Myldsmail was down the other day but we got permission to resend things today
Dear Family,
Greetings from Caribou, Maine! I'm back in America. It's weird to be
back in the States. When I was in Canada I didn't really feel that
much different than when I was back home in Arizona but in comparing
the two there are a lot of differences. I would say in general
Americans are a lot more honest about rejecting us than their Canadian
counterparts. There's about 6,000 people that live in Caribou and we
also work in Presque Isle which is about 10 miles (weird to say miles)
south. Why anyone would live this far north in the states beats me.
Maine is for sure the coldest area I have been in. It's like a dry
cold too because we are inland away from the sea. I don't really
understand Fahrenheit anymore but it got as cold as -30F the other
night. Don't worry we weren't out in the thick of it til later in the
day. So yes, Maine is cold.
I have been studying a lot about faith lately. Faith has sort of been
the theme for the past 6 months for me. In the scriptures, miracles
occur in response to faith. When we lack faith we lack intelligence.
This is because faith is what leads to knowledge. Faith is not merely
believing in a principle of the gospel, it is the application of that
principle. Faith and works are as inseparable as fire and light are
inseparable. The Brother of Jared's faith was dormant when he saw the
finger of the Lord. This is because he exercised faith to the point of
obtaining knowledge. This is why the Nephites were not as intelligent
or wise as the Ammonites (Alma 30:20). When faith stops the miracles
stop. Think of Martin Harris in the Doctrine and Covenants (D&C 5:28).
I know that it is by faith that miracles are wrought.
This past week was bittersweet leaving Moncton. We said good bye to
our investigators and a few of the members. I'm going to miss teaching
Judith. She was progressing well and she was almost certain that she
needed to be baptized under the proper authority. I was learning all
sorts of Kirwandan as well. I now know how to say: hello, thank you,
good bye, I want a banana, come to church, and elephant. Shock
enzohfoe means I want an elephant. So it's going to be a bummer not
seeing one of my favourite families every week.
We also said good bye to Brother Williams. He is seriously the rock
for that ward. He's the only one that really cares about the work of
salvation there. He would literally go to every appointment with us
because other members were unwilling. As a momento he gave me his
Phantom of the Opera leathermans jacket that he's had for 20 years
going out with the missionaries. I was feeling honoured. I thought I
had two more transfers in Moncton and then somewhere else but I guess
the Lord had other things in mind.
Now here in Caribou I'm serving with Elder Von Trapp from Dohah,
Qatar. He's been on his mission about a year and has been in Caribou
about three months. He's a hard worker and very bold. We are going to
get a lot done this transfer.
My first day that I got here we found a YSA to teach, Jacob. He was
very gung-ho about the gospel and the Book of Mormon. We put him on
date in the first lesson and committed him to come to church. The very
next day we got a text from him saying that he doesn't want to be
baptized because he's not ready to give up his lifestyle. SO CLOSE.
Not to worry though we found two other investigators to teach. Jason
is originally from Van Buren which is down state a bit. He has been
taught before but it didn't really go anywhere a few years back. We
put him on date for March 19, taught him the Plan of Salvation and
committed him to live the Word of Wisdom. #can'tholdus. The other
investigator we found through trying to find an old potential
investigator from a few months ago. Devin has a young family and let
us right in when we explained who we were. The church has a really
strong presence here. The ward has about 200 active members. There's
also a different dynamic here. It's more American. People wearing guns
to church. Young families. It's weird too because mostly everyone has
a solid understanding of the basic fundamentals of the gospel. I'm
loving it here. Even though New England is the least religious part of
the country we're seeing some success. It's a lot smaller than
Moncton, but the people give us more time to preach to them.
HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!
Love,
Elder McGuire
Thursday, February 18, 2016
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Myldsmail was down the other day but we got permission to resend things today
Dear Family,
Greetings from Caribou, Maine! I'm back in America. It's weird to be
back in the States. When I was in Canada I didn't really feel that
much different than when I was back home in Arizona but in comparing
the two there are a lot of differences. I would say in general
Americans are a lot more honest about rejecting us than their Canadian
counterparts. There's about 6,000 people that live in Caribou and we
also work in Presque Isle which is about 10 miles (weird to say miles)
south. Why anyone would live this far north in the states beats me.
Maine is for sure the coldest area I have been in. It's like a dry
cold too because we are inland away from the sea. I don't really
understand Fahrenheit anymore but it got as cold as -30F the other
night. Don't worry we weren't out in the thick of it til later in the
day. So yes, Maine is cold.
I have been studying a lot about faith lately. Faith has sort of been
the theme for the past 6 months for me. In the scriptures, miracles
occur in response to faith. When we lack faith we lack intelligence.
This is because faith is what leads to knowledge. Faith is not merely
believing in a principle of the gospel, it is the application of that
principle. Faith and works are as inseparable as fire and light are
inseparable. The Brother of Jared's faith was dormant when he saw the
finger of the Lord. This is because he exercised faith to the point of
obtaining knowledge. This is why the Nephites were not as intelligent
or wise as the Ammonites (Alma 30:20). When faith stops the miracles
stop. Think of Martin Harris in the Doctrine and Covenants (D&C 5:28).
I know that it is by faith that miracles are wrought.
This past week was bittersweet leaving Moncton. We said good bye to
our investigators and a few of the members. I'm going to miss teaching
Judith. She was progressing well and she was almost certain that she
needed to be baptized under the proper authority. I was learning all
sorts of Kirwandan as well. I now know how to say: hello, thank you,
good bye, I want a banana, come to church, and elephant. Shock
enzohfoe means I want an elephant. So it's going to be a bummer not
seeing one of my favourite families every week.
We also said good bye to Brother Williams. He is seriously the rock
for that ward. He's the only one that really cares about the work of
salvation there. He would literally go to every appointment with us
because other members were unwilling. As a momento he gave me his
Phantom of the Opera leathermans jacket that he's had for 20 years
going out with the missionaries. I was feeling honoured. I thought I
had two more transfers in Moncton and then somewhere else but I guess
the Lord had other things in mind.
Now here in Caribou I'm serving with Elder Von Trapp from Dohah,
Qatar. He's been on his mission about a year and has been in Caribou
about three months. He's a hard worker and very bold. We are going to
get a lot done this transfer.
My first day that I got here we found a YSA to teach, Jacob. He was
very gung-ho about the gospel and the Book of Mormon. We put him on
date in the first lesson and committed him to come to church. The very
next day we got a text from him saying that he doesn't want to be
baptized because he's not ready to give up his lifestyle. SO CLOSE.
Not to worry though we found two other investigators to teach. Jason
is originally from Van Buren which is down state a bit. He has been
taught before but it didn't really go anywhere a few years back. We
put him on date for March 19, taught him the Plan of Salvation and
committed him to live the Word of Wisdom. #can'tholdus. The other
investigator we found through trying to find an old potential
investigator from a few months ago. Devin has a young family and let
us right in when we explained who we were. The church has a really
strong presence here. The ward has about 200 active members. There's
also a different dynamic here. It's more American. People wearing guns
to church. Young families. It's weird too because mostly everyone has
a solid understanding of the basic fundamentals of the gospel. I'm
loving it here. Even though New England is the least religious part of
the country we're seeing some success. It's a lot smaller than
Moncton, but the people give us more time to preach to them.
HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!
Love,
Elder McGuire
Dear Family,
Greetings from Caribou, Maine! I'm back in America. It's weird to be
back in the States. When I was in Canada I didn't really feel that
much different than when I was back home in Arizona but in comparing
the two there are a lot of differences. I would say in general
Americans are a lot more honest about rejecting us than their Canadian
counterparts. There's about 6,000 people that live in Caribou and we
also work in Presque Isle which is about 10 miles (weird to say miles)
south. Why anyone would live this far north in the states beats me.
Maine is for sure the coldest area I have been in. It's like a dry
cold too because we are inland away from the sea. I don't really
understand Fahrenheit anymore but it got as cold as -30F the other
night. Don't worry we weren't out in the thick of it til later in the
day. So yes, Maine is cold.
I have been studying a lot about faith lately. Faith has sort of been
the theme for the past 6 months for me. In the scriptures, miracles
occur in response to faith. When we lack faith we lack intelligence.
This is because faith is what leads to knowledge. Faith is not merely
believing in a principle of the gospel, it is the application of that
principle. Faith and works are as inseparable as fire and light are
inseparable. The Brother of Jared's faith was dormant when he saw the
finger of the Lord. This is because he exercised faith to the point of
obtaining knowledge. This is why the Nephites were not as intelligent
or wise as the Ammonites (Alma 30:20). When faith stops the miracles
stop. Think of Martin Harris in the Doctrine and Covenants (D&C 5:28).
I know that it is by faith that miracles are wrought.
This past week was bittersweet leaving Moncton. We said good bye to
our investigators and a few of the members. I'm going to miss teaching
Judith. She was progressing well and she was almost certain that she
needed to be baptized under the proper authority. I was learning all
sorts of Kirwandan as well. I now know how to say: hello, thank you,
good bye, I want a banana, come to church, and elephant. Shock
enzohfoe means I want an elephant. So it's going to be a bummer not
seeing one of my favourite families every week.
We also said good bye to Brother Williams. He is seriously the rock
for that ward. He's the only one that really cares about the work of
salvation there. He would literally go to every appointment with us
because other members were unwilling. As a momento he gave me his
Phantom of the Opera leathermans jacket that he's had for 20 years
going out with the missionaries. I was feeling honoured. I thought I
had two more transfers in Moncton and then somewhere else but I guess
the Lord had other things in mind.
Now here in Caribou I'm serving with Elder Von Trapp from Dohah,
Qatar. He's been on his mission about a year and has been in Caribou
about three months. He's a hard worker and very bold. We are going to
get a lot done this transfer.
My first day that I got here we found a YSA to teach, Jacob. He was
very gung-ho about the gospel and the Book of Mormon. We put him on
date in the first lesson and committed him to come to church. The very
next day we got a text from him saying that he doesn't want to be
baptized because he's not ready to give up his lifestyle. SO CLOSE.
Not to worry though we found two other investigators to teach. Jason
is originally from Van Buren which is down state a bit. He has been
taught before but it didn't really go anywhere a few years back. We
put him on date for March 19, taught him the Plan of Salvation and
committed him to live the Word of Wisdom. #can'tholdus. The other
investigator we found through trying to find an old potential
investigator from a few months ago. Devin has a young family and let
us right in when we explained who we were. The church has a really
strong presence here. The ward has about 200 active members. There's
also a different dynamic here. It's more American. People wearing guns
to church. Young families. It's weird too because mostly everyone has
a solid understanding of the basic fundamentals of the gospel. I'm
loving it here. Even though New England is the least religious part of
the country we're seeing some success. It's a lot smaller than
Moncton, but the people give us more time to preach to them.
HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!
Love,
Elder McGuire
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