This week was a weird one. We had interviews with our President on Saturday and that is always fun! In my interview he asked me when I am supposed to end the mission and when I told him he just said, wow you still have a lot of time to go!
This week has been full of lessons. We lost a lot of baptisms due to stupid reasons and we ended the month with just 6 for January. This morning we received a call from the assistants of the President and they let us have it! We were basically called to repentance. I have a lot of respect for them so I really took it to heart and I hope to make immediate changes!
This life is weird. We know that we have more potential but we also know that progress happens through time and that it requires patience but I sometimes am not a very patient person. Especially with myself.
Another thing that happened this week not for the first time but never gets easier is we lost another family we were teaching. I don't know why it hurt so much but it really got to me when the dad of the family returned the Book of Mormon we gave to them and told us they weren't interested! It is even weirder to think it affected me so deeply when you consider the fact that we had only taught them once before and he really was very respectful as far as rejecting goes. It never stops hurting, the rejection. You would think that you would just become numb to it but it gets to me every time. :(
On a more positive note, I did have the privilege to get to know a really cool girl this week! She is not your ordinary girl! She plays for the National Seleccion of Rugby for Argentina and is a beast! She could show me a thing or two about how to be a man ;P She doesn't live here unfortunately but was just here visiting her aunt who is a member. When she left, she left me a couple of gifts that really meant a lot and really lifted my spirits! As many times as we have been rejected I seem to only remember the people that we impact and help. I love the mission! I love the ups and downs and the trials that God gives me to make me stronger! I hope you are all doing your best as you endure to the end!
I was studying the other day when I came across a talk that stressed the question, "If Christ were to descend from the heavens right now would we try to hide or would we walk up to Him and look Him in the eyes?" If you are one of the people that would hide I invite you to examine your lives and make the changes that are necessary to have the confidence to look the Lord in the eyes right now!
con mucho amor,
Elder McKee
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