We have had a pretty great week over here in Nuevo Laredo.
We have been working hard, training well, making friends and having a
blast.
Alright so I will start with the working hard part: So this
week we were able to find and teach this family that we met at the carne asada
last week and it has been a great experience! We taught them about the Gospel
of Jesus Christ and they loved it. They went to church and had a great time.
The kids loved the church and are super excited for next week! We also found
and amazing señora named Raquel this week. She is amazing and really
wants to learn the gospel and act! She reads everything we give her and loves
it when we come and explain it. She even went to church and told us that she
felt the Spirit and loved it. She also told us that its very different from her
old church and that we have to help her adjust. She is so amazing!!! (also i'll
share a cool story about her later)
Training: This week we had our zone conference and Elder
Gutierrez and I had to train a little bit. We talked about our purpose as
missionaries and the potential we have here in Nuevo Laredo. It went pretty
well and everyone said they liked it which was cool. We also had the chance to
go on intercambios with Elder Garrido and Elder Memmott. I got to work with
Memmott and we balled out in my area. He is a new missionary from Nephi, Utah
and he is super cool. He's gonna be a great missionary!
Making Friends: Ok so I had 2 cool experiences this week
with the husband of Raquel. Ok first when Memmott and I arrived there was a
drunk guy outside that was trying to mess with us and was saying some stuff to
us. Then the husband came out and told him to get out of here, but the dude
didn't want to. Then the husband told him that if he didn't leave he would talk
to the "men" outside to escort them away from the house. The
"men" outside were the 30 armed narcos thats were right by the house
getting ready. So yeah the dude left real quick without saying anything. SO
DOPE! Oh yeah so those men always say hi and sometimes talk to us and its
pretty cool. They actually have a rule that the can't touch missionaries and
they actually protect us instead. so that's awesome to hear.
Having a Blast: I LOVE NUEVO LAREDO. It's the best zone
ever! Today we went bowling which was pretty fun and then went to Little
Caesars. We are just out here playing hard and working even harder!
I love this quote I heard that can help us in our daily
lives. "Never confuse movement with progress". It's like
running in place for 30mins. It can seem like you are doing a lot but you
really aren't getting anywhere. You always need to do something productive by
working diligently and efficiently to get anywhere in life!
well thats all I got
les amo y les extraño
con amor
elder mcclellan
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