Hola,
This week has definitely been crazy for sure. I am not sure where to start. I´ll start off with what I learned this week. This week I learned and studied a lot on the Restoration and thought to myself why it is the first lesson that missionaries teach. I read more about Joseph Smith and this week I was able to watch the Joseph Smith video for a devotional. I can not believe everything that Joseph Smith had to go through. He was tar and feathered, beaten, spit on, and no one believed him. For a boy to have the faith at the age of 14 to go into the woods and ask of God which of the churches are true. I know that most 14 year olds would just go to the same church as there parents did and not worry about if it was the true one or not. After watching the Joseph Smith video I thought myself I have no room to complain about anything. I have gone through nothing compared to what Joseph Smith and the saints had to do. I know that Joseph Smith is a true prophet, he translated the Book of Mormon, the keystone of our religion. He suffered and never gave up to restore this church. I am so thankful for Joseph Smith because if it weren´t for him, I would not have the opportunity to be here serving the Lord and to be an instrument in his hands. I can´t wait for my relationship to grow with my Heavenly Father even more. I am so amazed by the many prophets in the Book Of Mormon that stick strong to preaching the gospel because they knew that what they were teaching was real and the Lord had their back. I admire Abinadi for standing up to King Noah. That was definitely not easy, but he stayed faithful to the Lord. As I get ready to head out into the field this upcoming Monday at 10 am I know that the Lord has my back and is watching over me and my family. I can not wait for the field, and to teach the people of Mexico City!!! It is going to be awesome, I already love the Latino people so much! This week I had the opportunity to do some service in the comedor this week with Latino´s. I can not believe how hard they work and they do this job every day. They have so much fun doing it too and are the happiest people in the world. We were all having like a water fight while doing dishes, it was so much fun! Oh I am so excited to get out there! I know that my Spanish may not be there yet but I am still so excited and I know it will get there. I truly have learned so much here in the CCM and am grateful for all of my teachers and the spirit that I felt here. I can´t believe I am getting ready to leave.
The Lord definitely watches over his missionaries. This week there was a bad earthquake in Pueblo I think. My district was in the middle of playing volleyball and I was taking my shoes off when the building next to me started to shake. I was really confused at what was happening but then the ground started to shake. We all ran to the safe zones here and everything was fine. The main chapel was damaged a little bit but everyone was fine here in the CCM. I pray for those who were harmed by the earthquake and there families.
So last week I had to say goodbye to my Latino companion. I miss being around him, he was a good missionary and I knew he will do great in the field. We also had to say goodbye to Hermano Gonzalez our morning teacher. He was a good man and I have learned so much for him. The new missionaries are lucky to have him. I will definitely keep in touch with him if I can.
This week I also was playing a game with the district and my hand came down hard on Elder Thompson´s watch. I shattered the glass on his watch and cut my finger open pretty bad. I had to get one stitch. When I got to the doctor I had already lost a lot of blood at first and he took me back and started to stitch me. The problem was that he stitched me while I was standing up. My head started to get really light headed and I was trying to fight myself from passing out. I started to say a prayer and then as soon as I said amen I dropped. Thankfully, Elder McGinley caught me, somehow he saw and knew that I was about to pass out and threw a light out of the way and caught me. It was all such a weird experience. Sometimes I always wonder why these things always happen to me, but I asked for help from Heavenly Father. My finger healed in less than 4 days. I have truly seen the Lord´s hands in my life especially more as a missionary. I felt comfort after my prayer for help and I knew that everything was going to be okay. My finger is healed now and I have no problems. I also fell in the shower this week, it was a fun week for me. I still love what I am doing though
I love missionary work so much and am so excited for the field if you can´t tell!! Oh it is going to awesome to see all the mountains and the volcano. I love the Lord and my opportunity to serve full time. I´m excited that I only have an hour bus ride to my mission, I should be there around noon on Monday the 25th! This is totally worth it and I can´t wait for the experiences! Hope all is well love you guys!
-Elder McCain
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