Monday, October, 12, 2015
I am always amazed to see the miracles that happen every day!!
This week was a week full of moments of service and good
vibes. I have always loved being able to serve and work with my hands and this
week there were so many golden opportunities to do exactly that and serve the people
that surround me! I don’t know why, but that just makes the time fly by.
I was lost this week because the time went so quickly that one day seemed to run into the other and I lost track of time! I guess you could say it was thanks to my new companion and I being lost in the service of our fellow man. I won’t lie; this is going to be a very interesting group of weeks serving with my new companion Elder Gonzalez. He is a great elder and I truly love being with him but he is at the end of his mission and he can’t wait to be home!! Haha. I know he is still working but his heart is at home and I know this is going to be a true challenge for me to stay focused on the reason I am here while he talks about home all the time. Luckily, I will have a transfer full of baptisms so that should help me to focus and keep my eye fixed on the work of the Lord!
I actually had the pleasure of having a baptism this week of two girls! One is 16 and her
name is Mayra, the other is Viviana and she is 9. They are cousins and for about 2 months I have been working with their family trying and fighting alongside them to help them get to the baptism font. It has been rough and a battle full of arguments from parents who just didn’t understand but now they do. The spirit did something that I don’t think I will ever understand and one day the mother of Mayra came and told us she could be baptized and that she is happy her daughter is searching for God. I don’t know what it was that changed or how but I know it was just one of the many miracles I have witnessed and it was in the lives of these two daughters of God! I know He loves us and he helps us accomplish our deepest desires if we are accomplishing what He desires of us.
I truly know without a doubt in my heart that I am in the service of the Almighty God and I know I am a son of God and that He loves me as well as He loves each and every one of you! I testify that this is the great work of salvation that is mentioned so frequently in the Bible and the Book of Mormon. Today the gathering of Israel is coming to pass and I am a part of the gathering forces! I love being a missionary!
Love,
Elder Jonah McKeeP.S. our shower broke so I rigged a cool thing made out of plastic cups and tape so we could shower!!! I guys you could say I’m a pretty handy man :)
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