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Well I have no idea what to put for my subject.

This week was a pretty good one. Normal really. Haha. We have a family that we are helping get married, we have gone to Lima two times this week and today we are going to go again so that's super fun. Haha. But we do have two investigators super cool. Their names are P y O. They're mother and son. But P is like 45 and still lives with his mom so its a little sad but it doesn't matter! They're gonna get baptized on the 30th and they are learning a ton! They are one of those little gifts from God. They showed up one day to church and then we visited them and they said they wanted to get baptized! It's super cool. The other investigator that we are helping to get baptized on the 30th is a little harder. His name is J and well we are helping him get married and everything but he has a really big problem with criticizing the church and the errors of others. Yesterday we had to talk to him a lot about the imperfections of all and that the church is perfect but the people aren't.I hope he can just be a little more humble and really find joy simply in Christ. 

My companion and I are getting along fine. Now and then we have our little discussions but other than that we are good. We are working hard to raise our excitement and energy because lately it just hasn't been there. I am just trying to work hard and be humble. Humility is one of the great things I struggle with and this week I have learned a ton about it and well I feel better and happier, but there is still a long ways to go. 

I hope you guys have had a god week and that everything is going great in Utah and you guys are happy! 

What else is ne

w over there? Everything is hunky dory here in Peru!

I love you guys a lot!!! I hope you have a great week!!!!!

Elder McIff

welllll

Haha well I talked to you guys yesterday so I don't know what to say in this letter.... haha. Other than that everything is hunky dory here in Peru!!! Having a ton of fun and enjoying every second of it!!!! Haha.

Any questions? Jokes? Suggestions? Gossips? That's what I always say to the people at the end of lessons. haha.

Que es Gozo?

So this letter is gonna be a little short. Haha.

But this week was good. We found a lot of really good people and even new people came to church!!! One lady came to church with her son and when she got there she was like "BROTHER!!!!!! I CAME!!!" I had no Idea who she was. haha. I was super confused. But it turns out that like two weeks ago while we were walking through the streets and we helped her moved some bricks that she was going to use. Turns out that her sister is a member and she was really excited to come to church! It was cool! A definite blessing from the Lord! And also a man that we are taught named Jesus came to church for the first time on his own and he was even there at church before we got there!!! It was awesome. And before the start of the meeting he looked super happy and he asked me, "Brother, can I come here every week?" It was amazing seeing the power of the spirit working in him. I loved it. I have a lot of hope for these sons of God. I am really happy for the fruits we are seeing.

Remember that family that I told you about last week? Well they didn't come to church this week and well we talked with them about marriage and the Law of chastity yesterday and they got a little scared. haha. but they told us that that they were going to pray and ask God if they should get married. We will see what happens. haha. We are going to fast for them and hope that they receive an answer. 

This week I am tired again but I am going to keep working just like always!!!!  I am really excited to talk with you guys on Sunday!!! It is going to be awesome!!! I will be calling you sometime this week to work out the time and everything. Sunday is a little complicated. Haha. But we will see what we can do. 

But I am here good just working hard!!! Thank you for your support and everything!!!!

Love you!!!!

Elder McIff

ps- sorry for not sending letters. My camera has been dead and I just haven't charged it and well there aren't a lot of exciting things in Lima. Haha.

Estoy caminando y no siento nada

Well this week was a little tough. We were in a trio but Elder B. had a change and the president just left me and Elder M. together with the zone so this week was a little tough to figure out all the stuff now that we are just working us two together, but we'll handle it.

This week we worked hard as usual and found a few families really really cool. We found a family that I think is an answer to my prayers. In my whole mission I have never baptized a complete family, like mom dad and child, so I prayed for one, and I think it was given!!! We found a couple who has two daughters and they are really prepared! They accept everything and are really really cool! They aren't married so I am just praying that they can accept marriage and get married and baptized this month!! It would be awesome!!! I really want to them to progress. 

We had other investigators but they weren't that awesome aren't progressing that well so we are looking for new ones.

I am just trying to stay focused and control my stress and nerves. being Zone Leader I get super stressed out super fast. But I am learning how to control it. Little by little. Always diligent. 

I am hoping that this week can be a better one and that we can keep working hard and keep finding new people. 

I need your prayers and help in everything!!! I love you guys!!!!! 

Keep on keeping on!!!

Con mucho amor y besos,

Elder McIff

Work hard or don't work at all

Hey family!!!!

So this week was another awesome week!!!! We again worked really hard and had success! We had our three baptisms and it was awesome!! We had a group baptism with some sisters in our Zone and on Saturday night 7 people entered into the waters of baptism to clean themselves of their sins and imperfections. It was a very very happy night. My two companions and I we all baptized and it was just great. This was the fist time that I personally baptized someone since October!!! It was nice to get wet again and hep someone fulfilled this saving ordinance. It was a happy week.

This week I was once again super tired, exhausted really. Last week we worked super hard, harder than ever, and this week we had to be consistent so we gave the same effort and jeeze was it hard and man did it hurt but it was worth it. I ended the week learning a ton and I was really humbled by the spirit and guided by him. 

We have been contacting a lot of people and in out contacts we have been guided by the spirit a ton. This week we found many people by just going where the spirit told us. 

I had an experience really cool this week. It was like seven at night and we were coming down a hill and I saw a group of people out side of their house and so I Stopped and contacted them. I told them that we were missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints and that we were representatives of the Lord Jesus Christ. And one guy was like, "Wait you're what??" "Representatives of Jesus Christ" I told him. "Wow," He said, " I have never heard anyone say that. So you guys are actual representatives of him on the Earth?" "Exactly brother" He then took out a notebook, wrote down my name, and underneath it wrote " Representative of Jesus Christ" He then permitted us to share our message of the restoration of the gospel and he loved it. He was fascinated with the Book of Mormon and with our message. It was an amazing experience. I loved it. But the only bad thing is that he lives outside our area and gave us a weird directions so we'll have to work hard to find his house and teach him more. But it was an awesome experience really strengthed my faith and testimony in my calling and authority as a missionary called by a living prophet. I love my calling and everyday I am understanding the meaning of it deeper and deeper. 

I am determined to work harder and harder. Not only to have lessons and contacts, but to have baptisms and baptize families!!! But more than anything I have to work FOR the Lord. I know that he will guide us and help us in everything. 

Today we got the changes and Elder B. has a change, and I am staying with Elder M. as Zone Leader. He has been an awesome companion and an awesome friend, he has helped me out a ton and I am sad that he is leaving. But He's going to BYU so I'll see him there. I hope I can have another gringo companion.

. Haha. But we will see!!!!

This week was an awesome week and we are really excited to keep working and preaching the Good news!!!!!

I love you guys!!! 

Keep on keepin on!!

Elder McIff

PS: Even though I am eating a ton and using the stuff you sent me I am still super skinny but I have energy!!!! Wooo!!!!

JUST WORK DANG IT!

Haha, well with that letter heading let me just say, we worked our BUTTS off this week. With all the excitement that i had from the conference we just went to work. Tuesday we had a district meeting and whew it was awesome. I had been thinking for like three days what I should say to the zone and what I should train on and the only thing that came to my mind was "ask them who they serve". So when I got upon Tuesday morning i was nervous confused and frustrated because I hadn't prepared anything, no notes, no scriptures, just faith. And I got up and started talking and the spirit guided me to a great talk in which I explained that in my mission I have experienced a change and that I now serve the Lord. I really serve FOR the Lord. Many missionaries come to the mission to serve the Lord but many don't come to serve FOR the Lord. There is a great difference. I don't have time to explain it but it was awesome.

And well in the week we were blessed for serving FOR the lord. In the meeting we committed to the Zone to do 35 lessons and 100 contacts, but we did 43 lessons and 145 contacts. I feel super blessed and we saw a ton of miracles. I am so grateful to my father in heaven. We have MIRACLES this week and it all comes from a devoted work FOR the Lord. Six investigators came to the church on Sunday and we have a ton of people in teaching. I don't want to be prideful so I won't write much this week but let me just say this week was the best week of my mission and the week where I have felt the closest to God. but I am just happy- :) 

This week we have the same goal and vision. We have three baptisms this Saturday and I will baptize a family that the sisters are teaching and I am just happy. It is just awesome being here. :) I love the mission. :)

 I am happy :)

I have to go to Lima today to do wedding papers so I'm not writing a lot. But know that I love you and I just wish the best week for you guys!!!!!

LOOK FOR HIM.

I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!

Keep on keeping on. 

Just Work FOR HIM!!!!

Love love love love,

Elder McIff

Te damos Señor nuestras gracias

HEY THERE FAMILY!!!!

Happy Easter!!!!!!! I hope it was an awesome one and I hope that you guys had a great time watching conference!!!! I know I did!!!!! I absolutely loved it. I think the best I have seen yet. It was amazing. We were fortunate enough to be able to watch all five sessions in our stake center. It was an awesome experience and I just felt the greatest spirit as I watched and listened to our prophets and apostles. I received so many answers and I learned so many lessons. 

Saturday morning was awesome! I learned a ton about fasting and how if I want more blessings and more faith I need to fast AND pay my fast offerings. Elder Eyring gave a great talk. Another thing that I learned is that, well, I gotta get married fast. Which sucks, but we got burned too many times by the apostles. I don't want to be that RM bum. And well family, you've got four and a half months to set up all the blind dates okay? Haha. But I really did love how everyone talked about the family and marriage. It made me so grateful that I have grown up in a great family and I have received so many blessing for it. And it made me excited to have my own!!! but right now it's mission time. Don't go thinking that I got trunky. I'm more focused then ever right now. haha. 

Priesthood session was great, the talks that I watched anyways. I got to watch Elder Ballards talk and Elder Soares and then we got a phone call from the sisters. There is one sister that has heart problems and well we had to take her to the hospital Saturday night. But everything is fine now and she's all good. We just didn't get to see all of priesthood but I heard it was amazing!!!!!! 

And then came Sunday morning and it was AWESOME!!!!! I loved President Monson's talk about temples and it made me so excited to go back to the temple and feel the spirit there. I haven't been to the temple in over a year and I am missing it. I also really liked Bishop Causse's talk. I always love it when he talks and he gave a great talk about really seeing the things that we have right in front of us and not disregarding them, but actually counting our blessings. Seeing what we have and seeing how blessed we are. It was a great talk. And of course the heart wrenching, adrenaline filled sermon of Elder Jeffery R. Holland. It was AMAZING. So so good. I loved it and well I could receive an even deeper understand and appreciation of the atonement and the loving hand that Jesus gives me every time I fall. I am so grateful for him and his love.

I am so grateful for the general conference and I can't wait for October!!! Woo!!!! Its gonna be awesome. but for the mean time, To Work!!!

I love my family and I wish the best for you guys and all my friends. May God guide you and bring you peace and joy through your faith and obedience. 

I love you guys!!! Everything is just hunky dory here in Peru!

Have a great week!!!!

Elder McIff