Monday, February 17, 2025

Alex mail 02/17/2025: "Days never to be forgotten"

 

Heyoooo como andannnn??  How's everybody doing, estamos felices??  I hope it's been a great week.  Gotta say I'm a little bit jealous of all the snow back home, haha, but it's all good there's no place I’d rather be than here! It's been amazing to study the restoration of the gospel and Church of Jesus Christ so far this year, and to see the excitement of those first church leaders and missionaries sharing the gospel with the world.  I can truly testify with the words of Oliver Cowdery that these are "Days never to be forgotten" in the work of the Lord!  I've never felt more joy, more fulfilment, or more Christlike love in my entire life than during these 2 years as a missionary!

It was another super busy week, but we saw a ton of miracles! It's been wild having the whole area we've been runnin’ all over the place trying to get to everywhere we need to be haha, but we're starting to get a good feel for it! We had some awesome lessons with our friends Benjamin and Mauricio who are about to get baptized! Benjamin's is scheduled for this next Sunday, the 23rd, if all goes well.  Mauricio's is scheduled for the following Tuesday because of his work, but they're both so ready! As we taught the commandments it was so cool to see them both just so willing to sacrifice for the Lord! It's amazing to be able to witness people so ready to change their lives and sacrifice whatever it takes to come closer to Christ and receive the blessings of the gospel!  Then we finished off the week with lots of miracles, we had 7 people come to church on Sunday! It's the best feeling ever, seeing people act on their faith and come and see all that church has to offer! You can see the light enter into their lives and it's so special!

On Friday we had interviews with President which were super good.  We talked about the importance of integrity in all aspects of our lives, especially having integrity when it comes to the covenants that we've made in our lives! We had a great talk about what it truly means to put God's will before our own and seek to do His will in ALL things. There were 2 questions that he asked that really stood out to me; 1. "Are the covenants I've made truly the most important focus in my life?" And 2. "Am I willing to stay completely true to my covenants regardless of the consequences or what others may think of me?" I want to invite you all to focus on these 2 questions and seek to truthfully answer them and develop that trust and integrity with the Lord!  I promise that as you seek to do so you will be truly blessed and be guided down the path that will bless you for eternity!

Love you all and have a fantastic week! 

Love, Elder McDonald

Word of the Week: Lárgate (Get out of here) the white racism has been wild this week  💀😂  some dude opened the door of what we thought was a reference, asked us "where ya from?" In perfect English, and right as we started to answer, he yelled "lárgate de aquí" at us and hit us with every cuss word possible hahaha, it was hilarious.

Invitation of the Month: SHARE THE BOOK OF MORMON!! Who can you give a copy of the Book of Mormon to this week? Whether through the app or a physical one I want to challenge each of you to share the fullness of the restored gospel with someone this week through the Book of Mormon! I know it might be a little scary, haha but I promise as you seek revelation through prayer in who needs that book, Heavenly Father will lead you to the correct person, all you have to do is try!

**JOANA'S BAPTISM (Taught her in Matehuala)**


**Javier the recent convert GOAT/ Chuy Merry **


**In da Streets/ Talent/ Elder Bair snoozin 💀** 

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