Happy
Monday everyone, hope y’all are doing great! I've got 30 days left to be the
most consecrated, all in, and hardest working missionary I can be! It feels
like yesterday when I only had 1 month in the mission haha, but regardless
we're gonna finish sprinting!
It
was an awesome week full of miracles and full of rain! We got soaked almost
every day, but the Lord blessed us a lot for our efforts to persevere through
opposition. We faced all different types haha, some big storms, getting spammed
blocked again on whatsapp😭, lessons falling through and plans changing, but through it
all we saw the Lord perfectly guiding us every step of the way! We were able to
have some amazing lessons with our most progressing people, able to find some
awesome new people, and help put more people on date to be baptized! The
biggest miracle was seeing 7 people come to church, a couple of those being
families! Nothing brings me more joy on the mission than seeing people act in
their faith to take big steps like coming to church and making covenants with
God and I love being a firsthand witness to God's miracles in the lives of his
children!
One
of our friends that I haven't mentioned but deserves some recognition, is our
boy Gonzalo. He came to church for the first time like 6 or 7 weeks ago after
we just invited him super quickly on the street. Ever since then he has come 4
more times and is on date for baptism! The most impressive thing though is the
sacrifices he has made. He’s a little bit older, probably about 70. He also
can't speak super well and doesn't have a phone so communicating and teaching
him has been a little difficult. And then on top of that he lives on a ranch a
little ways out of Rioverde and for 5 Sundays now has walked 2 hours both ways
to get to church, including this Sunday in the pouring rain! I've been truly
amazed by his faith and desire to change his life and come closer to the
Savior!
Also,
on Sunday we had our friend Abi and her husband come to church! If you remember
she grew up as a Jehovah’s Witness but a couple of years ago she and her
husband started looking for a different church. She's loved everything about
the church of Jesus Christ but still sometimes has some worries about changing
what she's always known. However, on Sunday, after church I went to talk to her
to see how it was. She shared how even
though she's heard all of the same stories about Christ we talked about, she
felt that us taking about those same stories of Christ helped her reaffirm her
faith and realize that this is truly where Heavenly Father wants her to be! It was
a super cool testimony to me of the foundation of faith and made me realize
that while I've spent the last 2 years teaching the same principles every
single day, I've never felt it get repetitive. In fact, it's only strengthened
my faith and love for the Savior more than I could imagine! I love this gospel,
I love my Savior, and I'm so grateful to be a member of His church! Next time
you feel like you might just be going through the motions, take a step back and
realize how much your foundation of faith has grown!
Love
you all and have an amazing week!
Love,
Elder McDonald
Word of the Week: Cocoholico (Coca alcohólico or Coke addict) a member said my comp Elder Goodrich is a
alcoholic but with Coke and it's so true hahaha
Invitation of the Month: GATHER ISRAEL!! I promise that as you seek to share the gospel every day of your life, you will be blessed with greater spiritual power, joy, peace, and strength in every single aspect of your life!
**La Lluvia**
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