Things Can Not Always Be Easy

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This week was honestly a tough one. This week Elder Garcia and I had 12 citas that fell. We just kept wondering and wondering why the citas kept falling and my comp was starting to become un poco desanimado. This week I was studying and thinking about why the week had gone for us so far how it had and what we could do to make it better. I was reading in the Liahona this week and I was reading a talk from the last General Conference. I don´t remember who said it but it was about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. There was a story of how a mom sold a necklace that her Dad had given to her before he passed away and she sold it so that her daughter could get into school. This story made me think a lot on what a sacrificio this mom made for her daughter and then there was a line in the talk that really stuck out to me. It said "but none of the sacrifices we make here en la tierra is anywhere near to what JesuCristo sufrío en el Jardin de Getsemane." I really thought about this quote all week and then I heard the talk La Expiacion y La Obra Misional and that really hit me. It is a message to misioneros and why the mision can be so hard. He says that we can not become to learn the importancia de la expiacion hasta que lo sentamos nosotros. This hit me hard and it really motivated me to keep going and work harder. Even though this week was hard but there are people that are suffering more and JesuCristo far more than what I was feeling this week. This week I really thought a lot about the Expiacion de JesuCristo and what it means to me. I have really come to appreciate more this week the Atonement and am so thankful for nuestro Padre Celestial por uno mandar a su hijo aca en la tierra y dos JesuCristo for the pain that he suffered and how he has given us the oportunidad to return to our Padre Celestial and to arrepentirnos. I can not thank him enough and serving for 2 years and suffering a little bit of what he suffered is the least that I can do. He was sangrando de cada puro cual me asombra la verdad. I am so grateful for these 2 years to serve the Lord and come closer to my Savior!

Although this week was tough we had some bendiciones that I am extremely grateful for. We had 4 en la capilla and we have a baptism this Satuday! I am so excited for it as we are going to baptize David and he is so ready! His testimonio is so strong and I think it is so awesome because his Dad has already passed away and he wants to get baptized for his Dad. He wants to be able to do this work and that he can see his Dad again after this life and live with him forever. I don´t know many 20 year olds that are willing to do that and I am so grateful for the oportunidad to meet him and prepare him to enter el agua del bautismal! 

Shoutout to Elder Garcia (my comp) and los Estados Unidos as it was thieir birthday on Wednesday and Saturday and we celebrated Elder Garcia´s with a family. Today we went to Chili´s with other misioneros and I had HONEY MUSTARD for the first time in a while and let me tell you, it hit the spot! JAJAJAJJA it was a good day today and I hope you all have a great week! Hope everyone had a great 4th of July as well! 

Elder McCain

The fotos are of el Chilango Elder McCain, Elder Garcia´s birthday, and today at Chili´s