What's good, what's good everyone??
Hope you all have had a super great week! I've got some exciting news if you
haven't heard... the First Presidency of the Church announced that the
groundbreaking for the San Luis Potosi temple will be on March 9th!! We're
crazy excited about it and I'm praying that it gets done within the next year
and a half while I'm still here ha,ha, at least to hopefully see the open
house! I know having a temple so close is going to bless the lives of so many
families here I can't wait!
This week was really, really solid! Tons of little
miracles throughout the week and I'm so grateful to be a part of the Lord's
work and see His hand each day helping us out! We had zone conference this past
week on Tuesday and it was amazingggg as usual. Elder Dominguez and I were
joking that zone conference is more of a holiday on the mission than actual
holidays ha,ha because they're always so cool! So grateful to be able to learn
from our leaders in the mission and from our Mission President and his wife! A
lot of the focus was placed on working with members, because they're truly how
we're able to take this work to the next level! For all the members out there
reading this I invite you all to consider how you can help out in the
missionary work near you! I promise it doesn't have to be anything big and the Lord
will be so grateful for your efforts, and he will magnify them! Also having
some delicious Texas BBQ at Zone Conference made it just that much better ha,ha,ha.
I got to do exchanges with one of our ZL's Elder Hooley
this week which was super run and helped me learn and grow a ton! He's from
Utah and been out for about 18 months and is just a super solid missionary!
He's a super hard worker but knows how to have a ton of fun doing it which was
really cool. Something we really focused on was just always testifying of
Christ and His gospel in literally every interaction we had with others and it
was a gamechanger! We had a lesson with our friend Cecilia and when we first
arrived, she immediately told us that she didn't want to keep meeting because
her Pastor had told her that we and others were trying to confuse her and lead
her astray. Instead of arguing or trying to prove why we're correct, we simply
both shared our testimonies of the Book of Mormon and our Savior Jesus Christ.
The Spirit was so strong and all-of-a sudden, she changed her mind, promised to
read the Book of Mormon, and pray about it, and then we set up another lesson
with her in the future! So amazing to see the power of simply bearing your
testimony! We ended our day by getting some fire donuts, had to treat my boy to
the best ha,ha.
We were able to contact some really cool families this
week! We've really been focusing on making our contacts more personal to the
people we meet as well as testifying and it's helped a ton! Super cool to see
the revelation on how to improve comes piece by piece and how the gospel truly
applies to everyone!
Had a couple funny stories this week, first one was
after some of the best member food I've had while on the mission! Reminded me of a huge American Sunday dinner,
it was sooo good. But after we get done eating the dad pulls out of the freezer
a bag of crickets and just starts munchingggg on em 😖 . Luckily I talked
my way out of trying one ha,ha because they looked so foul 😂 . The other one
happened when we were walking home one night. We needed a new mirror for our
apartment, so we decided to look in a furniture store real quick and the owner
just gave us this huge piece of glass (mirror) for free ha,ha. All we had to do
was walk home 45 minutes carrying it which was a grind but hey, we got a free
mirror 😂 .
We were able to help Diego set a baptismal date for the
beginning of March! He's such an awesome kid, loves primary, and is super
excited to make covenants with God and keep learning about Him! Another super
special lesson we had this week was with our friends Elizeth and Adalberto! I
mentioned these 2 in last week's email but man they're so awesome! They want to
get baptized super badly, they only problem is they're not married (like everyone
else in this country 😧😒 ) but they're
working with some of our members to figure it all out which is awesome! We were
able to teach them the plan of salvation and they loved it. I love helping people realize they can live
with their families forever it's so special!
That's pretty much it for this week, love you all and
thanks for all the love and support you guys are the best! Always feel free to
reach out if you need anything at all - I gotchu! Have a super awesome week,
keep smiling, and look for the good every day!
Love, Elder McDonald
Word of the Week: Grillos (crickets) let's just say I'll
always remember what this word is 😁 gotta stay on
the lookout the rest of the mission ha,ha,ha
Invitation of the Month: 30 DAY FAST! How's it been going so far everyone? It definitely hasn't been easy but I love being able to see little changes and growth each day and I've definitely felt the spirit a little stronger each day! We got this, it's all about improving!
Te Amo Dino! / Basically Every Address in Mexico (center)
/ Costco & Nike 
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