I the Lord, Remember Them No More

All of the planners on my mission. It's been 7 planners since I last
took a picture like this

Don't worry we have food :D Meal prepping burritos for days

I got my Nova Scotia Driver's License! One step closer to moving to
Canada when Trump gets elected

Dear Family,

Thanks for writing me again. I never get tired of hearing from you.
I'm going to miss catching up with all of you from week to week when I
get home. We'll have to have skype calls every Sunday to stay in touch
when I'm done with my mission. This past week was one of the best
weeks of my life. I love being a missionary. I love serving the Lord.
I love watching the atonement work in the lives of everyone around me
and in my own life. I have learned two things on my mission for sure.
I can't change others but I can change me. That's the beauty of the
gospel.

Preach My Gospel puts it this way in chapter 6 regarding Christlike
attributes: "The restored gospel of Jesus Christ enables you to become
like Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ." We have a marvelous gift. We
have the tools available to us to become like the most supreme being
in the universe (2 Nephi 31:21). The gospel is simple. Faith,
repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and
enduring to the end. It's interesting to me that our Heavenly Father
who knows everything about the universe only gives 5 things we need to
do to become like Him. Faith is often a difficult part for people.
Moroni and Paul described faith as the assurance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1, Ether 12:6). However,
faith isn't the hardest part of coming unto Christ. I believe for most
people it is the repentance part. The Lord has declared in the
Doctrine and Covenants to declare nothing but repentance unto this
generation. Repentance involves forsaking our sins, and believing new
things about the world and the gospel. If need be, it involves
confessing to a priesthood leader the serious mistakes that we may
have made. I have sat toe to toe with several less-actives who believe
that the bishop will be disappointed in them and judge them severely.
This is not true. Often times we judge ourselves too severely, more
than God or His Son Jesus Christ would ever judge us. Repentance
involves a change of heart. I don't like the word "process" when it
comes to repentance. Repentance is more like baking a cake. You need
all of the ingredients but the cake won't explode if you have the
ingredients out of order. I have seen many members of the church give

The cats of Caribou after dark knocking

up because they feel like they will never live up to God's standard.
It's a sad fact that Satan tempts us into judging ourselves harder
than God will judge us. The Lord made it very clear: " Behold, he who
has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord,
remember them no more. (D&C 58:42)

This past week was great. We found a new investigator, Kayla, by
visiting a less-active in Limestone. Will is gung ho about getting
back into the gospel and Kayla is his new girlfriend. She is catholic
but doesn't really go to church. Basically like everyone that lives in
Maine. The lesson was going all over the place because I was trying to
take a step back and let Elder Greenlief lead out on the lesson but I
finally had to jump in and end the endless ranting that accompinies
Maritimers. I told you all of my primary song I wrote when I was in
St. Stephen. "Marrriii timmmerrrrs yappped as they talked and talked
and talked and talked and talked and talked and talkedddddddd. It's a
hit. It's going to be in all song books here soon. We also put Kayla
on date for May 7th. So now we have 5 people on date for May 7th! We
are going to get a baptism before I leave here!

HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!

Love,

Elder McGuire

The zone leaders stole my camera at zone conference

Elder Greenlief had to shoot the blow gun at Sie's. Sie has lots of
guns and blow guns it's great

Elder Greenlief in his natural habitatThis past week was great. We found a new investigator, Kayla, by