Hey Everybpdy!! :-D HowZit GOING?!?! :-D
Hey Guys, how`re things?. hopefully the best :-D So like, When I get back I`m going to have two new siblings then? Or is it going to take more time than May? Regardless, I think that that is really cool :-D I`m worried that they may have some problems with the language but besides that, nope :-) Have you guys decided names yet? :-D
Things are going good here in Cañete :-) WE ARE WORKING A TON!! :-D Its fun :-) And wet :-P Darn winter :-P I guess you guys are having a wet summer up there. We`re all getting wet :-D By the way Dad, I don`t know my width size :-P I assume like your tennis shoes size but thats just guessing :-P AS well Mom, I ran out of the Wellness tablets today :-D I think that they help me stay pretty active so if you could send more.
Right up to Saturday, this week was really not fun :-P We were trying to get people to church, to read, TO LISTEN, and as well our lessons weren`t going very well :-P I just didn`t feel like I was reaching the people and helping THEM with what we were teaching. As well, I just didn`t feel as concerned for other people`s problems as much as I thought I should. It was really weird :-P It was just hard. So Friday night I got down and prayed, I`ve learned that you cannot just ask for things to be fixed, you need to be willing to put in your part, so I prayed for something that I could do to fix things. Then bed. I don`t know, the next day, I felt more sympathetic to people, I was able to teach to needs and not for numbers. It changed all of the lessons that day :-D As well we had 5 investigators at church yesterday which was really cool and we were able to challenge a lot of people to get baptized. This next week is going to be great :-D
Elder Holland gave a talk in the MTC January and somebody was able to bring it into the mission and it is really cool. I hope Sam that when you`re in the MTC that Elder Holland comes because he`s just a different person in the MTC and has even more of an impact with his words :-D anyways theres a part where he talks about Jesus talking to Peter after the resurrection, and Jesus is asking Peter if he REALLY loves him. Peter answers yes and Jesus asks again two more times and Peter answers uncomfortably two more times ``Lord thou knowest that I love thee`` to which Jesus responds ``Then FEED MY SHEEP.`` Elder Holland talking ``Leave your nets, leave your fish, gettison your boats and FEED MY SHEEP. I`ve asked you before to come follow me and I won`t ask again. When I said come follow me, IT WAS FOREVER.`` and then Elder Holland says ``And THERE was when Peter strove into eternity. Within days the power and authority of this man were so known throughout the land that the people brought their sick into the streets just so the SHADOW of Peter might pass by and heal them, so great was the faith of this man``. To be anything great in this life we need to REALLY love Jesus Christ. That is the great motivator of all things. My branch president in the MTC said `` so love is the great law of everything``, and he was right :-) Sing ho for Christlike love.
Thats it for me Guys :-) If there`s a counsel for names let me know. Until the next Mom Dad Sam Meri Grace and Sophie, I love you all and Be HappY!!
Sincerely
Elder Jamie McConnell