Its been a while!!! I have been missing you guys!!! But it was great to here from you guys!!! I am so glad you have been doing so many great activities and have so much fun as a family. That is what really makes me happy. That our family is united. While watching conference I recognized a big focus on the Family, Following Jesus Christ, and Trusting and Following the Lord's Servants. Conference was truly amazing and there were so many doctrines taught and so many inspired messages given.
One thing super cool is that I got to watch it two weeks in a row!!! Last week was national elections in Peru and everything shuts down, even church. So we couldn't go to the stake center that day to watch it but we watched it in the bishops house and in the house of my convert E!!! It was awesome and even investigators came with us! It was great. And then this weekend we got to watch it again in the stake center!!! It was awesome!!!!! I am so so grateful for the prophets and the great examples and messages they give us. My three favorite talks were from Elder Gavarret (he spoke in Spanish), Elder Christofferson, and Elder Utchdorf from priesthood. I loved how Elder Gavarret spoke on following Christ. It was awesome because an investigator who is having a little trouble accepting a baptism date and then Elder talked about the baptism commitments that the missionaries do and how the investigators should follow them. I was like yes!!! Listen up hermano!!! This is for you!!! Conference was great. I loved it all.
As it goes with our investigator pool things are going good!!! We had ten baptisms lined up for this month but unfortunately five of them fell threw. Four didn't attend church and are not going to be able to have enough attendance to be baptized this month and then one simply said he didn't want to and maybe later he will be baptized. The good thing is that we are going to baptize his wife this month and his daughter the next. Hopefully that will give him some motivation to join with his family.
I am so so thankful for everything the Lord is doing for our investigators and how He is helping them out so much. This week we are going to have a baptism of a mother and her son which is going to be amazing. I am really excited for this sister because she has progressed a lot and she will be a great convert in the church. She has a very strong testimony of the gospel.
As it goes for me, I am tired. Haha. There are a lot of things to do but somehow I always get it done and I always find the blessing of the Lord in my work. But yes, it takes a toll. Haha But as it says in Alma 37:33-34 I just need to keep preaching and I will one day find rest. This time is not for rest, it is for work and saving souls.
Thank you so much for your support and love!!! I am so grateful for all the things that you are doing for me and my investigators!!! Your prayers are being heard!!!
I love you all and can't wait to hear from you again!!!!
Gracias por todo!!!
LES AMO!!!!!
Elder McIff
