Meeting Miguel

06/17

This week has been so great! We got a new investigator, his name is Miguel Juarez. Oh man, he is so golden! His wife is also interested in coming to church for pretty much like the first time ever. They have a little girl that is 2 and they are going to be a great addition to our church. As you could probably guess they are Latino. Miguel’s father is from Argentina and his wife's family is Mexican I’m pretty sure.

We found him in the park, just down the street from our house. We were venturing up to the farther part of our area up a huge hill and before we decided to stop at the park drink some water, talk to a few people and head up the hill. Well, I and my companion were at separate ends of the park talking to different people and I had just talked to some Christian ladies that weren’t super interested, but we were nice to each other and everything went well. I was about to ride away on my bike when I saw Miguel on the grass I almost rode away, but then I remembered that we should just talk to everyone. I mean the worst he can do is tell me to go away or that he is not interested so I dropped my bike walked up to him and we had a nice little chat. He said that he was interested. I shared a brief message and got his information to contact him later.

Then after a few days we got in contact with him. We taught him 3 lessons in 2 days, gave him and his wife B.O.M.'s and then found a perfect fellow shipper for him. Alex Lehnhof, he is married just got sealed, has 2 kids and served his mission in Argentina :) Ha it’s so awesome :) this will be a great conversion I can tell already :) So as you can see just from a few days out of our week that it was a good one :)

I’m doing great. I think the lesson that you could learn is that even missionaries are scared to talk to people sometimes. I was a bit hesitant, but I listened to that still small voice and opened my mouth. I know that as we follow the promptings of the Holy Spirit that even though the things may seem uncomfortable, or out of our comfort zone, that the outcome is always to help you out and the Lord will never let you down. Even when we can’t see the consequences instantly, the blessings will come.

In the words of Jeffrey R. Holland "Some blessings come soon, some blessings come late, and some blessings don’t come until heaven. But either way, there are good things to come" :) that may be paraphrased just slightly. Aright well I think that is enough for now.

 Love your lil Bro, Elder McNew