June 15, 2015
Dear Family,
Sounds like you guys all had a really good week! Lots of work, but also sounds like you had a
lot of fun too, which is always a good balance to have!
This week for us was just packed with meetings! On Wednesday, we had our monthly meeting with
the Stake and Mission Presidents to talk about how things are going for us in
the zone. It is always super important,
as we try to identify the difficulties that we have and find solutions for
them. It was interesting that you guys
said that you learned about the importance of Ward Council, because that is
something that we are focusing on right now.
It is a struggle sometimes, as the church is still trying to grow in the
DR, but we are making progress! On
Thursday we had the Leadership Council, my last one, with all of the Zone
Leaders. It was good, and we talked
about the importancia of the Book of Mormon, as well as our weekly planning
sessions and the process of true conversion.
It was good, but a little bit sad because it is the last time that I
will see the majority of the people who were there, so everyone was taking
pictures and saying goodbye. It feels like when I left home. You feel sad to leave, but you also feel
ready, like you have learned what you need to learn and have changed what you
need to change. There was a lot of
learning and change that had to happen for me before I came out on the mission,
and now there has been a lot to be able to go home!
We also had the opportunity to teach a lesson to a less
active family with President Nuckols. We
taught the Valdez Family. The husband is
the first missionary from our stake to have left the country on a mission, and
now is inactive! It was sad, one of the
pioneers for mission work in the stake just went inactive. He wasn’t there, but his wife was, and we had
a very spiritual lesson as we talked about covenants and how they can be a
protection for us.
Today I went and visited La Mella, a woman that we used to
go eat lunch with every PDay in my first area.
Barnett and LeFevre also went, and we just had a little reunion
there. It was amazing. She is a lady who truly loves the
missionaries like sons, and it was great to see her. We are going to go back on these last two
pdays that I have left!
Mom, thank you for getting all of my college stuff in order! I am hoping to get into the spanish class,
because that would be super easy to test out of! Even people today were making comments that I
speak like a Mexican, so that would be good.
Thank you for getting the EMT course in order. I am nervous to start, but the best way to
start a new life is to just jump in head first!
I hope all is well with you guys!
Love,
Elder Garrett McEwan
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