22 June 2015

So not much is happening. This week was a little....well.... nothing really happened. We taught, met people, Hermana Hall wasn't feeling too good this week, but we were able to go out and see some people! Very good :)

Hmmmmmmmmm I'm sorry this is going to be the shortest most boring letter ever. No time and not much to say! Just know I love you all :):) and I have pictures because we had an activity. Super fun!!!!!

15 June 2015

I bet that made you think I was going French, huh? Well, not this transfer, but maybe another time. A ver que pasa. I'm actually staying in the same area again!!! Crazy, right? I'll be spending six months here, and maybe more depending, but I wouldn't be surprised if this was my last transfer! I love it so much! I'm glad I get another chance to help here!!! There are so many prepared people. They are amazing!!!!!! I am super determined to help them come unto Christ by being baptized. 

One of our investigators Hermano Jorge disappeared for a while, but he's back! and he said the only thing that is holding him back is a testimony about Joseph Smith. We had the super amazing lesson with him about Joseph Smith, but he is still unsure. You should definitely pray for him so he can receive his answer!! He really wants to do what is right and follow Jesus Christ. I just realllllllllly want him to be happy!!!! ahhhhhh :) once he gets his answer, BAUTISMO!!! Y el va a estar muy feliz!! Que bien, verdad?

So guess what!!!!!!!!!!!! IT has been raining A TON!!!!! LOOOOOOVE IT!!!! The weather here is crazy!!!! we have rain and then heat and then rain and then heat. Heavenly Father's really been helping me out because I've been doing super well with it. Whooooooooooo :) I can still run around. Actually I have sometimes unlimited amounts of energy. My comp thinks that I run on adrenaline. That is possible. I hope I can keep that with me forever!!!!!! Honestly being happy gives me energy. Or at least I have energy when I am happy because I am happy alllllll the time :):):) the mission is the best!!!!! (sorry I don't know if you can tell, but I am super happy today!!!!!)

ANYWAYSSSSSSSSS guess what happened!!!! Craziest story ever. Well, this happened last week, but I kind of spaced it.... some hermanas in our area got their car stolen!!!! We were all doing service together and then the hermanas went to check their car and it was GONE!!!!!! Some teenage guys stole it, so we had to call the police and get them to come. He was super funny. He took down the information and because they had tiwi (a device that won't let you go a certain speed) they were able to figure out where they were. Then the policemen went in 'hot pursuit' as he said. The boys when they saw the police they speed to about 100ish mph for like 2 miles. They rammed into two other cars (everyone was okay) stopped in the middle of the road and then booked it out. But thankfully the policeman had dogs, so they chased them down and the hermanas got basically everything back. CRAZY RIGHT?!?!?!? We were with the hermanas the whole time, and we got like every little detail. AWESOME!!!! I wish I could've been in the car chase!!!!

Also, we got to go and do service in Houston because of all the floods. I had the best time ever!!!! Service makes me sooooooooo happy :):) which is good because that's pretty much all we do!!! Serving by teaching and serving by, well, doing service! Also cool fact. I'm going to be in a Jewish Newspaper column in Houston (I have no idea what is is called, but you should try to look it up for me pretty please!!!! If you look up Mormons helping Rabbi and then my name Hermana McMullin not Kasey or Hermana Palmer's you should find it :) super random, but awesooooooome. 

Que mas................ lately we have been staying in  because my poor companions been super sick :( she's feeling better though and although we haven't been able to go out and teach, I know Heavenly Father is trying to teach me something and I need to remember that He will fill in the rest. I am definitely learning to trust in Him more :)

Guess what an Elder from my district is going home. HOW SAD!!!! He is suuuuuuch a good missionary. I've really enjoyed getting to know him. (He's the one standing by me) Then the others in our district are well in order from left to right--Hermana Hall, me, Elders Lambourne, Evans, Mota, Barlow (who is leaving our district to go to a different area) Hermanas Palmer, and Wood. I LOVE THEM ALL!!!!! Seriously having a district like I've got is such a blessing!!! They're super funny :) 

and then there's another picture that the elders decided to take.

One thing that I have been thinking and pondering a lot about is the fact that I haven't had a baptism yet. As I think about why and what I need to do to change (which is a lot because I am so not perfect) a talk that I heard at BYU came to my mind.He talked a lot about how we often won't see the fruits of our labors. I have been feeling like I have been trying to do everything possible (and of course you can always do more) but I didn't know why I haven't helped someone come unto Christ though baptism, but I realized (and from a blessing that I got) I may not see the baptism, but every word that I say and everything I try with all of my heart to do will help someone. As long as I am doing my part, they will be able to accept the gospel when the time is right for Heavenly Father. I do have faith and I know I can help these people accept the happiness that we have for them this transfer. No matter what happens, tengo la fe. Never doubt that!! If God calls me to plant, I'll plant. Once it's my time to 'reap the harvest' (as they say) I will with joy! I truly love these people and I will do all I can. I just need to accept that God's timing is different than my time. Bautismos don't count a successful missionary. It's your effort, your love for the people, and if you, yourself, are changing. 

I love this gospel. I love the joy that I get. I just want everyone to be happy and have this too. I seriously can't stop smiling. Aunque times are dificil, I know that you can still be happy and have a good attitude because God is with you :)

I LOVE YOU ALL SOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!! FAMILIES ARE FOREVER!!!!!!!!! I miss you tons!!!!!!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):) 

let me know if I can ever do anything for you all!!! I'm always praying for everyone back home!!! LOVE YOU :):):

7 June 2015

So guess what. THE MISSION IS THE BEST!!!!!!!! I am sooooooooo happy. I can't even contain it. My comp thinks I'm crazy and I'm living on adrenaline because I never run out of energy. Such a blessing because we have to keep going all day!!! Although sometimes I feel bad because I don't need time to eat or anything (like 15 minutes tops for lunch and dinner) and she'd rather take the full hour, but there are so many people to visit!!! We can't wait!!!! I'm trying to control myself though. Yep. fun stuff!

Anyways, WE HAVE SOOOOO MANY MIRACLES AND BLESSINGS!!!!! every day I am amazed at how merciful and kind Heavenly Father is. I hardly do anything and then poof MIRACLE!!!! (don't worry I don't mean it like that I just do my part and Heavenly Father fills in the rest! :))

ONE MIRACLE!!!!! We tried to go and see one of our referrals, but she wasn't there, so we just had the thought to go and knock on the trailer next to her to see if she knew her or anything. We went and a lady answered. She said she didn't, but then we just started talking. It helped that her little girl came up and talked to us. Then we started talking about the importance of families and she invited us in! We taught her the first lesson, and she told us she is going to read the Book of Mormon and pray about our message!! She said she has been searching for a church and she asked us how she could find the true church because there are so many!! She is definitely prepared! Such a miracle and blessing!

We also found 6 news this week and we are working with tons of families!!! Which is super nice because we used to only work with 20 year old men. I absolutely adore them, but it is nice being able to go inside a house :) hahahahah

One thing I have been studying a ton is conversion. There are so many people out there who have fallen away and it really just breaks my heart. This is the only way to happiness. I can't even express how important it is that we seguimos adelante. We can never be complacent with our testimonies. We have to keep working and keep trying. If we don't, well, we won't be able to have happiness and eternal families. It makes me so sad when I see people who just won't work to keep the testimony. IT IS CRITICAL!!!! Keep going forward always. I had the opportunity to bear my testimony on this for fast Sunday. Our Salvation is in OUR hands. We decided if we are going to have faith and act. It is a CHOICE. Everything hinges on our decisions and if we decide to convert ourselves to Christ.

GUESS WHAT. I find out if I'm leaving next monday!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I don't want to go!!!! but if I do, I know I need to go help others come unto Christ :) Everything will be okay if we put our trust in God. Learning that a loooooooot on my mish.

Sorry this is a little crazy and not tons of miracles, but I don't have a ton of time this week!!!! LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :):):):):):):):):):) miss you!!!!!!!!!!! THE MISSION IS THE BEST!!!!!!! :)

Hermana McMullin

1 June 2015

This week let's start with some funny stories. 

One night I had to sleep on the floor and I was getting attacked by a cockroach for most of the night. That was pretty exciting. I didn't want to wake anyone up, so I just kept trying to move away from it. I thought it was pretty funny. I was laughing to myself :) hahah

Another funny story: so we have borrachos a lot (borrachos are drunk men) and they can be pretty funny as long as you don't spend a lot of time with them. Don't worry, I don't!!!! but we were trying to talk to an antiguo investigador, but she wasn't there, so I asked the two guys sitting on the porch if they knew when she would be back. One man who was suuuuuuper drunk, didn't believe we spoke spanish for a while so he was trying to do actions. Ella fue a LUNCH. (miming with eating) and so I said Ella fue a comer, verdad? He was so surprised. He told me, "Soy de Guatemala como su accento. Muy bien. (and keep in mind he is saying this while he is seriously about to pass out. I could barely stop myself from laughing) and then I told them we needed to go, but to tell Christina that we would come by another day, and the man told me. "No puedo escuchar hoy pero algun dia vas a entrar mi corazon." So basically one day I will enter his heart. How nice. We left right after that, but he was very interesting. Hopefully that doesn't freak you out mom :) I promise, we're super safe!!!!!

Want to know an amazing thing that happened!? Claro que si!!! So at church yesterday Hermano Jaime (acaba de bautizarse and the guy I found) and he asked me to go and sit by him. So I did. and he started talking to me and he just told me thanks. He said thanks for finding me. I was lost and I was drowning and you found me and saved me. He told Presidente Allred about how I found him for the first time and how he was drinking and how he found the strength to stop after I found him and then we taught him the first lesson. How amazing. Although I haven't had a 'baptism', I still am helping people change their lives and come unto Christ. and that's why I'm here. :) Jaime really helped me feel better and focus on what's truly importante!!!

We had the most amazing lesson with Hermano Jorge. We decided to have it at the church last minute because we just felt prompted. So we went and we talked to him about the interview that he is preparing for because he's really scared about that. We went over the questions, and he felt better about it, and our member, Hermano Favio bore a really strong testimony and helped calm his fears because he went through it a little bit ago! But as we went over the questions, he still said he wasn't sure about Joseph Smith. Thankfully, we had planned for this! We brought the Restoration video and we began to watch. As Joseph Smith started to go to the grove, Jorge started to cry. The Spirit was so strong. I really felt as if I could touch it! The video ended, and Jorge said he still wasn't sure. The Spirit got even stronger and I testified Joseph Smith truly was a prophet and he can know right now if he kneels down and prays. So he knelt down and prayed. After he finished he stayed kneeling and cried. His answer came undeniably strong. I have never felt the Spirit so strong in my life. We are still working with him to get his interview, but that will be an experience that he can't deny, and neither can I. It was such a miracle and blessing to see! My testimony was strengthened bastante!! 

The mission is the best!!! I absolutely love it!!!! I can't believe how much I have changed and how many miracles I've seen! Including with Spanish. Whoa. One of our recent converts, Favio told me that he was amazed that my Spanish has just taken off as soon as I finished training. Seriously, Heavenly Father has helped me so much because I could not do anything without Him!! and I needed to learn because well, I'm Senior comp, this is my area, and My comp and I haven't been out for too long. crazzzzzy. :) 

LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!! Have the best week ever!!!!!!