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
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