06-22-2015

Hey all,

So this was a pretty eventful, and uneventful week!

So the events for this week...

I went to the offices with Elder Muir because he was to renew his visa. It was super fun to just chill in the offices because you always get to see elders that you haven't seen in a while. This trip was a bit of an adventure though. So normally to get to the offices we have to take the Metro because the offices are outside of the mission. So Thursday morning we left at about 7:30 to be able to make it to the offices. So we took a combie to the metro, and then got there, and it was closed!!! What is up with that. We had things to do. How could they just close the metro? Well, They did. So we had to take a bus for like 45 minutes to get to the offices. It was pretty boring!!! 

Then after we got home, Elder Muir and I had about 4 hours left to work, and in the four hours we were able to have five lessons, and we put a baptismal date!!! It was awesome!!! 

So the other half of my weeks was kind of a bust. So we had four super awesome investigators, and they were all progressing, and had baptismal dates. And then two of them just don't answer the door for us anymore, and the others read some anti Mormon stuff, and are now really confused, and said they will call us when they have a chance to pray and receive an answer. It was really dumb, and just was another time that Satan was able to confuse the people who were progressing incredibly into thinking that we are bad, and it is really dumb!

So this week, I also had the chance to have a Mexican BBQ, and was in charge of cooking the meat and onions, and it was awesome!!! We made beefsteak tacos, and made the fried onions that are so so so good!!! It was awesome!!! 

I would also like to send out a big shout out to all of the Dads out there!!!! YOU ALL ROCK!!!!!

Hope you had a wonderful father's day, and got the rest and respect that you all deserve!!!

Love you all!!!!

Elder Mason Millar

This dog also reminded me of Tuk, and he was so sweet and soft!!!!

06-15-2015

Hello all,

Wow, where did the last week go? It honestly just flew by!!! 

So this was actually a pretty awesome week! We had 32 lessons, eight of which were with a member present in the lesson, and we put 6 baptismal dates. The only bad part is that we are in Mexico, and people don't like to come to church. So yesterday 5 of the 6 dates fell. But whatever, we will work on putting new ones. 

So about the one investigator that came to church. She is freaking awesome and her name is Maira. So she is the granddaughter of a recent convert, and we contacted her one day when we were trying to find her grandma because she didn't want to talk to us. 

So we knocked on the door one day, and she said that she was just a believer in god, and was good with that, and told us to come back later to find her grandma. Well we went back about 45 minutes later, and taught a lesson to Maira. After this lesson we put another date to come back to teach, and when we came back she was like completely changed. She told us that she had actually found out that her dad was baptized about 3 years ago, and that she was interested because her dad was a drunk, and completely changed his life. She is super excited, and is progressing really really fast!!!

So this week we also had changes, and we got a new american in the branch!!! I am so happy! He is super dope, and his name is Elder Muir. 

I am sorry to cut it short, but I have to go for today. 

I love you all, 

Elder Mason Millar

06-08-2015

Hello All,

So I apologize for not being able to write last week, but I was running a little crazy, and only had about 30 minutes on the computer. 

So this will be a good letter. 

So starting with last week. It was an awesome week. We found 7 new people to teach, and to put it into perspective, we found like 9 the last cycle. (a 6 week period) So that was pretty awesome!!! 

So one of the families that we found is called the Family Perez Delgado. And they are pretty cool. We met them the week before contacting their door, and then put a cita for the next week. When we went to teach then, they had their daughter sit in with her kid. We taught the restoration, and they seemed really interested. The dad reminded me of all of my old man friends back at home, because he just really liked to talk, and after everything that we had to say he had to talk for about 5 minutes! 

Later in the week we were with a recent convert family, and we were teaching out of "For the Strength for Youth" and they wanted to learn about music. To put into perspective the two sisters we are teaching are really into rock music, and it was kind of a shock for them. So we made a pact with them. If they only listened to music that we gave them for a week, and if they didn't keep it, they had to take out their nose rings and stop swearing! So it was pretty awesome. We wrote up a whole contract, and signed it and everything! 

We then went to central on Monday to pick up my comps camera, and then we went to Carls Jr. for an Elder's birthday. After this I bought two dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts, and we came home to our meeting. In the night we went over to a members house, and ate cake for the same Elder's Birthday party, and I smashed his face so so good into the cake. (That is what you do down here on birthdays.) It was awesome!!!

So for this week, It was awesome!!! 

We found 7 new investigators again, and got into teach some less actives. 

One of the new ones is super awesome!!! Her name is Elena, and when we first contacted her she was like, "I am a christian, and don't want anything to do with you" she then asked us some questions, and we answered them with the bible, and she took us a little more serious. We then went back twice, and on the second time she had time, and we were able to teach her. She has 4 children. (two that live with her) One of them is a little 6 year old boy named Alexander who is disabled, and super sweet! She seemed really interested in what we have to say, and we actually ran into her in the street today, and she asked if we were still coming on Wednesday! 

That was probably the coolest story that I have for the week, and I hope this letter suffices your wants! 

Love you all, and be safe!!

Con Mucho Amor,

Elder Mason Millar 

05-25-2015

Hello All,

So this weeks letter will be short, but it will be very good! (I hope!)

So this week was not super eventful, but it was good. We had divisions/splits on Thursday, because my comp is the District Leader. So I was with Elder Hernandez from the D.R. They were really good splits, and we got to meet with some less active members.

The one I would like to share was with Jesus Escoto. He is the brother of Paula, and he has not wanted anything to do with our messages, but this day he agreed to listen to us. Under one condition. We could teach for 15 minutes and then we had to watch 15 minutes of Dragon Ball Z. I hate that show, but we agreed. 

We started to teach the lesson on the plan of salvation, and he had a whole bunch of questions. (Remember that his dad died about a year and a half ago.) It was such a good lesson, and in the end we taught for about 35 minutes. It was the first step to make it back to the church for Jesus. I am really excited! We have a Family Home Evening tonight with the family, and it should be really good! 

Other than that not a whole lot happened this week. I made more cookies, and am starting to get the hang of them now!!! And this morning I made muffins!!! (I will include pictures!!!) 

I love you all so much, and you are in my prayers!!!

Les Quiero,

Elder Mason Millar

The beetle was in the street by the church, and had a super strong bite!!!!