Happy Monday everyone! How was the week? Hope you all are
enjoying the summer weather and having a blast! This week actually got a little
cooler here and we've heard the worst of the heat is over so hopefully it's
true! It was another week full of miracles and man, each day I'm just more and
more grateful to be a missionary!
OK, first off - story time haha, so every Monday night after district council we have a mission-wide devotional over zoom. And every first week of the transfer, it's a trivia game run by President Webb 😂. Let's just say it gets intense because whichever district gets the most points, President and Hermana Webb take to dinner one night during the transfer! So you already know the White-boy district was locked-in and guess who got the dub 😏 😏. We were going crazy, it was awesome haha stay tuned for updates on how dinner with President is 👀
Had exchanges with my boy Elder Whitaker again this week and we grindeddd, it was awesome! We ran it up here in Popular and this time we had way more lessons go through and had some amazing visits with some less-active members working to help bring them back! Let me tell ya from what I've seen life inside the church is always so much happier and better than outside or anywhere else! Make your Savior, His gospel, and His church your number one priority and everything will be just fine 😁.
We had some powerful lessons with some amazing families and friends in teaching this week! I'm amazed at how the Lord has just provided so many people who are so ready for the gospel! Two that really stood out to me were with our friends Oscar and Manuel! Manuel submitted a reference to us and we met him this week and taught him the restoration! While explaining how Christ established his church and gospel during his earthly ministry, he jumped in and basically explained the apostasy to us 😂, how so many people created their own churches and changed teachings from the Bible, and how he wished there was just one book that had it all and one church that had all the teachings of Christ perfectly. You can imagine the smile on my and Elder Nielson's faces when we introduced the Book of Mormon and the restoration of Christ's true church! I'm so grateful to know that this is Christ's complete and true church once again on the earth today!
Our boy Oscar is just inspiring. He struggles a lot with
anxiety and depression and because of that has resorted to alcohol most of his
life. However when we first met him he told us how he believed it would be a
"privilege to be baptized" and has now made it his number one
priority and goal! He's put himself through some very difficult trials to get
off of Alcohol this past week but he already has some of the strongest faith
I've seen and is seeing miracles from it! I think we could be a little all more
like Oscar, do we each view our covenants as the most important thing we could
ever do on this earth? Would we view them as worth it even if we had to
struggle through some of the most difficult trials we've ever faced, solely
because we love the Lord that much and want to be bound to him forever?
Finally we had the baptism of our boy Javier this week! He's just the sweetest guy ever and it was such a special day! It was amazing that Elder Nielson and I got to help him all the way! From finding him, teaching him everything, and seeing his baptism and confirmation! I got to baptize him and it was definitely a moment I hope to never forget! So grateful to be part of the Lord's work in bringing Heavenly Father's children home!
I think that's it for the week but hope you guys all have a great one! Reach out if you need anything at all! Smile, look for the good, and just give it your all every single day, the Lord's got the rest! 😁
Love, Elder McDonald
Word of the Week: Aguas (watch out/be careful!) Yes, don't worry, I know "aguas" directly translates to "waters" hahaha but here in Mexico they also say it when telling someone to "watch out" or "be careful". It's from when they used to throw all the used water out in the street haha (which they still do by the way 😂
Invitation of the Month: SERVICE WITH A SMILE!! How'd week one of serving go? There's always someone who needs your help, everyone is struggling with something and the Savior needs you to be there for them!!
**Plaza de toros (Bull Fighting arena) / Claudia with a tree 
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