New Place, New Companion

This week was legit President Cordons brother came to our stake ward council meeting.  He is in the first quorum of the seventy, he is really cool.  I feel bad though because I killed a giant toad the same day.  Because listen, the toads here are just so big and fun looking and one of our lessons fell through, so I saw the bloke and I was like okay and I chucked two rocks at it and it died.  In the time I thought it was fun but later I thought I probably shouldn't kill little critters anymore. 

So my district has 7 baptism dates right now and we have 4 for this Sunday.  I am really excited for them. Please keep praying for the family Albiaza and Rodriguez.  I am really glad to have Elder Gonzalez for a comp he is really good and I am learning a lot from him.   But I kinda of feel bad because yesterday he was mad because our other comp doesn't want to work.  So I did a reunion of testimonies in our house last night so everyone could just say how they feel. It turns out he has not learned anything from me and he doesn't think I am a good example for a leader because he has been showing me the area and stuff.  (He has been here longer and knows the area better but Pres. made me the district leader.) so I felt bad because okay I do have a bad memory and I still don't know our area completely.  So this week please pray for me that I can learn our area and so I can do more and actually show Elder Gonzalez that I do know what I am doing so we can work better.

So this week these our the things I am going to work on so I can teach more with the spirit.

It's in preach my gospel page four.  I am going to do those six things so please pray that I will be able to do them.  I only have like 9 more months so I really got to do all I can and do my best I know I am where I am supposed to be, but to be honest I don't really like the area.  I love teaching the people and working here but I don't know, I just feel left out, don't fit in, I don't know, it's weird.  But I am just going to work hard here and do my best.

Hey mom I think it would be a great idea for the family to put a goal to have everyone invite a non member to their Christmas party in their ward this Christmas and I'll try to bring that many people to church here, how many you guys bring so I can be part of the family goal.  Who wants to be part of the family goal???

 

Yup so I am working hard and having fun!! and just doing all that i can. miss you guys keep up the fun!!!

Missing Raspberries & Snow

Hey, I don't have much info, we had 12 baptisms in our district. It was awesome. We have changes this Wednesday.   I will be going to another area.

 

I miss raspberries and snow.  Everything is going great. Just a funny for you guys.

 

Me: sometimes I get scared I will wake up a marshmallow

Elder Peru: you would eat yourself

Me: I wouldn't even question it.

 

Keep up the fun and work hard!!!! keep praying for the family Ramirz.

love you guys!!!!

Short, But Sweet!

 Waddups!! how is everything going ?? What's everyone up to??  How is Jacob doing with his b day!!  What's he been up too?  Is he going to start boarding? rock climbing anything?  How is ry guy doing? and Jenn?

 

Hey man that dang garage is always broken!!! So I am glad to here that your weather is getting colder there and you guys are having lots of fun.  Here it's still hot every day I don't think I have ever felt cold here.  I miss snow so much!!!

 

yeah mom pray for the family Ramirez y Gutierrez.

 

Yeah my comp is super cool we are working really hard still doing good work!!!

 

Well love you guys bye

Daniel Cut Out

Hey so this week was super cool!!  No I did not have changes, still chilling here in Sabana Grande.  This week our district did an activity to celebrate mothers day.  As a district we had 51 investigators, all moms.  So I guess in a sense we are just snaking, but hey behind every mom is a fam fam.

If Jacob is getting married he needs to put aside like 80 bucks to get a life size card board cut out of me.  Because lets just be honest that would be so cool and awesome!!! It's actually cooler to have a life size card board cut out then the real person usually hahaha.   I think so, I think that would be ligit.!!! I think its about 80 bucks. but its worth it trust me!!!

Speaking of marriage. I have  great idea.  Mom you need to find a family with two sisters that are not twins but are like a year apart so that Martin and I can be brothers when we get back!! hehe that would be cool too because we got to be bros.

 

Hey i just want to give my thanks for all my family and all they do for me  i love you all!!!  Elder McKenna

Mother's Day Phone Call

Yup we got to see Daniel's big smile through Skype over Mother's Day weekend.

 

He said the area he is in is super small, I think he said around 5,000. Plus he has to be home by 6 PM because it's not safe for the missionaries to be out any later. We walks 30 minutes to his every day up a little mountain.

He spoke to our brother Jacob for a little bit. I think Daniel was in shock about Jacob getting engaged to Melissa. He doesn't want anyone's life to move on while he is gone.

Kadan, Daniel's nephew was so excited to talk to him. We even brought a pineapple just to have there with us for the call. Pineapple makes everything that much better, is what Daniel and I use to say.
 He roasts lots of marshmallow's and makes smore's a lot too. He loves his companion currently but is still hoping for a gringo companion.

He didn't have much to write the following P-day because we was going to the temple that day. Here is what he said though.

Hey fam fam wadd ups!!!?? Loved talking to you guys on sat sat!! super chill!! Jenn loved the Pine pine!! I promise i'll start taking more fotos and sending more fotos. Thanks mom because your a mom!!

New Baptism

Hey thanks mom yeah I can't live in my area (that I work in)  because its super poor and they just use plastic and metal sheets for houses.  So I live in the pueblo and hike up the mountain every morning and down every night like 30 min each way about 1 hour in total.  Yeah my comp is super cool we are working good and having a fun time   

 

I got a letter from my good friend Elder Ashcroft (my comp from the MTC) which was great.  I miss the guy!  What's funny is I only knew him for like 3 weeks but I feel like we have known each other for life.  What's even weirder is it's almost been a year since I met him. crazy huh??

 

I really don't want to come back the same person that I was before I left home. I know I have changed a lot for the better but I was thinking this week, and figured out one way I could become better.  I felt like I needed to tell the president about when I watched the new Batman movie when I first got in the mission.  So I wrote him a letter today telling him.  I guess we will just see what happens.  I'll probably have to change areas :( and be moved down to jr comp. for some time.  But that's fine with me; serving the lord is serving the lord no matter what position your in and I really want to be someone the president can trust and the Lord can trust.  I want to come back honorable, knowing I did my best and tried to change for the best and become the person that my father in heaven wants me to be.

 

So we confirmed one family last sunday and baptized Amilcar, yesterday which was super spiritual.  He already wants to go on a mission and I feel bad telling him he still has to wait.  So Tomas went to the church Sunday and he has a strong testimony of the church and everything.  It's just his wife Guatalupe, she goes to church because it's tradition and won't marry the guy.   Super funny though; she was like I want to get married in my church and before I could say anything Tomas is like I don't want to get married in a church I dont think is true.   hahaha bam machete!!!! hehehe   But I am trying to help them get married; a civil marriage, no churches attached.   But yup that's all that's going on this week.  I'll keep you guys posted, love you all!!  Having the best time of my life!!!

New Companion

So this week was super cool my new comp is from Guatemala. I love that I have only had Latin comps but at the same time I really want to train a gringo or get a cool gringo comp eventually. But with pure latin comps I can feel like my spanish is getting super better. I think my new comp is my favorite comp so far, his name is Elder Juracan (yup hurricane) he is super cool and a little crazy. He is my first comp that actually helps me with my spanish and helps me work. We found like 6 families to teach this last week he has really good ideas and loves to help serve people. He is by far my favorite comp we get a long really well! ! love working and everything is going good. I think we have the possibility to baptize 9 this change together!!

We're working super hard and having lots of fun!! Elder McKenna