Trick or treat everybody! I hope you all
had a very happy Halloween and didn't eat
too much candy. I don't think I ate any candy on Halloween,
it was kind of sad, but we had better things to do. This last week was really
good. The week started out as normal, and it was pretty hard to find anybody to
teach. But, Friday my comp went to Jucha and
our district came here to Toto for divisions, and that was the best day work
wise that I have had here in the mission. My
companion’s name is Elder Mendoza, and we taught 11 lessons in the one day that he was here. He
taught me how to really work and really what we should be doing as missionaries.
He’s an awesome missionary and really I
learned so much from him. We went and taught a new guy named Carlos, who was a reference from the sisters, and
it was one of the saddest lessons I have had while I have
been here.
Carlos has a wife and three daughters
whom have left him. Yes, they had a good reason to leave him, he has a really
bad drinking problem, but it was extremely hard to talk to him and listen to
what he had to say. I really feel for the guy, he has such a strong desire to
change, he is just having problems getting over his addiction. He was crying
just about the whole lesson, and in the end he asked us if we could give him a
blessing. So we did. We have a lesson with
him tomorrow and we have a whole game plan set out to help him stop ,but it is going to
take some work on his part as well. But, I know that anything is possible
through the Atonement of Jesus Christ and I am extremely excited to see him
progress.
As for other people, we met 10 new
investigators on Friday and should be
working with them over the next little while. Danny was able to bless the
sacrament on Sunday, and I think I know how
my parents felt when I blessed it for the first time, because I felt like my
little kid was all grown up. It was such a cool experience to see him up there
in a white shirt and tie. Our other investigator Carlos who owns a barbershop
came to church this week, along with the daughter
of one of the part member families. It was the
first time that we have had more than one investigator at church! Whoo. We also
tried to put a date for baptism with Andres, and he didn't accept, he wants to
know all of the commandments before he will accept a date, so hopefully this
time next week I will be writing you all with a baptism date for the next Saturday. :)
Saturday was the Day of the Dead, which
meant that every single person here in Toto was at the cemetery. It was crazy,
nobody was at home nor in the streets. So we didn't get much done Saturday nor Sunday after church, because I guess
the day after the Day of the Dead everyone goes back to the cemetery and stays
there the whole entire day. But, next week should be a lot better. I have new
goals and new methods that Elder Carlson and I are going to use to find new
people and teach our current investigators.
It has
been really cold here lately, we are up at 8,000 feet and I guess come December, there won’t be snow, but there will be
ice everywhere, whatever that means. So that makes me more excited for Christmas here.We already put up our like 8 inch Christmas tree and one strand of lights. Whoo.
Love you all and I will talk to you next Monday. Thanks for everything.
Con amor,
Elder McLain
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