02-29-2016

Hey all!!!

So this last week was really good!!!

Last week I told you about Omar and his Family, so this week I will tell you about our other investigator that is really cool too!!!

So a little about Isai. He is 19, and the grandson of a member. (The member is a super super crazy old lady!!!) He is in college to become an engineer, and is super cool!!! He has now come to church twice, and has a baptismal date for the 26th of March!!! He is really excited, and loves our visits. He is also really into exercise, and I think he is going to start going to the Gym with us in the morning!!! 

So the events for this week were the amazing eating/cooking that we did with a member. His name is Estevan, and he is a chef for the MTC (Mission Training Center)  here in Mexico. So last week after we had our meeting we came over, and learned how to make Chicken fettuccine alfredo. It was amazing!!! Then on Sunday we ate here for lunch, and then we chilled for the afternoon, and learned how to make an Impossible Cake. It is a chocolate cake with Flan on top!!! We have peanut butter flan!!! We are going to eat it today for a missionaries birthday!! We also ate snickerdoodle cookies, and cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting!!! I have become really really good friends with Estevan!!! He loves to cook, and I miss eating really good food!!! 

I can be 100% honest saying that I can not wait to get home and eat Mom's food!!! I am so tired of oil covered food that makes me feel sick after every meal!! I just want some sauteed vegetables. Doesn't matter what they are, and a super rare cooked thick steak!!! And maybe a little Guacamole that is really spicy. That makes steak taste really good!!! But I miss my Mommy's cooking!!! 

So it was another week in the mission just like that!!!!

Have a great week!!! Love you all!!!!   

02-22-2016

Hey all!!!

So I have noticed recently that I can't really speak English anymore!!! I realized that no one is going to be able to understand me when I get home!!! I have a very very heavy Spanish influence on my English. I speak pure Spanglish!!! Every third word is Spanish!!! It is really really bad. It is something that goes both ways as well. I throw Spanish words into my English, and English words into my Spanish!!! 

But, on a completely different note... I got a new comp!!! He is awesome!!! He is from my generation in the mission. (That means we got to the mission field on the same day) He is from Puebla Centro, Puebla. That is like an hour and a half from the mission. It is literally two missions away!!! It is really funny!!!  

So this week we had some really good lessons. We have now been teaching Omar and his family for about a month now, and last night we met with them again!!! (They are kind of hard to get lessons with. They are always running around!!!) But we were there, and asked them if they had any questions. And Omar looked at us, and just out of the blue asked, "What do I have to do to be part of your church?" BAM magic question!!! He is so great, so last night we taught about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and then invited him to be baptized!!! He is now starting to prepare himself to be able to be baptized!!! He is such a great guy!!! 

So other than that, it was a normal week!! We walked a lot, went to the gym and got really sore (I have started on my "7 months to super sexy"), and taught about Jesus!!! Just the normal life of a missionary!!! 

Hope you are all well there!!! I love you all.

Love you,

Elder Mason Millar

02-08-2016

Hey all!!!

So this last week was pretty great!!!

So to start out. WE HAVE THE GREATEST INVESTIGATORS IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!!! 

Now you might ask why I say that... That would be because they are reading, and keeping their commitments, and then on top of it all are giving us references!!! 

So to tell you about one of the families!!

The Familia Solis Ovalle. 

They are a family of 6. Omar, Claudia, Vianca, Eduardo, Yonathan, and Pollo. And then we are teaching José, and Fabian. (They are two workers they have) We found them about 3 weeks ago, by contacting Omar. We then pretty much became part of his family!!! 

They came to church on Sunday, and we have now worked with them twice destroying cars!!!! It is a great way to get rid of mission stress!!! So they don't have a date to get baptized, but we are going to work this week to put a date with them!!! 

On Sunday they invited us to their house to celebrate their son's birthday. He just turned 14. We were there, and they asked us to pray for the food. (Their whole extended family was there) And then they asked us to sing a hymn and leave them with a prayer when we left!!! They are the greatest family ever!! They are for sure my family in this area!!! 

So today we spent the day again tearing apart a car with Omar. I will send pictures!!! Hope you all have a great week!!! 

Love you!

Elder Mason Millar

02-02-2016

Hey all,

Sorry again for not getting you written yesterday. We had a service project that we did all day with an investigator. It was freaking awesome!!! 

So this last week was a good one, but also pretty normal. We had some really good lessons, and also had a bunch of lessons fall through. It is pretty normal though. People have their own lives, and things don't always go as planned!!! 

So we have now been teaching the people that we have found over the last several weeks!!! One of them is a family of 6. They are really really cool!!! They are still investigators, but just like out of the blue like invite us to do fun things, and to come over to eat. They are progressing really well, and I am hoping that they will get baptized. We are going to try and put a baptismal date with them this next week. 

This is the family that we did the service for yesterday. They have a business of buying old cars, and then tearing them down for scrap. So they invited us yesterday to go and get a little dirty, and help them tear a car apart. It was really fun!!!! SI (yes in spanish) that is what we did all day yesterday. We started at about 11, and finished at like 4. It was really really fun!!!! I will send pictures!!! 

Saturday was also a very fun day. So the other elders had a baptism, but there wasn't any water at the church. (Water is kind of a big part for a baptism) So they called us, and then for the next three hours we were going back and forth to members houses to to get water and then take it to the church to fill up the font. 

Three hours later, we finishes, and then were able to watch the baptism. The Spirit was so strong, This convert that was baptized has such a strong testimony. It was truly a gift to be able to watch her get baptized. She was so happy, and she just was so ready to be baptized. It is honestly so incredibilidad to see the change in people. The Lord has truly given us a gift to be able to change through his Atonement. I know He loves us, and that if we accept Him we can truly find happiness and peace!!!! 

I love you all, and love this work!!!

Have a great week!

Love,

Elder Mason Millar

01-26-2016

Well hey everyone!!! Sorry for the late letter!

So this week was a pretty crazy week. It was really quiet, but at the same time it was an awesome week!!!

So just to start out. In the last 10 days, we have found 21 new people to teach. So just so you can have a point of reference, my comp in the last 4 1/2 months had found a total of like 10. So it has been a pretty great time. We are just really killing it!!!

So at the moment we have one that already had a baptism date. She is a 9 year old little girl named Rachel. She is the daughter of a less active sister that three weeks ago just showed up at church after 18 years of not assisting. She is really awesome, and they are all really really excited to be going to church again!!!

The other new people we still don't know very well. We have only visited them once or twice, but they are all really really cool!!! It is just wonderful to be seeing the fruits of the Lord after so much time of just kind of dull work with no fruits!!!

So other than that all is well!! We have some good lessons that we are planning on for the afternoon, and are hoping to be able to find several more news today!!!

Life is good, The "water" is "dangerous", and people are crazy!!!

(Ten points to the person that can name the song!!!1)

Have a wonderful week.

Love,

Elder Mason Millar

I bought Jesus sandals for 300 pesos!!!!

01-18-2016

Hey all,

So i am sorry for not writing last week, I just kind of ran out of time, because our preparation day got moved, and it was just a little crazy!!!

So thing last week was a really good week!!! 

So on Thursday we had just an awesome day!!! We found a family of 5 that we started teaching. We contacted the dad the week before, and then went back, and they actually accepted us. It was really cool!!! 

The lesson that we had with them was really awesome!! We taught the restoration, and the spirit was so strong. They had a lot of questions, and were really interested. We have another lesson with them tomorrow. There is not much more about them that we have learned, or that I have to say. We have only taught them once, but I will keep you posted!!! 

So this week was kind of short with the whole weird schedule, and we had Stake conference this week. In the stake conference we, as missionaries sang in the choir. It was fun, but not much preparation was able to be done. We are missionaries, and kind of have crazy schedules!!! 

But for not having much to talk about, I am going to take the time and share my testimony with you all, and just a little bit of the reason that I have truly decided that I am on the mission.

So to start out, I know that My Father in Heaven exists, and not only exists, but had a body of skin and bones. I know that he knows every single one of us individually, and loves us more that we can possibly imagine!!! I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior. Not just mine, not just those who are members of the church, But of every single one of us!!! He has given us the ability and chance to change. He loves us, and gave his life so that we can have ours. I know that God gives us trials, and allows us to fall. It doesn't matter in what you fall into, he knows that it was, or is going to happen. But because he loves us so much has given us the way to make it through anything!!! All though at times it seems that we are too far into a sin, or a way of thinking... YOU ARE NOT!!!! It is never to late to repent, and become clean from the wrongs in which you have done. I have a testimony of the cleansing, and healing power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. He is our only way through this life. He did not suffer to make it easy for us, but he suffered to make it possible for us. The only thing that he ask is a broken heart, and a contrite Spirit. 

I know that The Book of Mormon is the word of God!! I have read it, and without a doubt in my mind know that Joseph Smith translated it. I know that Joseph Smith saw God in that Grove in the spring of 1820. I know that we also can receive answers to our prayers. I know that if we ask and pray in faith that we will receive answers. They might not always be what we want to hear, but It is exactly what we need, and WE have to be the ones to change. God only has our best interest in mind, and will never do anything to hurt us!!! I know that God lives, and loves us. 

And this I share with all of you, humbly and with much love.

In the name of Jesus Christ. 

I love you all. I pray for all of you, and know that you do the same for me!!! 

Thank you for all you do, and all your support!! 

Love,

Elder Mason Millar

01-04-2016

Hey all, 

So this last week was a pretty blan, but good week!!! 

With the whole New Year's thing that went on we didn't have the chance to get much work done. But we were still able to find a family!!! We received a reference from the English class that we teach, and we went and contacted them. They are a family of 8. 5 kids, and the parents, and grandmother. It was really cool!!!

It was nice to be able to find something to be able to leave for my comp. We had a good two cycles, but didn't see any fruits. It was good!!! 

So if you haven't guess already, I have changes. I have been in this area for 6 months now, and Pres is now going to change me. I won't know until tomorrow where I am going, but there are now going to be 9 zones in the mission. That means there are 8 different zones that I could be going to!!!! We will see. I will let you all know!!!

So this week has been kind of difficult. I have been saying goodbye to everyone that I have gotten to know over the last 6 months! It is really killing me!!!! 

It was honestly the hardest to say goodbye to the group that we have been teaching for the last 3 months!!! I have truly grown to love them. They are such incredible people, they just got a little caught up, and needed some help!!! They are incredible!!!

Yesterday I was also able to bear my testimony in church. It was pretty hard. I have made so much family here, and just don't want to have to say goodbye!!! It has just been so hard!!! I know that one day I will be able to see them again though!!!!

So That is about all for this week! I will let you all know next week what happens with changes!!! 

Love you all!!!

Elder Mason Millar