Family,My companion is ready to go home. He leaves in two more weeks. We had kind of a tough week. We talked to a ton of people and they all hid from us the next time we passed by. We found a lot of our pamphlets outside their houses, ripped in half or just left out in the rain. But we can not let that affect us. I am still excited to work. We have a lot of work to do. The Zone should have nine baptisms this week so there is no time to sleep. I really, really enjoy being a zone leader. A lot of missionaries use it as a way to be ¨The Boss¨ but that is not what it is for. It has been a great opportunity to serve and help other missionaries reach their potential. I love all the elders in my zone and I really do think of the best ways to help each and every one of them. We have a lot of new missionaries who honestly have not been trained very well. My last zone leader, Elder Jimenez, use to rip me apart day after day when I was a district leader until I got things perfect. I am so grateful for him. Now I can help the rest of our missionaries have success. A lot of times, they focus on just getting everything done and checked off so that the people can get baptized. But what I have been helping them understand is that these are people. They are human beings who have needs that we need to satisfy. And they don’t always just open up and tell us everything. But there is always a way through; the Spirit helps us find the true challenges of these people. For example, I had the chance to interview a lady for baptism. She had an abortion 8 years ago. However, this was not her biggest problem. What she really needed in order to feel good about her baptism was a better relationship with God. Her husband died a year ago. She told me how she prayed and prayed for him to live and it didn’t help. So she said she never prayed again because it doesn’t work. Just after 5 minutes of talking with this lady she told me all of this. I wish my missionaries could really focus on what the people need in order to feel a true conversion. I talked with this lady for about 25 minutes and then she talked with our mission president. She will be baptized with her son this Saturday. The Lord can make us do amazing things. He can give us, as missionaries, power. But we have to be smart and use it, combined with the spirit, and we can help these people change their lives. I am so thankful for the opportunity to be a missionary. This lady will be baptized and confirmed a member of the true church on earth and have the chance to receive all the blessings of exaltation. Why would I ever want to stop doing what i am doing? That is why missionaries don’t want to ever go home. It is why I don’t ever want to go home. In comparison to saving human souls... nothing else really compares. I love my mission. I am so happy to be here.
Tell all my friends hi. Ever since we were in 5th grade, Senaka has told me she would get married right away. And now Shannon beat her. Ask her what happened, and tell her I am disappointed :) and tell Brook hi too.
Oh, and I can’t remember why, but I was thinking about Mr. Curtis one day this week. That´s crazy that you bumped into him. He was a great coach. Even though I just kicked, I love football and so I learned a lot from him just about football in general, coaching, and hard work. Football should be starting up again soon. I don´t think about it as much as I did at the beginning of last year. Things have changed a lot.
Is Dempsey still playing on Fulham?
Love,
Elder McRae
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