I will go I will do and other adventures from the McKee Missionaries

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Jonah's Week 22 - What I've learned So Far

Monday, March 30, 2015

Okay, well first, the question of the day! WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ON YOUR MISSION THAT HAS CHANGED YOU OR A VIEW POINT THAT YOU HAVE HAD FOREVER?

For me this is my answer:

In the mission you have the amazing opportunity to meet tons of people from all different walks of life and all different parts of the world! I have learned one thing, there is one thing that is the same for every person that you come to know, it is that they each have problems. Some people have problems worse than others and some people have problems that really aren't problems but to this person, in this specific moment, their problems feel like they are the worst thing in this world!! I have learned that everybody in this earth just needs to learn to listen. Everybody in this world needs to listen to the voice of the world and look around. We all feel like our problems are the worst problems a person can possibly have but if everybody would just take a step back and listen to another person they would realize that their problems aren't any worse than the problems of the next person! This world at times feels like it's a huge place because there is a lot of stuff that we don't know but to be honest the world isn't a big place and we all are family! Take a second and listen to the stories of your brothers and sisters in the world! The stories you will hear will make the world feel smaller and on top of that the stories will make you realize there is always a following page to every life story! Always continue with two things in mind: service and then what you want the next page in the book of your life to say!

So yeah, with that all in mind here I am and I'm ready to report what the most recent entry in the book of my life says! So yeah, this week the work was slow but it was still work none the less! We have been doing a whole lot of contacting trying to create a big pool of investigators but that requires a lot of walking and on top of that a lot of talking and my comp doesn't really like to contact so normally I have to be the one who opens my mouth and introduces us and what our purpose is, after that he is fine with talking but he can't start the conversation ever! But it's fine because you all know I am a very confident young man and I have zero problems opening my mouth!

So yeah, this week we did a ton of contacting in the street! (if there is a child reading this part then sensor it) So I was contacting and talking to this girl who is 31 years old and I was telling her who I am, why I'm here, and what I believe in, then I passed our number and a picture of Christ to her. I went to shake her hand and while my hand was extended she went and grabbed a whole handful of the family jewels and then said, sensational right? I felt my face burning red!! I have never been so violated before in my life!! I couldn't even handle it! To make things even better, I was at the house of one of my investigators teaching and in the middle of the lesson the same girl that tried to run off with the family jewels walked into the room and asked what I was doing. I told her I was here teaching Javier and then she turned to her nephew and said, why didn't you ever tell me you had such a beautiful friend!?!?! haha I was ready to die!! I then stopped and invited her to listen to a message and we began to teach chastity! I'm not sure if she understood because when we were leaving she was really anxious to know when I would be back to talk to her again!! haha My comp and I left and started to die of laughter! She is 31 and she knows I'm only 19! haha Freaking cougar!! But yeah I dunno what I need to do about all that but it's fine I'll just keep my distance! And also I'll probably have to invest in some cougar repellent or something like that!

So yeah!! That was my best/craziest story of the week! Maybe I'll have more later but for now this is all I have! haha so yea! Love you all!

Also I want to invite you all to use youtube and look up the video HE LIVES it's super good and it's super inspiring!

always,

Elder Jonah McKee

Spencer's Take 2, Semana 47 - Mosiah 5:2

Monday, March 30, 2015

This week was rough numbers wise! Not much to be said about success. One thing that was awesome though was that I was able to contact 70 (the standard of excellence) people for the first time in my whole mission! I was so stoked. But of course as I did my victory dance my comp had to trash my party by screaming louder saying;"SO WHAT? I DID 78 LAST WEEK!!!!" Well thanks Canada. Oh yeah, Elder Fillis is from Canada. Before getting to know him I actually thought Canada was a cool country! It is really passive, they do their own thing, they are good at the winter Olympics, especially hockey.... a bunch of stuff! Moose.... I like moose too!

But now, I hate Canada with a passion! Everyone told me Argentines are prideful but no one ever warned me about the Canadians! I have had it up to here (me, signaling with my hand to my forehead as if I were saluting) with outward Canadian pride! Sorry Wesley. Argggh.... pray for me.

Today was awesome! We went to do something different than the same ol' same old! We traveled to a little town called Pumamarca. It is world famous for a rock that has 7 colors! It actually just reminded me of Red Rock at home but it was nice. I felt at home in my natural habitat! Be assured I will send a bunch of glorious pictures from my adventure in Pumamarca!

This week my head has been eating itself alive thinking about one of our converts named Nahuel. He is a little punk of 15 years. He is the brother of Alan, the most faithful member who accompanies us almost every day and does any favor we need! Nahuel is a cool kid but he has a heart of stone. It probably has more to do with the fact that he is still a kid and doesn't understand anything right now in his life but he is really hard to teach. We have been teaching him this whole transfer trying to convince him to be baptized with no avail!

This week while on divisions I taught him and found out the root of the problem.... HE DOESN'T EVEN BELIEVE GOD EXISTS! That's a BIG problem. So this week as I've been thinking about this problem, I have been devouring Mosiah and more specifically the talk of King Benjamin. It is awesome! It is so direct and powerful, I wish I taught like him. Well, King Benjamin does have an advantage, he was ministered by angels before he spoke to his people so I guess it's a little unfair. But I love what it says...

Mosiah 5:2 "And they all cried with one voice, saying: Yea, we believe all the words which thou hast spoken unto us; and also, we know of their surety and truth, because of the Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent, which has wrought a mighty change in us, or in our hearts, that we have no

more disposition to do evil , but to do good continually."

King Benjamin is a beast! I want that power! Sometimes I wish that I could just open the eyes of the people I teach so that they can understand that there is a higher power and that His hand is in their lives. I hope that even though I don't teach the way King Benjamin did that the Spirit will be able to touch Nahuel's heart and bear witness to him that there is a loving Father in heaven and that He knows each one of us. I hope that through the testifying of the Spirit, Nahuel will come to understand this truth and that he will be able to recognize the hand of the Lord in this world.

I love you all. I know the Lord has a plan for each one of us and I hope that we can all come to know that plan.

take care!

Elder Spencer McKee

Here are all the pictures!

Thanksgiving in Tucuman