Que honda familia y amigos??
Que linda semana! Pretty
good week here in Pachuca! The weather cant seem to make up its mind.
We{ve had some pretty hot and then some pretty cold days. Definitely
dont think there are seasons here haha. This week I filled up about four
trash cans with tissues, and there were a few days I could barely talk
from a sore throat but nobody wants to hear about that so here are some
highlights from the week haha.
First off, the
conference with the General Authorities! So... it was definitely
disappointing because Elder Cook didnt end up being able to come. Quite
the bummer haha. But we still had Elder Clayton and Pino come! Elder
Clayton is the president of the 7 quorums within the Quorum of the
Seventy. So he{s definitely in a pretty high position. He had some great
words of widsom and advice for the mission. I absolutely loved the
conference! It talked a lot about developing your own testimony and
being able to leave the mission field with that unbreakable witness. The
musical number I did with the three other elders went super well! Ill
definitely be saving that arrangement of Joseph Smiths First Prayer for
future occasions haha. I also had the opportunity to play piano for the
conference! I played prelude while everyone came up front to introduce
themselves to Elder Clayton and Pino. After the met everyone they came
up to the stand and taled to me a little bit. President Clayton{s wife
told me to tell my mom thanks for making me practice piano hahaha. That
ones for you mom. Your famous now. Haha I also played the hymns
throughout the program. Everything went great except for how Elder
Clayton changed two of the hymns on the spot. I could play one of them
just fine but the other was Firm as the Mountains Around Us which I had
never played in my entire life haha. So I sight read it in front of
General Authorities and everyone. It wasnt terrible but it definitely
wasnt the best either. But shoutout to Connie Bauer for teaching your
boi how to play piano haha.
On friday morning, a
district leader on our zone called us and read the statement from Elder
Uchdorf about the communication between families and missionaries!!
HOLY CRAP I was so excited, didnt believe it at first but now Im just
super stoked. Itll be awesome to have more communication and support
from the fam! Elder Uchdorf promised blessings for the actual missionary
work too which is super cool.
This Saturday
we had a baptism for the hermana Lulu! This woman is soooo funny. She
came to church on her own out of curiosity and we found her and started
teaching her! She had super interesting beliefs about talking to
archangels and la virgincita Guadalupe (the Virgin Maria) which 99% of
the people here pray to and adore. She just always messes around with us
and asks us to start dating her daughter. She told everyone how we
tricked her about the baptismal font water being hot hahha because the
gas actually ran out in the chapel that day. She wasnt too happy. Haha
but shes a funny gal, and we{re glad she was able to enter into the
waters of baptism and get closer to God! She loves the church, lessons,
classes of self sufficiency, and the monthly stake temple trips to CDM
(Mexico City!)
We are already to week six of
the cycle which means there are changes next week. I cant wait to see
what happens. Ive been here in Pachuca two cycles which basically means
50/50 me staying or me leaving. We'll see what happens, but we{ll finish
the cycle strong here in Pachuca no matter what!
3rd
Nephi 12;24 says "Go thy way unto thy brother, and first be reconciled
to thy brother, and then come unto me with full purpose of heart, and I
will receive you.". I really like this verse because honestly sometimes
our relationships with our fellow human beings keep us from getting
closer to God. One of the best ways we can develop our relationship with
God is to love other people! As we apply the gospel to our
relationships with others, we will come to know the relationship God has
with us.
Que pasen una buena semana!
Elder Millard
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