Monday, January 6, 2025

Alex mail 01-06-2025: "Pabellón!!"

What’s good everybody happy 2025!!! Hope everyone had a great new year and is off to a great start in all your goals and dreams this year! We had a super awesome week in the area and in the Mission as a whole, we found almost 700 new people to teach as a mission which is by far a mission record! It's amazing to see that the Lord's work continues to roll forward and that He is preparing more and more people to receive the blessings of His gospel and of the covenant of baptism!

I got to start the week off with an exchange up in Pabellón! It's a little pueblito about 30-45 minutes north of Aguascalientes.  There are 2 sets of Elders out there who are a part of our zone! I got to spend the day with Elder Wadsworth from Nevada, and he's super awesome! Definitely one of the most sweet and loving people I have ever met, I learned a ton from his example of Christlike love! We had some really good lessons, we helped an older lady who was trying to get to the hospital, walking by herself 😳, and we had some fire food with a recent convert family to celebrate New Years Eve! It brought back vibes like my Matehuala days, so you already know I was loving it!

Saturday was an awesome birthday!  My comp Elder Valencia and the APs, Elder Hunter and Elder Navarro made the day super special for me! We got some fire chilaquiles for breakfast and then we did a quick blitz in the AP’s area to help them find a lot of people, which went really well! I gotta run it back with my boy Elder Hunter for a couple hours and we just had a bunch of good laughs and saw a lot of miracles! Then for food, an awesome member took us to eat and then drove us around the whole rest of the day, going to different lessons with us! A lot of ‘em fell through, but we found a lot of really cool, prepared people - by not giving up, knocking random doors, and just persevering when plans changed! I think that is one of the biggest lessons I've learned on the mission: a lot of times, our plans fall through, and things just don't happen as we would have hoped.  However, as we continue to focus on the Lord and keep trying to press forward, He will direct us to what we truly need, and all we be ok! Thanks for all the birthday wishes this past week and for all the love and support you guys give to me.   I couldn't do it without you! Hope each one of you has an amazing 2025 and keep smiling! Love you all!

Love, Elder McDonald

Word of the Week: Chilaquiles (salsa nachos) basically it's a plate of nacho tortilla chips but covered in green salsa, cream, cheese, beans, eggs, and carne asada, it's soooo good hahaha

Invitation of the Month: THE ONGOING RESTORATION!! This week as we started studying the restoration and Come Follow Me, I was super amazed and grateful to know that the restoration of Christ's church continues today, and we are a big part of it! What can you do this month to share the message of Christ's restored church with everyone you meet? 

**Birthday blitz with my dawg/ Chilaquiles with the boys**  


**Mordida 💀/ Birthday lunch**

** Jesus Maria Navidad**

**New Years Surprise 💀/ Huge dog/ Making cement**

**Elder Wadsworth / Coconaranja**

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