How are you? I know you are just fantastic. How couldn't you be? I loved hearing all about your week and all your crazy adventures! I hope everything goes well with the party! I totally did not know that the 17th of March was St. Patrick's day. I got to Internet this Morning and one of the Sisters in my Zone was like Elder!!! You know what day it is?? I said ummm 17th of march? Monday? P-Day? I had no clue. And I don't have a green tie! I have a green tshirt but we are going to the temple on Thursday so today we are in proselyting clothes because we are going to work today and have "P-day" on Thursday. We're going to the temple!!! WOOOO!!!!!
Now for my week. It was a long one. This week we had a visit from Elder Waddell, of the Seventy. We had two conferences with him and it was super duper cool!!! He talk all about how we can't just focus on baptisms. We have to focus on conversions and getting people to the temple. He showed us how the purpose of the priesthood was to seal families in the temple and how we need to get our converts to the temple. It was super duper cool. He said that a baptism does not mean anything, if they don't go to the temple. He said that there will be many people in the terestial kingdom who were baptized in the church and who did not make it to the temple. It made me realize how important the temple is and how important it is to help my investigators become converted and have a desire to go to the temple. It was so cool to hear a special witness of Christ speak and it just reaffirmed to me that the Church is true.
The conference was great but we when returned to our area, everything fell apart. My companion got sick, we lost investigators, and the ward isn't helping us out. Seriously, this week was the hardest week of my mission. We spent hours and hours walking house to house, going to appointments and having every single one fall through. We spent a good amount of time standing on street corners saying to ourselves, " Now what?" This week was seriously killer. Yesterday I found myself in a state desperation. I wanted to teach so bad. So so bad that I was willing to talk to anyone. But no one was willing to talk to me. It was killer.
Right now we basically don't have any investigators and we are kind of lost hear in San Felipe. (Honestly I think the campus of Corner Canyon High is bigger than my area) But I will say that I an praying my heart out and I am not losing hope. I can't lose hope. I have to keep pushing on, keep praying, and keep looking for the lost sheep that God has prepared for me. I am learning a lot of lessons right now and I just hope my comp is too. I really hope that things will get better. I know they will.
Family, I love you so much and honestly I miss you guys! But I am here in Peru serving my God and I couldn't want more. I hope everything is great out in Draper and and I hope you are going to the temple weekly!! Do it. Just do it.
Awkward: My comp got robbed by a borracho (let's see if you remember what that is) It was actually pretty funny.
Awesome: I found the stake president that came to our house!!!!! I seriously almost cried. It was like the movies. I saw him from across the room at the conference we had. And I ran. Literally ran to get to him. It was the coolest thing ever. It was so awesome to see him. I am going to ask to get transferred to his stake.
I am still happy and I am pushing forward!!! I love you guys so much!!!!
Poco a Poco!!
Con amor,
Elder McIff
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