Las Subidas y las bajadas-The ups and the downs

Hey there family!!!

So I finally got your letters this week! I was a little sad when I couldn't read about your awesome week adventuring!!! But I did get your photos which pretty much put me in a coma but it's okay! I got over it! I am glad you are all having a blast this summer!!! And the next because I get back right when it ends, oh well!!! But something awesome happened this week! I have now reached double digits!!! 10 MONTHS BABY!!!!! WOOO!!!!!!!!! It's been a rough road but I am so dang grateful for these ten months and for the 14 that I still have left. It is crazy to think that the next summer Mom and Dad will be coming to Peru to check it out! (cough cough, wink wink). 

I am so glad that you guys have had a good week and learned a little about the Book of Mormon! I love the Book of Mormon so so much. I have read four times now in my mission and everyday I find something new to mark and something new about the mysteries of God! It is the best book ever. I love it so much. It can answer every question that we have and we can use it to go against ever objection that comes to hit. For example, we were teaching a guy this week that didn't believe in God and he told me that the next time we come he is going to bring a bunch of anti religion books and tell us that we are wrong. And I said to him "okay cool, I am going to bring my Book of Mormon and discredit everything you say because God lives, He loves us, and there is nothing you can do that will make us deny our faith and what we know to be true." It was super cool. PMG teaches us that we should always answer the objections to the Church with the Book of Mormon. It truly has power and we can truly find peace strength and the pure doctrine of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon. I know that it is true and I exhort everyone to read it and feast on its word, because they are the words of Christ.

I am so glad i have to chance to teach and share the Book of Mormon with the people of Peru.

This week however did not go as well as last week. Me and my companion have both been sick with colds, food poisoning, and any other sickness you can name. haha. But we are still working!!! Suffering, but working!!! Woo!!!! No this week was really rough. For some reason my comp has been really sad all week and he won't tell me and and it is pretty frustrating but I know that he will get over it and everything will be good. 

I am really trying to keep a good outlook on EVERYTHING. "Los que creen en Dios pueden tener la firme esperanza de UN MUNDO MEJOR" "Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith , maketh an anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God." (Ether 12:4) I read this scripture at the beginning of my mission and it has been my catch phrase ever since. The firm hope of a better world. Everything can be better, everything will be better, you just have to believe, and everything will follow. I know that our Savior Jesus Christ loves us and wants us to be happy, for this cause he has given us his gospel, his church, and his love so that we can all have the firm hope of a better world. I love him so much and I am so grateful to be his servant. I am not perfect and I have not done everything He has asked me to do but I know that I can always be better, repent, and be the servant He wants me to be. 

I love you guys so much and I know that you all have a firm faith in Christ and be this faith you will see miracles and great blessings in your lives. Keep strong, keep your chin up, and pray. I love you all so so so much and I hope to hear form you soon!!!!!

Poco a Poco

Que El Señor este con ustedes cada dia, cada hora, cada momento

Con mucho amor 

Elder McIff

Estoy, no se, pero en una palabra feliz

BUENOS FREAKING DIAS FAMILIA MIA!!!!!

Como están?? Como les va? Yo estoy bien y estoy freaking feliz.

Well from seeing all your pictures from your week I can tell you guys have had an awesome week! And I am here to tell you guys that I think this week went down as the best week in history for the McIff Family, Because my week was absolutely amazing, as well as yours. 

To start, there were changes this week and remember Hermana I. from Alta? Well she is in my zone AGAIN! Absolutely crazy. And now Elder W., our district leader, got a greenie gringo, so now there are three gringos in our room. Woo hoo!!!!!! My companion is dying. I would send you a photo but I forgot my camera this morning.... Oh well!!! Next week you'll have a bunch. But his name is Elder H. from Thatcher, Arizona, and he recently graduated from high school about a month ago. He's a champ!!!! 

But as for my week with my investigators, it was amazing. Absolutely amazing. The Lord is blessing us in ways that I cannot even understand. It is absolutely incredible the tender mercies of the Lord. Right now we have about four families that are really progressing and like three other investigators that are really really interested. And we have a baptismal date for this month! His name is Jxxxxxx and he is an 18 year skater punk that is in love with the Book of Mormon. He is the coolest kid ever and he is inviting his skater friends to listen to us as well. 

Super cool story, last night we were walking to the chapel (which is right in front of our house by the way) and Jxxxxxx and his friend show up in front of our house and were like hey lets share something with you guys! So we sat down on the curb in front of our house and said a prayer and started teaching about the Book of Mormon and then the Bishop and his counselor show up and so we ask them to share their testimonies about the Book of Mormon and how it changed their lives, we then sat there for a good half hour listening to men who were lower then dirt share there testimonies of the changing power of the Book of Mormon. It was incredible. 

That is just an example of the blessings that the Lord gave us this week.

7 investigators came to church this Sunday with three families, we taught almost 40 lessons, and we are finding more and more people to teach. I thought the mission was good but this week showed me just how good the mission can get. 

One thing I have learned this week is the power of prayer. I have started to pray every night for everyone of my investigators and I am seeing the differences. The Lord has blessed us in ways that I can't even understand. I am so so so grateful for the chance to work here and the chance to have Elder B. as my companion. he may only have 2 months in the mission but he seems like his been out for 8. He really is a missionary and he will do great things here in Lima, if he learns maturity and humility. 

I am just so so happy this week. I know that the Lord is blessing me a bunch and I know  that we will achieve great things here in Valle Sagrado. I am so grateful for all the blessing from the Lord and I am just praying that this week can be as good as the last.

But I haven't gotten your weekly letter from you mom?? But i think the photos tell it all. You guys had a party this week!!!

Well I love you all and wish you the best week of your life again!!!!

Mosiah 12:21

Poco a Poco

Ora como todo depende en el Señor, trabaja como todo depende en ti

CON MUCHO AMOR Y UN FUERTE ABRAZO

Elder McIff

Cuenta tus bendicione​s-Count your Blessings

High on a Mountain Top: Doing Service up in the hills over Lima.

Wow, well I have so idea where to begin.

Well first I just want to say that I am freaking jealous of all the fun that you guys are having!!!! Sounds like so so so much fun!!!! I knew that you guys were gonna party it up once I was finally gone, I just knew it!!!! But no I am glad that you are all having a great time this summer and enjoying your time together. 

But jokes on you guys! I am preaching the gospel in Peru!!!!! WOOO!!!! Haha but really this week was a really good week. me and my companion having really progressed and we are really getting along better. I guess I was being super strict and hard with him and he was just rebelling against me. So I have calmed down and now we are having a lot of fun. 

Would you believe it? This is the last day of the transfer! It has passed by super fast and I can't believe that I almost have ten months in Peru!!!! Crazy crazy stuff!!!

Our new area has really really progressed and we are teaching a bunch of families!!! This week six investigators came to church and two families!! It was a really really good outcome and I am super grateful for the the blessing of the lord and the excitement of our investigators! 

We are teaching one guy, named Alex. We went with him to a massive baptism and afterwards we like, soon, that will be me. He is the coolest guy ever and I am so grateful that we get to teach him and help him come to Christ. the only problem is that he has to get married but his girlfriend went on vacation and she won't get back until the 15th. But the girlfriend is already member so it will be easy to get everything for their marriage. He is the coolest guy ever,

This week we are going to invite a bunch of people to baptism and we are going to set a lot of dates for baptism and perhaps have our own group baptism on the 26th of July!!! ( I am super excited for 4th of July by the way and it would awesome to receive some packaged Americana.) ;) 

The time here is flying by. Everyday goes by faster and faster and I am just losing track of the time. so so crazy. I almost have ten months and almost one year!!! It has passed so dang fast!!! But I love it!!! I wouldn't trade it for anything!!!!

Something really cool that we received this week was a talk by Lawrance E. Corbridge of the seventy called the Fourth Missionary. Its is a training he gave when he was a mission president. Look it up. It is really really cool.

Well I have to go, But I love you all and hope you have an amazing time in Yellowstone! I want pictures please!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lots of them!!!!!!!!

LES AMO!!!!!!! 

CUÍDENSE!!!!!

Elder McIff