Hi everyone! How was your week? I pray that each one of you
is feeling the love of God in your lives and seeing His blessings each day! We
have had an incredible week this week. We got to celebrate Pioneer day which
was fun! Just celebrating all their sacrifices and remembering some of the
great blessings and miracles God has done for them! A lot of great blessings
have happened for us too this week, and I want to share some of them with you!
First of all, Elder Hafener and I went down to St. George
on Tuesday to pick up two new reassigned missionaries to join us in Beaver.
Since then, it has been difficult to coordinate all the work being divided
between two sets of missionaries, but it has also been really good! So I have a
new companion now, whose name is Elder Solano. He is from California and was
serving in Guatemala (Same as my Dad!) for 4 months. I am grateful to be here
with him, he does a great job at explaining principles clearly in lessons and
wants to help people here in Beaver! Elder Hafener now has a new companion
whose name is Elder Anderson from South Carolina and was serving in Argentina - really close to me in Uruguay! He also uses the same accent that I do which is super fun
:) We all share the same house still, but have divided the stake so we each
have 3 wards to work with, and we are sharing the work with Spanish speakers.
It has been good to have more missionaries here, and I'm excited to see what
comes from it!
Another AMAZING thing that happened this week was that Tom
got baptized on Saturday! This was such an incredible experience for me, and as
we filled the baptismal font with water and got everything ready to go, I felt
so happy and felt the Holy Ghost so strongly. It has been such a neat
experience for me to work with Tom. He has made some big changes in his life,
and has worked hard to learn and draw closer to Christ. He has been meeting
with missionaries for the past 5 and a half years, and it is so incredible that
I got to be here when he decided to be baptized. My testimony has been so
strengthened of the importance of baptism, to keep following God and make
promises with Him, and I know that it is a sign of His love for us that He
enables us to do these things that allow us to have greater light, knowledge,
and power in our lives. The only way we can do this is by following in the
steps of the Savior, and becoming more like Him. I love that the Gospel of
Jesus Christ is one of love, and progression. We take one step after another,
and Heavenly Father helps us, heals us, and forgives us all along the way if we
keep trying and looking to Him.
The last thing that I want to talk about this week is a neat
experience I got to have with teaching Nestor. Yep! Nestor from Uruguay!! So on
Friday, the Sister Missionaries who are serving in the last area I was in in
Uruguay messaged me, telling me they were going to have a lesson with him, and
asking me if I could join in. I was so so excited and happy and it was one of
the best things to see him again and help in one of the lessons. What is even
more neat is that he has a baptismal date for August 2nd! I am so excited for
him, and am amazed that Heavenly Father will answer our prayers and bless us as
we keep doing our best. I have been praying for him almost every night since I
left and it has been incredible to me to know that he is continuing forward and
wants to be baptized. I know Heavenly Father touches hearts and performs
miracles in today's world! I mean, how incredible is it that the sisters
messaged me and that I have gotten to be a part in helping not only Nestor, but
others come closer to Christ.
I testify that Heavenly Father knows each one of us
perfectly and answers prayers and will perform miracles in our lives if we
exercise faith in Him!
~Much Love, Elder McDonald
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