This week was not very eventful because we were locked in our house two of the days this week because of Halloween. It was a good week though and although we were really busy this week with meetings and other things being the last week of the cycle we were able to get things done. This week Elder Ayala and I had divisions with President Mann and it was great. We visited a family that is less active and visited Jaqueline, our investigator that has a baptism for the 25th of November. It was a fantastic lesson with President Mann, we read with her 2 Nephi 31. It is such a fantastic chapter in the Book Of Mormon that talks all about the 5 principles of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Faith, Repentance, Baptism, Recieving the Gift of the Holy Ghost, Perservering to the End. All are necessary in order to recieve all that the Lord has in store for us. It was so cool because the goal we set with them when we left the lesson was not to just be baptized on the 25th of November but to strive to be married to her spouse in the temple next year. Eymar, Jaquelin´s husband is a member of the church. It was so cool because baptism is only a goal for our investigators, it is only a step in Heavenly Father´s plan. The ultimate goal is for them to be sealed in the temple as a family forever. The spirit was so strong in the lesson.
So this week we were closed in, Ayala and I went up on the roof of our house and just talked and played cards. It was a really good time but I would definitely had rather been working and finding more investigators. A really cool experience this week that Ayala and I had was with a Grandma of a family named Domitilia. In my first week here in Arboleda she had a baptism date and was ready to be baptized the following week. My first week we taught her the Word of Wisdom and she drinks a lot of coffee. At the end of the lesson she said that she did not want to be baptized anymore. It was kind of hard for me to see this happen, all the blessings she had in store for her. The rest of the family she lives with are all members. After continuing to visit this family and Domitilia and continuing to pray for her, this past week she said that she wanted to be baptized. We were so happy for her and it is truly amazing how the Lord and Heavenly Father watch over all of us.
This week I had the opportunity to do divisions with Elder Northrup. He is from Pocatello, ID and is a really cool missionary. He just finished his training so we were both learning Spanish still but it went good. It was so funny because we got some weird looks for sure. People here are not used to seeing a Gringo walking around let alone 2 haha. It was such a good time, we went and visited some of our investigators and less active families. He came to my area Arboleda. At night we played some cards and just talked for a while. Friday morning though Elder Northrup and I had been talking about making French Toast for a while in divisions so we did haha. You can see us in the pictures and our French Toast haha. Seems like a while since I had it haha. It was so fun though, I love doing divisions with other missionaries. This week I got a new name haha, I barely get called Elder McCain here. This week my name was Elder Rodolfo (Elder Rudolph). I guess I got a little more sun this week and my nose was an extra little red haha. Instead of Elder MAccain, Elder Gringo, Trump, or Guerro this week, I was Elder Rodolfo. Haha the people here are so awesome!
My Spanish is getting there, I can pretty much understand everything. My only problem with understanding is just vocabulary. Now my speaking feels like it is a little lacking haha. It will get there haha. I am learning slowly and everyday I fill my agenda with new words that I hear throughout the day. Today for Pday, I played some volleyball and soccer with my district. I had a mexican burger today and it was pretty good haha. The food here is so good. I tried Mole for the first time yesterday and thought it was good. The only problem with Mole is that it is famous for getting all over missionaries white shirts haha. Every missionary here is a spot of Mole on there white shirt haha, it happened to me too unfortunately. The mission is hard but I have had such awesome experiences and I know I will continue to have them. This work is truly awesome!
-Elder McCain
The photos are today with the hamburger, Elder Northrup and I, and Elder Ayala and I locked in
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