Sounds like he is doing well, and is looking forward to being able to Skype home on Mother's Day, which we look forward to as well.
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I am happy to hear everyone is doing okay! I am doing really
good. I hope everyone is excited for Mother’s Day and Mom happy Mother’s Day.
When is the first game of Sabrina for softball??
To start off, we had our cambios and Elder Cortez and I are.... staying together for 1 last cambio, so i am going to kill as we say in the mission. To kill someone in the mission is to be their last comp! This is his last cambio and I will be his last companion! Crazy to think, but he is the third comp that I have killed! It’s really weird to think because after this cambio it’s my last cambio and then I am dead. Haha the time is really flying by and this last cambio was by far the fastest cambio I have had in my mission! But the house change up. We will be getting a new gringo and a Colombian. So tomorrow we will have a new start and with new Elders in the house!
To start off, we had our cambios and Elder Cortez and I are.... staying together for 1 last cambio, so i am going to kill as we say in the mission. To kill someone in the mission is to be their last comp! This is his last cambio and I will be his last companion! Crazy to think, but he is the third comp that I have killed! It’s really weird to think because after this cambio it’s my last cambio and then I am dead. Haha the time is really flying by and this last cambio was by far the fastest cambio I have had in my mission! But the house change up. We will be getting a new gringo and a Colombian. So tomorrow we will have a new start and with new Elders in the house!
This week was very interesting, we ended up having a weird
week! To start off it rained a lot on viernes (Friday) and I got soaked and my shoes are stilling drying because
the air is very humid and very cold, so they take forever to dry! Also with
Leandro, Caty and Hector we had a really good lesson with them on martes (Tuesday) but during that lesson we
discovered that they are not reading or praying. So we passed by their house on
viernes and Hectors wife was there. We taught them about reading and praying
about the things we are sharing with them. Then the wife of Hector started to
attack and saying our church was not true and trying to prove us false. We just
sat there and let her finish, then we testified about reading and praying to God
because man lies and attacks one another. After that, her family was embarrassed
and she looked like she felt dumb to attack us. It was kind of a step back for
the family, and we will see what happens tonight with them.
We are still really focused on
finding, which has been a weakness for us and I really hope that we can find
some good new investigators. Also we are working with Patricia and her son
Alexander! We are going to visit them tomorrow and we are going to meet her
husband. So please pray for them that they can feel the spirit.
Dad, in the sports update that you
gave me, I see that there is a new team, or a team that I don’t remember which
is Brooklyn? How long has that team been in the NBA? Also, looks like the Steelers
got some nice picks and I hope it’s what they needed
We walked into church on Sunday in
the morning and we found a guy sleeping on the bench inside the front doors. So
we walk in and we go talk to some people and this guy is still here and a
little more time passes and we try to wake him up. He turns out to be very
drunk and just left him there. After church, after three hours, we had to pick
him up and take him out which doesn’t make the missionaries look so good carrying
people out of the church completely drunk! But it was really funny and the guy
was so confused what was happening!
Mother Day!!! Already! HaHa I’m just kidding! We get to Skype
with you guys Sunday around 7 o’clock my time. So I think 4 o’clock your time.
I really hope all goes well because I am in a sector that is more country.
I can’t wait to talk to you on Sunday,
love you guys a ton and I hope that you have a good week until I see you guys.
Love you a ton and stay safe.
Love you guys!
Elder McAlister
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Spiritual thought time! This weeks comes from Elder Kevin W. Pearson talk "Stay By The Tree" from April 2015 General Conference, talking about the tests of this life and the Book of Mormon. He said:
"Life’s journey is challenging. It’s easy to be distracted, wander off the path, and get lost. Tribulation is an inevitable and indispensable part of our eternal progression. When adversity comes, don’t let something you don’t fully understand unravel everything you do know. Be patient, cling to truth; understanding will come. Trials are like great mists of darkness that can blind our eyes and harden our hearts. Unless we are “continually holding fast” to the word of God and living it, we will become spiritually blinded rather than spiritually minded. Search the Book of Mormon and the words of the living prophets every day, every day, every day! It’s the key to spiritual survival and avoiding deception. Without it, we are spiritually lost."
His description of how life's trials can be is so true, and how we must not let ourselves to become distracted and wander off the path. The Book of Mormon is such a great map to help keep us on the path, or help us get back on it if we have strayed off.
"Life’s journey is challenging. It’s easy to be distracted, wander off the path, and get lost. Tribulation is an inevitable and indispensable part of our eternal progression. When adversity comes, don’t let something you don’t fully understand unravel everything you do know. Be patient, cling to truth; understanding will come. Trials are like great mists of darkness that can blind our eyes and harden our hearts. Unless we are “continually holding fast” to the word of God and living it, we will become spiritually blinded rather than spiritually minded. Search the Book of Mormon and the words of the living prophets every day, every day, every day! It’s the key to spiritual survival and avoiding deception. Without it, we are spiritually lost."
His description of how life's trials can be is so true, and how we must not let ourselves to become distracted and wander off the path. The Book of Mormon is such a great map to help keep us on the path, or help us get back on it if we have strayed off.
Elder McAlister sent a few interesting pictures this week, so enjoy them until the next update for Chile, and we will have talked to him by then...
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| Looks like the makeshift closet didn't work out too well. Can't tell who is at the bottom of that pile of clothes. |
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| Not sure what to say about this one.... ;-) |
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| Waffles, chocolate and ice cream, can't go wrong with this treat. |
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| Someone is enjoying his treat! |
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