February 23, 2015
Hey, hey, hey, we had a
baptism!! What a wonderful experience
it was! Might I say a few words about
this incredible hermana who, in just 7ish weeks, has gained the most incredible
testimony of this gospel and also of her Savior and Redeemer, Jesus
Christ! She’s incredible! She has instantly fit in with the people of
this ward and is probably one of the happiest people I have ever met! Her
mother wasn’t quite ready to join her in baptism this week, but my comp and I
are confident that in just a few weeks she will follow her daughter’s example
and go into the waters of baptism and make the first of many covenants with her
Father in Heaven! The baptismal service
was incredible in just about every way.
I convinced my comp to sing a duet with me for the service and he, Elder
Davis that is, baptized Hermana Rebecca in some freezing cold water! We were blessed with a full room of members,
of the room joining us, for this very, very special occasion! The best part of the service for me though
was hearing Hermana Rebecca bare her testimony at the very end. Even though I don’t know half of what she
said, the Spirit was so strong and it was clear that she has an extremely firm
testimony! I am so grateful for this
experience that I was able to participate in!
As with me, I’m doing well! I apologize if I seemed a little grumpy last
week when I wrote ... if I did seem that way … it’s because I was. The past Monday was not the most ideal Preparation
day, but still good non-the-less, and I should have been more positive about
the whole thing!
This week I have experienced, many
times, the gift of tongues as I speak the Spanish language! That’s not to say I was fluent in the
moments, but I truly was able to speak with confidence and use words I have
never used before while testifying of my Savior Jesus Christ and His
Gospel! I have felt so extremely blessed
to have this blessing from the Lord because I am in dire need of His
help--especially at this time in my mission!
This week I have also had the
opportunity to try some new foods! One
of which is called chicharron, or however you might spell it. Basically what it is is pig skin that you
wrap in a tortilla, to put it simply ... it didn’t go down very easily! When the hermana asked if I wanted seconds ...
I politely said no. I truly love most the food here, but there’s just
some things that you wonder how on earth it ever became a dish.
I was almost killed 2 different
times with two different dogs. Both were
small and black and it took all I had to run as fast as I could away from them
while screaming! I also was bit by a
hamster this week ... never thought I’d have to worry about that one in Mexcio!
So, supposedly there are scorpions
here ... yep. I don’t know what I’m
going to do about that except pray a lot, but supposedly they like to hide
between your bed sheets and get ya while you’re trying to sleep. I’m totally freaked. Haven’t seen one in real life yet, but I’m
really not looking forward to that moment.
We have 2 investigators named Pedro
& Sacnite. I think I’ve mentioned
them before. They are truly the coolest couple in the whole wide world! They have already gained testimonies of this
gospel and yesterday we got to take them around the church and give them a
tour! It was probably one of the most
spiritual times that I have had so far!
It was incredible! Anyways, I’m
totally in love with them and I can’t wait to see them progress even more over
the next few weeks! We don’t have a
baptism scheduled for this week, but I believe we do for the next. So I’ll of course keep you updated.
I’m still healthy as can be! I’ve truly been blessed! Every now and then my stomach has a hard time
with the beans, but besides that I’m doing good!
Random Mexican fact of the week:
When it’s cold out the cold goes
straight to your bones and never leaves.
After many, many years of cold there’s so much cold built up in your
bones that it starts to hurt and that’s why old people hurt so much ... it’s
all because of the cold.
I’m doing well and loving the
work! This is truly the work of
God! I’m so grateful to be a part of it!
Stay strong!
Love,
Elder McClure
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