  

  But I have thought a lot about Nephi this week and all the hard things he went through in all his days.  I love the very common scripture in 1 Nephi 3:7 that says: 

7 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: Iwill go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth nocommandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.

  I underlined the part that has helped me the most.  Because I know that God doesn't put anything in our lives except he prepare a way for us to accomplish it and to get through it.  We will have hard times in our lives always, or big responsibilities but always remember that you can do it and that there's always someone that is one call away.  I love you all and I'm so grateful for all the support that I receive from you all. 

  Have a good week!

Mi Familia y Amigos

Wow, this week FLEW by.  It's crazy that I've already past my 4 month mark.  It's so weird how time goes while on a mission.  I feel like yesterday I was sitting in a classroom in the CCM with a teacher speaking some foreign language that sounded like jibberish.

  Now, here I am, finished with my training as a missionary, having conversations, teaching lessons, bonding with members investigators, and bearing testimony in that very same foreign language.  I have tons of room to improve for sure.  But it's comforting to know how much the Lord has helped me to learn this language in the past 4 months and how far I've come in the language and my testimony.  I've come to find a true love and gratfulness for this gospel and that I've had a front row seat watching this gospel change lives of a different country.

   We have transfers this Wednesday and my companion and I are likely to be separated after our two transfers together.  He really has changed my life. He's helped my attitude, perspective, drive, and desire to become better everyday.  I'm so grateful for the people I have met on my mission, and that I will meet and i'm grateful that people right now are being prepared to hear this truth that we have.  How great of a privilige that I have to be an instrument in the hands of the Lord.  

   I love you all and I thank you for the many examples I have received from all of you to prepare me for this time on my mission.  I hope you all have a great week.  Always remember to pray to the Lord for help in all things.  I promise that he is there.

P.S, the weird food in the picture is fish that was "cooked" by sitting in only lime juice.  yeah not a huge fan, but it was cool to try it

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-Elder Cheshire

"Fish that is 'cooked' by only sitting in lime juice.  Didn't enjoy it."

Una Buena Semana

Hello everyone,
  This week was pretty awesome.  We have a family that we're teaching right now named the Choque family.  They're so so awesome.  They're not married yet but we're working on putting a goal for sometime in December for them to get married.  The mother is working on receiving answers to her prayers, and the father is currently trying to talk with his boss to change his day of rest from Wednesday to Sunday so that he can attend church every week with his family. 

  I have a lot of love for this family and they are always so happy and I want them to have the happiness in their family that I have in mine that my family and I are sealed together that we will be able to live together for ever. 

  I received a letter from our Mission President this week and it says "A great missionary loves what he's teaching, he loves who he's teaching, and lives what he's teaching"  Every day as a missionary, this is my goal.  I really do love this gospel and all the people that listen to this message.  As I work to live all of the principles that I teach, I can truly feel the love of the Lord in my life.  I know with all my heart that this gospel is true and knowing that makes it so much easier to express my feelings for it whether in a foreign language or in my own. 

  I love each and every one of you and I'm so grateful for the support I receive from you all.  You're all in my prayers and I hope you can all have a wonderful week!  Talk to you soon!

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-Elder Cheshire

HAPPY HALLOWEEN MI QUERIDOS

 Happy Halloween everyone!  I hope you all have something awesome to do tonight.  I know I do.  We have two family home evenings with 2 different families with investigators.  I can't wait.  I want to start by thanking all of the AWESOME moms of my friends who put together this package along with my wonderful mother.  Everything in the package was so awesome and my companion and I enjoyed it so much.  So thank you so much for all the effort and time you put into my package.
   In this package, there was a talk that I LOVED so much.  It's called, "Our Responsibility to Take the Gospel to the Ends of the Earth" by Jack H Goaslind, Jr. It talks a ton about missionary work but the end of the talk is my favorite part and I want to share a little bit of it.
   He mentions that President Spencer W. Kimball said that "Every young man should fulfill a mission."  He says that "This service is as much for your benefit as it is for the benefit of the Church and the nonmembers who receive your message."
   There was a meeting last night at our chapel for future missionaries.  My companion and I went to see if we could help with anything.  As we were listening, something caught my attention.  The member talking said that the real mission in our lives starts after the mission as an elder (or a sister).   I really do feel that this is true.  I have learned so many things already that I know that I will be able to apply to help my future family more than I ever would have if I hadn't decided to serve a mission.  He says one more thing at the end of his talk, "I know that the responsibility and opportunity of missionary service is the most worthwhile thing we can do.  The blessings must be experienced to be appreciated."
   As a missionary right now, I can PROMISE you with all my heart that serving a mission is the very best thing that I have done to prepare for my life later on.   I promise you that the work that you do on your mission if you decide to serve, you will never forget.  If anyone reading this wants to serve a mission, do it.  It's the greatest thing for you, your family and your future family.   Families who don't have the blessings that you do.  I love sharing this gospel and I learn so much as I teach the people here and study every morning.
   I love you all and I'm so grateful for all of your support.  Have a good Halloween day.  You're all in my prayers.  Much love.

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-Elder Cheshire