January 18, 2016

 

Hey Momma! 

It's very different here than there that's for sure. I saw we are going to be getting lots of snow this weekend. It's about time cause this has not been any! Well we did get a little bit yesterday actually so there is so on the ground. It is just freezing cold! 

Wow! That is a huge ward. This ward has on average about 200-230. So it is a decent sized ward for sure. Lots of great members. It'll be different going home to a ward so huge. We have a ton of missionaries out from out stake. I have Lds tools so I looked on there. 

Yeah he (Elder Beebe) is awesome. We get along real well. Just refining him and helping him out with little things here and there. I got to put myself back in his shoes because I just forget how it was sometimes. But we are working really well together. I think we taught 17 lessons this past week? So we are teaching a lot again. He has adjusted just fine. Still little things here and there but he is fine and loving it. This is only his 3rd transfer so he just got done being trained.

We (him and Jake aka Elder Weisler) will be going on an exchange this coming Wednesday. So he will be with me for part of my birthday so that'll be cool. He was super happy to have me back in his zone. Elder Morgan is also in our zone who I served with in Bayview.

So I'll tell you about my week! It was solid. We taught a lot. I'm starting to get to know more of the members now. It's a great ward. It has just been really cold on us. I have been trying to just continue to work as hard as I can. It just makes you feel good when you know you are working hard. So we had a zone training this past week. President and Sister Anderson came to it. Elder Weisler and his comp did an excellent job. It was really great and we also had a meeting in Broomall for all of the District leaders. It was some great training by the assistants, President and Sister Anderson. I have so many things I want to continue to really improve on. We also took out a recently returned missionary this past week. He served in Brazil so he speaks Portuguese. It was nice to really have someone who knew what they were doing, and he loved just coming out again. He has only been back a month but he said it has been so weird for him. J came to church this Sunday! He is so ready to be baptized. We went over the baptismal questions with him this week, and there iare no issues. The Gospel is so true. Last night we were teaching a guy who really just kept trying to argue and bring up the same subject over and over. We taught him the restoration, but I am pretty sure it went in one ear and straight out the other. It finally hit him at the end when Elder Beebe was like, "look, I was Catholic and I know that this is the true church and not them." Then the guy asked us, " well what is the different between you and Catholics?" So we told him, and basically he just got quiet, and we could tell it hit him and his wife. He had nothing left to say and so we bore testimony and invited them to pray and read the Book of Mormon and to come to church. So lots of good things going on. I love being in just a Spanish speaking place again because it has helped me out so much with my Spanish again because I am speaking it all the time. So that was some of our week! 

Sounds like it was a super good game (national championship game). Oh! If you could get me a shirt of the national champs or something that would be nice actually! I would love to have one. 

So the scripture was actually D&C 6:36. We did find a couple new people. I did not have any experience per say like that this week but we definitely try to spend time in a certain area till we find someone. Sometimes nothing happens but you always have those little miracles. More success comes from referrals and street contacts but we definitely still knock some doors although the other night I felt like we should knock a door so we did and basically they kind of just turned us down hard core. But like I said before, I feel the Lord is just seeing if He can trust you. 

I bet Ryan is doing such an awesome job. I know everyone that has gone out from our ward in Plano is doing great things in their missions. They are all so great. 

I enjoy hearing things from them for sure. Be sure to send pictures! Well I love ya momma and thanks for the money again and the package I'll be getting! 

Love, 

Elder McArthur 

 

                                                       His birthday present!

 

                                                        20 candles!!