How we doing everybodyyyy?? Hope you
guys are all doing great and had a super fun week! This week's been crazy!
Crazy busy, crazy fun, crazy fast, and everything else haha but I'm loving it!
It's also wild I'll hit my 6 month mark this upcoming Wednesday! Can't believe
I'm already 1/4th of the way through the mission and I know it'll just get
faster from here on haha. Super grateful though for this opportunity to serve
and love the people of Mexico!
If you're wondering about this week's title haha it's
because I got to do an exchange with my boy Elder Grantham while Elder
Dominguez was in Aguas for a few days for a meeting. His area is definitely the
hood of downtown San Luis haha let's just say you know it's bad when the street
the church is on is called Grita de Dolores which means "scream of
pains" 💀 😂. But it was super
fun and we saw a ton of miracles! And don't worry nothing bad happened the Lord
protects his missionaries! We had a ton of lessons which was super cool and my
favorite thing about serving in more sketchy or poor areas is that there's so
many people who are humble, looking to change, and want the hope that God and
Christ offer. It's so amazing being able to help bring them to Christ and find
joy again! It was also a huge confidence booster for me and Elder Grantham with
our Spanish! He's got one transfer less than me in the mission but the gift of
tongues was definitely with us! We were able to have all of our lessons and
contacts be a success with the language and even had a 30 minute conversation
with a kinda crazy catholic grandma with a ton of questions 😂. It definitely
helped me realize just how much my Spanish has grown and how many miracles are
truly around us each day! Also had some fireeee carne asada tacos with the
elders quorum which was so hype!
A lot of the rest of the week was spent trying to visit
friends and call people to see who's really interested and try and narrow down
our focus which has been super helpful. Member meals have been fire as always!
Only had to give some foul soup to a stray dog once hahaha don't worry tho the
member wasn't there it's fine 😂. On the plus side
we got Chick-fil-a sauce one day which was soooo good.
Had some awesome lessons this week! We met with Tania
and her boyfriend Jose and had to lay down the law a little bit about the
importance of marriage, hopefully they decide to get married so they can keep
progressing! Keep them in your prayers if you don't mind! Also had some really
good phone-calls with this dude named Erik who speaks super good English haha.
When we first called him he asked if we could talk in English, Dominguez and I
looked at each other and were like "oh here we go again" but then homie
starts speaking in basically fluent English 💀 😂. He's super
awesome tho! Definitely was wack teaching in English again haha but he loves
all that we've taught and wants to get baptized! Only sad thing is he doesn't
live in our area so we had to pass him off but all good the elders where he's
at are studs!
We also met 2 really cool people this week, Adalberto
and Eliset! They've had a crazy past and some wild experiences but they have a
ton of faith in Christ and want to come closer to him! We were able to give
them both blessings which helped them a ton and excited to help them keep
progressing!
That's pretty much it for the highlights this week,
love you all and hope you guys have a fantastic week! Let me know if there's
anything I can do for you guys or if someone needs some extra prayers I gotchu!
Thank you all for all the love and support they make such a difference! Hope
you all have a great week and Les amo mucho!
Love, Elder McDonald
Word of the Week: Güero (white boy 😂) Mexicans here use
this one instead of gringo usually haha but I get called this one like 5 times
a day it always makes me laugh 😂.
Invitation of the Month: 30 Day Fast! I hope you all
had a great fast Sunday yesterday and the chance to think of something you want
to improve this month! Remember growth and change is a process so take it one
day at a time and I promise the Lord will help you each day!
**Downtown San Luis**
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