August 25, 2014
Dear Family,
Wow, what a great
exciting week you guys have had this last week!! Lots of changes, lots of
new things going on for you!! I loved all of the pictures that you sent
me!! Parker and Dylan have grown up so much!! I barely even recognize
them!! Dylan is almost as tall as the door frame, and Parker, as always,
has his "flow violento" going on!!
So Sean did tell me that
he was transferred, but not to be a Zone Leader!! What a great
opportunity for him!! I know he will be a great zone leader!! Also,
that is cool that you guys were able to go to Haley Baum´s mission farewell. She was in my Medical Anatomy Class my senior year, so it is cool to hear
that she is headed out on the mission!!
So Dylan, I am glad that
you are so happy to be starting school and such again!! It seems like you
are pretty prepared to be going back!! I am glad that you like your body
conditioning class as well!! You gotta take advantage of that!!! Nice Jersey by the way!! ;)
Parker, dude, I can not
believe that you are a Junior in High School!! It seems like yesterday
that I was just starting MY Junior Year!! I hope you love it!!
Junior Year is by far the toughest and most stressful, so the best advice
that I could give you is to just always do your homework, never get behind, and
take good notes!! It will make all the difference for you!! Also,
the car stickers look sweet, you have probably got one of the sweetest rides in
school, huh? That is pretty cool!! And, last but not least,
congrats on the job at the Junior High!! I knew that you would get it!!
What a great opportunity for you to be able to work and gain more
experience!! It will pay off for you in the future, I promise!!
Mom, I am happy to hear
that you are still loving your job out there at the Junior High!! It
really is a blessing to be able to wake up every day and love what you do for a
living!! It is a blessing for me as well to have such hard working
parents to be able to learn from you guys!! Thank you for your example!!
Dad, congrats on the
progress at work!! I am so happy for you!! Also, I am glad that you
are going to be able to start up the FHE again with your ward!! That will
be so fun!! This calling is preparing you to be a bishop in the future!!
;) Don´t worry, Sean and I will teach you how it all works :)
So this week was pretty
great!! We were able to report 13 baptismal projections from my companion
and I, as well as 4 from the other companionship in the house for the mega
baptism that we are going to have!! We have been working super hard with
all of these people!! I am just going to describe a little bit of their
progress to you real quick!!
So with Feyo, we finally
asked him if that was his real name, and he told us no, but that every had just
called him that for so long that it was basically his name!! He told us
the his real name is Andrés, but we still call him Feyo along with the rest of
the world!! We have officially finished the lessons with him, and have
really been focusing on the Book of Mormon. He is right now in 1 Nephi 4.
He loves the Book of Mormon!! Also, we were a little bit nervous
about his level of understanding with the lessons because he is a really simple
man, but he did amazing when we did a small practice of the baptismal questions!!
He is super excited for his baptism, and we are also preparing him to be
able to receive the priesthood after being baptized!!
Deysi is also doing
great!! She went a little loose there for two weeks and didn´t come to
church, but we had a really frank discussion with her and she told us that she
wants to be a member of this church so badly!!! She is progressing well,
and is really changing her life, leaving behind coffee to be able to complete
with the word of wisdom!!
Mery is also doing really
well, and is a dry member!! She is so cool!! We have been working
with her about punctuality in her church attendance, and she now is usually one
of the first people to arrive, beating the majority of the members there!!
She is a great example of faith and perseverance!! She is someone
that I have learned a lot from, that even with great trials we can prosper
through the help of our Savior!!
Alexis, finally, will be
baptized!! He has more knowledge than most people I know in the church!!
We have been talking with him lately just about the questions that he has
because he has had all of the lessons memorized for like 2 months, and we have
gone into some pretty deep doctrinal stuff!! Stuff about the temple,
sealings, and stuff like that!! It is a lot of fun to go teach him,
because he just gets super excited like a little school boy to have his
questions answered!! Some times before we have even answered his
question, he is throwing another one out at us in a completely different
direction!! But he is great, and is also being prepared to receive the
priesthood after his baptism!!
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| Ice cream and Dominoes with the "brothers" on P-day! |
Nayeli and Carmen are
also doing really well, just slamming out the Book of Mormon!! Carmen has
also officially gone a month with out smoking or using Tabacco!!
Edailyn and Guario are
doing well, just really busy with school right now!!
Wilton is doing amazing,
and he is getting married this thursday!! They turned in their paper work
today and are going to be married on thursday!! I even get to be one of
the witnesses!!
Well, I hope you all have
a great week!! I love you all!!
Love,
Elder Garrett McEwan
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