Happy HALLOWEEN.
I can´t believe another Halloween
passed by. This Halloween was super memorable.
So I was on exchanges
with a super awesome District Leader. We had an awesome exchange and learned so
much together. As we were finishing and going to meet our other companions in
the Metro, the Assistants called me and told me that the Elders from Jardines
(the Elder I was with) wasn’t answering his phone. They didn’t have signal in
the Metro. So I told them that I was with the Elder they were looking for and
they were like PERFECT come to the mission home because they are getting an
extra companion and you two have to take him to the hospital right now because
he is sick... hmmm. I love being in charge of the sick and needy.
So we went to the yellow
house (mission home), we got the companion, who basically wasn’t able to walk
because his legs and body were going throw weird convulsions, and we took him
to the Policlinica (the hospital for the missionaries). Luckily I know how to
arrive. We had to walk super slow because the new missionary was in so much
pain. He had just gotten to Mexico this week and got here from Peru. They sent
him to Ajusco, a little pueblo right next to Topilejo, which is full of
mountains and COLD AIR. So his bones were killing him and he basically died
(jk). So they took him out of there. We got to the hospital trying to make the
missionary happy because he was super distressed, and the doctor starting
joking around with him that he was going to die. I thought it was hilarious
because I know the doctor and he is super sarcastic and really straight forward
with people. He has a very dry humor. But the Elder didn’t like it and started
getting scared. The doctor says he is a dry Mormon because he hasn’t been
baptized but he believes the church is true. He just doesn’t want to get
baptized yet. Haha.. He is a hilarious dude. So the District Leader and me were
cracking up all day and the other new missionary was so scared and confused and
not sure if he needed to laugh or cry. It was just a big practical joke the whole
day. We ate food. The sky was cloudy. Everyone was walking around in costumes
and face paint. It was one of the strangest Halloweens I have lived. But I
finally got home at like 8PM with my real companion and we were
exhausted.
The next day I got to go
to the temple. AHHH. I was super stoked because exactly a year ago to the day I
went to the temple. I remember because it was Dia de los Muertos and I thought
it was fantastic to do work for the dead that day. It was very special. This
year I got permission from the President to do exchanges with a missionary from
our ward to take like 8 investigators to the Visitors Center. It was one of the
most spiritual experiences ever. I loved it. The investigators were all crying
as we learned about the importance of the Book of Mormon. One of the
investigators lost her legs and is in a wheelchair. The week before her father
passed away. We watched a Mormon message of a woman that lives in Guatemala
that lost her legs in an accident and she testified of the truthfulness of the
Book of Mormon and what that it teaches about the resurrection. Super powerful.
Then we watched the great movie about families. We learned about prophets. We
taught them about the temples and the work for the dead. It was all just so
awesome. E. was there and she loved it. She is so ready to get baptized. But
she is going to get baptized the week I get home because that is when her
brother comes home from Spain from serving a mission.
My new companion is
great. He is a funny guy. It is super fun to be with him. So that is going well.
I got to see Elder R. today in an evaluation. That was good.
Yesterday we had a leadership
counsel and it was so freakin awesome. We learned so much about how we can
better minister to the other missionaries that we are serving. I am super
stoked about that...
Umm I am short on time.
Okay thinking, thinking. We ate with an investigator. G. is loving the gospel
and is learning so much. She loves changing her beliefs and feels such a power
in following the guidance of the Holy Ghost. Hahah. Yes!
Well that is pretty much
it. I love you all so much. I am pretty sure I will get changed after this transfer.
5 more weeks here in Iztacalco and then 6 more in an unknown land. It’ll be
great.
The mission is awesome.
STAY STRONG AND WORK HARD. LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH
Con Amor, Elder Macdonald
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| My C. family |
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| Dia de los Muertos |
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| Bus to the temple!!!!!! |
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