Monday, February 29, 2016
Hey mom!! I missed hearing from you this week! I heard you have
been preparing to go to Rio and that's soo cool! I love the idea of traveling
all over the place and meeting my brothers and sisters that are all over the
world! Really it just brings me so much peace to know the plan that God has
for me and for all of us as His Spirit Children! I love our Heavenly Father
with all of my heart and I love reading the scriptures.
Since I received the
package from you all I have had that smaller Book of Mormon which I carry on
the daily and every time I sit down in a house or anywhere and i'ts not with the
intention of teaching a lesson to investigators then I pull out my Book of Mormon and I read 10 verses. In just 3 weeks I read the entire Book of Alma and I was
super afraid that while reading Alma I was going to burn out but I didn't! I
powered through it and all of the wars it talks about and now I just truly
admire so much the missionary Ammon. He was such a good guy that truly was a
huge example of service and teaching with clarity. Since reading the Book of Mormon once
again I have learned two things! First is that I love speaking very frankly
about things like Jacob does in 2 Nephi 9 it says that his soul delights in
plainness. I am a strong believer that my soul also delights in plainness.
Second is that I am not the teacher but the teacher is God and no matter what
if I am teaching and the person receiving our message has any questions or
doubts then we should pray in that very instant so God can clear that thing in
their minds. Prayer is a great and powerful thing and I know that when we use
that tool that God gave us then we will be blessed in many miraculous ways!
This week my companion and I started to work in a part of the area that I had
never even once set foot in before because all of the people here say that that
place is dangerous and I was afraid. But this week we focused our time and
energy in finding new people to teach over there and we were blessed! We found
3 new families and I truly have the faith that if they continue as they are now, then they will be baptized. I know they most likely won't be baptized during my
time here but I know with patience they will enter into the covenant house.
Really though this week has been awesome. Today we had our
pday activity up here in the area and we invited another zone to come up and
hang out with us! In total there were about 30 missionaries in San Marcos today
and it was super fun! We all went to this one place called the house of teens
and there we played some ping pong and pool! It was super chill and everybody
had a blast! I know I am not the only one who was deprived of playing pool
since they left US soil and so for that reason it was a ton of fun to play after
a whole 17 months of not even seeing a table! I love being in the company of
good people because it's always a good time! Truly I know that with good company
and good intentions there are bound to be made good memories! I wont forget
today and I know I don't want the day to end but all good things have to end so a
new one can begin. I love you all and I miss your faces!
Always,
Elder Jonah McKee
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