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| Riley baptizes Jovita |
This
week was another great week down here in Mexi-cow! We’ve had much success in teaching our
investigators and recent converts and menos activos and total! We had many many many lessons and my
Spanish is getting better and better and better! The highlight this week was... another
baptism! Her name is Jovita and she’s been a rock star with faith ever since we
met her! She’s had an insane desire
ever since we started teaching her and she gave up smoking, alcohol, coffee,
her boyfriend and a few other things just so she could be clean and make this
covenant with God! It’s been truly
incredible to watch her learn and grow throughout the past few weeks and I have
to say she is the most emotional lady I have ever met-- in a good way! But during the baptism she cried and cried
and cried and said AMEN like 50 times!
This was a big highlight for me especially because she asked me to
perform the ordinance! It was so scary
but so awesome! The prayer isn’t as
scary as just remembering her full name!
Darn Mexican names are so hard! ... and long... we are talking 4
names! It’s just torture for us
missionaries! But it was awesome! I said the prayer and before I dunked her I
whispered to her to bend her knees... which she did NOT do! Oh man she planked hard and fast like she
couldn’t wait any longer to get under that water and I just about fell in with
her! hahaha It was so so funny but luckily after a few
long seconds I got my footing and got her back up and out! Todo esta bien! Phew!
haha But what a wonderful experience it was! We had our first convert (Rebecca) give her
testimony and holy cow I swear she knows more about this gospel than me! I just sat there dumbfounded for like 5
minutes! I couldn’t believe she’s so
smart and she’s got such a strong testimony and I just sat there like a dummy
not believing my ears! But how
rewarding that was to see! She’s truly
truly converted and it’s such an honor to be a small part in that
conversion!
Also
I think I mentioned last week that we got a new water heater. It’s very very slick and very expensive but
the hard part is there were no instructions for how to operate it so long story
short... I almost blew up the whole block!
Don’t worry mom and dad no one got hurt and really it was a
blessing because the fire ball totally took off my scruff and I didn’t have to
shave that day! JK Don’t worry, it wasn’t that bad... just a
little scary. I’ve learned since then
how to use it!
Some
days are a little rainy and cloudy and oh how I love it! It’s such a blessing! We don’t have any more baptisms for a while
but that’s ok. I’m focusing on getting
all the little stuff down because my training is just about up! I can’t believe how long I’ve been
here! Each day flies by and it’s so
hard to keep up! But really it’s
great! I love the people, the food, the
streets... (sometimes), our investigators and our ward. I am truly blessed!
Elder McClure Over and Out
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| Food Fun!! |
March
16, 2015
Another
week has come and gone! And.....
we had a baptism! It was totally
awesome!!!
Armando
is totally a miembro of the Church now and he’s grown so much! Seriously he went from smoking 2 packs a
day to nada in no time at all! His faith
is so strong and really once he put his faith in the Lord he was able to do
it! His baptism service was really
really good and the boiler even worked so the water wasn’t ice cold! I gave the most incredible 1 min talk ever to
be recorded and once it was over I like collapsed in my chair because all my
adrenalin was gone and it was bad! His
wife’s parents came to support him and that was the best! (His wife passed away a few months ago and
was a member of the Church. Once she passed he
realized the importance of the sealing power and started investigating the
church more!) We are super happy for
him and we have another baptism set for this week, a hermana named Jovita. I’m kinda super duper really kinda nervous
because she asked me to baptize her... oh man I’m so nervous!
This
week we had the coolest experience of almost getting mugged! I won’t tell the full story because mother I
don’t want you worrying too too much about me but I’ll say this... because of
the Spirit and a little bit of common sense... we were safe and fine but it was
super crazy to realize the situation we had been in after the moment had
passed. I’m so grateful we are
protected as missionaries! As long as
we are doing the right thing at the right time and in the right place we never
have to worry! And lucky for me I have a wonderful comp that
is like me in wanting to be 100% obedient!
So we were fine and it was totally cool!
I
got a ton of letters this week! We are
talking like so many that when I had to carry them in my bag from the church to
my house... I’m pretty sure my spine snapped and I’m gonna have back problems
for the rest of my life! So many
letters and I’ve just been soaking them up every night before bed and just
loving it!
We
had an incredible week with 34 lessons and one baptism-- pretty much the dream
for any missionary! Tons of
investigators are progressing and we are healthy and happy! Our water heater totally broke and so we had
cold showers most this week but right now as I write we are having a new water
heater (the tankless kind... pretty shnazzy right?) installed! So I might just go home and take a hot
shower after this hour of writing!
This
morning during my study I found the most incredible scripture that just hits
the spot! 2 Nefi 28:30: For behold, thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line
upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed
are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for
they shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more; and from
them that shall say, We have enough, from them shall be taken away even that
which they have.
What
a wonderful verse to explain how God works-- little by little we learn and God
gives us more and more as we progress and continually work our way up the
ladder! But if we don’t keep trying to
learn and grow... God will take it all away. Testimonies are key to this
scripture. That’s why I’m so so glad
that I can be here in DF Sur bearing testimony time and time again and studying
the gospel for many hours every morning!
I feel I have grown so much and I’m so grateful for this opportunity
that I have!
Elder
MexClure
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| Armando's Baptism! |
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