Thursday, September 10, 2009
8/31 Power of Prayer
Hello Everyone! Hope you are all having a great week! And for those of you are at school right now.. haha Sorrry to be you!! Just kidding ;) wink winkWell this week has been a pretty fun week. Last monday we got to go over our favorite members house: The Yokshas family and play games with them "Mexican Train" if ya have ever heard of it, its a pretty fun game - except when Sis. Yokshas steals my dominos!! golly!Wow, so I had some really cool experiences this week, one being when I went on splits with a member from the Lake Elsinore ward. Me and him went to this family who had a non member daughter: Anna Melton and so we went over and taught the first lesson (Restoration) and then I asked her if she would be baptized on the 19th of September and she was soo excited she jumped up and said "YES!!!" haha wow, that was really fun - she wants to do baptisms for the dead too.Also this week we found another less active member in the trailor park. She had a heart attack because her son is a pest and getting in fights - so after she got home from the hospital we gave her a blessing and told us that she needed help (food for her and dogs and a washer and dryer to fall out of the sky for her) - so we told her that we would get food for sure and that we would pray for the washer and dryer - then on Sunday when we were walking up to the church this other less active guy came up to us and said that he and his business were giving away free washers and dryers and that they would donate them to anyone we wanted... WOW! We were so excited! What an answer to a prayer! The old lady who wanted the washer/dryer sat by me and church and I wispered in her ear what had just happened and she looked at me.. gasped.. and started bawling! After sacrament she turned and gave me a huge hug and I kinda had to pull away before she smacked one on my cheek.. haha life of a missionary I tell ya. - - but way cool huh!! Prayers work people!!I have no idea if I am being transfered or not... its about 50/50 right now?? So if you have letters just send them to the mission office on: 3233 Arlington Ave. Suite 107 Riverside, CA 92506 and the will get to me either way there.!!Love you all so much! Have a great week and be safe! choose the right and pray always!Love Elder McBride
8/24
Hello Hello! Well how is all of my AMAZING family and friends!? Hope you are having a great week! This week in Lake Elsinore has again gone soo fast - seriously, does time seem like it fly's by for you? Transfers are coming up again in 2 weeks! wow, that went fast... I had Interviews this week with Pres. Reeves and he said that he really doesn't know what me or Elder Veater are going to do.. stay or go?? .. I'll explain later..Haha, so the other day me and E. Veater were walking down the street and we talked to this old man (kind of a creepy bum-looking guy) and he turned us away so we started walking to the next house and saw two ladies across the street talking - so we walked over and said Hello and started talking to them about the gospel. One said she had a headache so she went inside. But the other lady (who was older, probably late 70s) was really interested and she said that she could feel the spirit of our message and new it was true because of what I was saying. So of course my eyes lighted up .. but then she started talking about how she always goes "soul Flying" -out of body experiences - and she also sees angels (with Fealers by the way) and when she is done she is all weak. Haha,... I was like um.. That's how Joseph Smith fealt when he had his vision.. hmmphh. haha. Then E. Veater started talking and she shut him up and said that he didn't have the spirit and he didn't know what he was talking about.. I was like "EXCUSE ME!" haha, she said that she could tell from across the street that I was a PERFECT angel of God and E. Veater was NOT... haha - I think she was CRRRAZY!! haha - she then said the only way if she could see if this message is true is if we wrote it down in black and white and sent it as an email attachment... haha.. wow.. only in California right... hahaPresident Interviews went great. I got to see E. Worthen again (who is our Zone Leader) and he gave us a training on getting more investigators haha- using his cowboy rope as a prop.. haha bracken ty and shaun would have liked it! When I got into the interview with President he said that I was such a great missionary! and that he was so greatful for what me and E. Veater were doing. He said the maybe me and E. Veater might stay together for one more - but that he would eventually want us to both train new missionaries... so he doesn't know if I am going or if E. Veater is????Haha, so we met with one of our investigators Elda on Friday. We taught her the plan of salvation and she started crying and saying that in the end that if it takes her getting divorced with her husband -that she would come to church and become a member... we were like...uhhh, ... don't want to brake up a marriage... ahhhh so hope everything goes okay??Well Life is great! I am having a lot of fun! It's still very very hot down here.. but loving it still, all is well in Zion, how is everything at home with all of you? having fun in school???Love you all, stay safeLove Elder McBride
Monday, August 17, 2009
8/17
Hello Family & Friends!
Hope you all are having a good day and for the 1/2 of you that just got home from the trip, hope you had fun... without me.. haha ;)So if I sound like I am half asleep - it might be because I am.. haha. Our downstairs neighbors (*yes the bikini wearing old mean lady and her family) were having a party and then a fight broke out ALL night long. So at like 5:00 in the morning someone in the complex called the cops and then I got some of that beauty sleep. Haha, fun times in Lake Elsinore.. I know!So we got to go bowling again for this past Mondays Pday event and hate to sound too prideful...but I am improving my skills... only a couple of gutter balls.. YAY! haha I told them I needed the gutters up, but NOOO! haha, they don't even have those helper-rack things that we have at our bowling alleys..LAME! Oh, we got to go to the temple this Thursday and it was a really cool experience. After the session I got to meet the temple president.. he just walked up to me and said hello! Also when we have our temple days 2 zones (out of the 9 zones) from the mission meet up together to go to the temple. And it is cool to see all the missionaries that I get transferred away from. I got to see E. Varney and E. Williams again! Wow, and can you believe that E. Varney is going home in two weeks! wow, he was only like at 16 months when he was with me!Well I think I better fill you normal people in on some of the mission "lingo" out here... so If I ever use it you know what I mean...-When you are BORN that is the area and date you entered the mission field. (Corona & Feb 11, 2009)-DEATH: is the area before you go home-Gator: Investigator-Dad: your Trainer (E. Varney)-Mom: if your companion trains after he is companions with you-Stepdad: The companion after your trainer (E. Williams)-Son: person you train-Golden: investigator that is for sure gonna be baptized-Bump: 6 months out in the field-Hump: 1 year out in the field-Slump: 1 1/2 years out in the fieldAnd I will update you on more as my mission unfolds :) Well most everythings been going good out here. Oh, on Tuesday I got to give another training to my district and it was really really awesome. My training was entitled "Being There" and I trained the other missionaries on not just being there physically but spiritually to your appointments with members and investigators. It went really well, and everyone enjoyed it... I gave the story of when I was on the doorstep and said "He Is Risen" to that one man .. ahaha :)Well thanks so much for all you do for me and for all your letters of encouragement! I love you allLove Elder McBride
Hope you all are having a good day and for the 1/2 of you that just got home from the trip, hope you had fun... without me.. haha ;)So if I sound like I am half asleep - it might be because I am.. haha. Our downstairs neighbors (*yes the bikini wearing old mean lady and her family) were having a party and then a fight broke out ALL night long. So at like 5:00 in the morning someone in the complex called the cops and then I got some of that beauty sleep. Haha, fun times in Lake Elsinore.. I know!So we got to go bowling again for this past Mondays Pday event and hate to sound too prideful...but I am improving my skills... only a couple of gutter balls.. YAY! haha I told them I needed the gutters up, but NOOO! haha, they don't even have those helper-rack things that we have at our bowling alleys..LAME! Oh, we got to go to the temple this Thursday and it was a really cool experience. After the session I got to meet the temple president.. he just walked up to me and said hello! Also when we have our temple days 2 zones (out of the 9 zones) from the mission meet up together to go to the temple. And it is cool to see all the missionaries that I get transferred away from. I got to see E. Varney and E. Williams again! Wow, and can you believe that E. Varney is going home in two weeks! wow, he was only like at 16 months when he was with me!Well I think I better fill you normal people in on some of the mission "lingo" out here... so If I ever use it you know what I mean...-When you are BORN that is the area and date you entered the mission field. (Corona & Feb 11, 2009)-DEATH: is the area before you go home-Gator: Investigator-Dad: your Trainer (E. Varney)-Mom: if your companion trains after he is companions with you-Stepdad: The companion after your trainer (E. Williams)-Son: person you train-Golden: investigator that is for sure gonna be baptized-Bump: 6 months out in the field-Hump: 1 year out in the field-Slump: 1 1/2 years out in the fieldAnd I will update you on more as my mission unfolds :) Well most everythings been going good out here. Oh, on Tuesday I got to give another training to my district and it was really really awesome. My training was entitled "Being There" and I trained the other missionaries on not just being there physically but spiritually to your appointments with members and investigators. It went really well, and everyone enjoyed it... I gave the story of when I was on the doorstep and said "He Is Risen" to that one man .. ahaha :)Well thanks so much for all you do for me and for all your letters of encouragement! I love you allLove Elder McBride
Monday, August 10, 2009
8/10 From Spirit to Prayer to Engaged
Hello Family & Friends!
Hope you are all having a great day and the past week has been good for you! Wow, this week just seemed to fly by! I just remember typing last weeks message! The weather man has decided to be nice and give us a break for the past week - things have been a little cooler :). But even when he desides to heat it up we'll still be out knocken those doors!If there is one thing that I have learned thus far on my mission is *learning. I have learned so much already! It weird to think if I have not chose to serve a mission - if I would have received all the blessings from learning and getting knowledge from what the gospel brings. Sometimes I think we take the gospel and the church for granted... well a lot. I really didn't have that much of an appreciation for it. I went to church.. went to mutual..did hometeaching [when dad pushed me into it ;)] and etc. When really what we should want to do is go to church EVERY week and want to benefit from the blessings that we would receive from partaking of the sacrament and renewing those sacred baptismal covenants. I should have wanted to express my love to everyone about the gospel and about my testimony. We should want to go out and visit our families that we home teach - and that is a big on! So many families go without being home taught out here and they are just starving for spiritual attention. *when even in Utah our families could be starving for that attention - I guess when I get back, that will want to make me go every month and have an influence on those specific families that I will be assigned to! Its funny, I could report that me and Elder Veater have a lot of 1/2 baptisms coming up... haha, almost all of our investigators are on the wall for that question. Dorothy Hicks is getting so close! We went over there Tuesday afternoon and we gave her a lesson on the Plan of Salvation. She loved it and again - believed everything! It was fun to see how when people don't have the answers to lifes questions (where did we come from, what's our purpose, & where will we go after this) and when they receive them how their face just lights up! After the lesson we committed her to baptism. Lol, we asked her if she would follow the example of Jesus Christ by being baptized and she was like "YES, of course..." my face flew to a smile.. then she quickely said "Yes, in due time".. ughh! so close! haha, I think we just need to get a family in there to support and fellowship her and her kids!On Thursday we had Mulitzone Conference and received trainings from Pres. & Sis. Reeves and the AP's. They all talked about how important it is to keep the Spirit with us ALWAYS! Sis. Reeves started by telling a cool story from Russel M. Nelsons wife. She said that Sis. Nelson was traveling down from Canada and on her way down to Utah she saw a barn and on the barn it had some HUGE letters that made up a sign written on the barn and said that this phrase inspired her life! Sis. Reeves then asked what we thought was on the sign... my mind quickely thought of the barn on the back highway by grandma Edna's that has the "Dr. Something or other Medicine" on it haha I don't think that was inspiring though.. haha. Missionaries then decided to guess. "In god we trust" "Not of this World" "Jesus is Lord" "Love one Another"... no one was right... then Sis. Reeves put up a picture of what was actually written on the top of the barn: "NOT EVEN ONCE". We all were like HUH?? haha but then we each shared what this phrase could have meant and how it could be inspirational. We talked about how almost every prophet in the scriptures didn't even "ONCE" stray from their path. Joseph of Egypt is who I thought of - He was tempted by Potiphers wife many a times and "NOT EVEN ONCE" did he give in. Another that was mentioned was how David was such a great person of God and that just "ONCE" he slipped up and looked on temptation. That talk helped me a lot on how as a missionary or as a member of this gospel how we can't even "ONCE" give into Satan and always have to have the Spirit with us!!!Well guess what! The power of prayer works! That Thursday night we went over to the dear trailor park and had dinner with one of our members. Now if you really knew me you would be so proud of me for doing this - I am a very picky eater and not so keen about dirty things.. especially eating it. Well she cooked us some chicken and so when we started eating I bit in and blood just started gushing from the chicken, BLAUGHH! I tried to slice around it, but I don't think that would have done a difference. Later that night me and Elder Veater said about 100 prayers that we wouldn't get sick and that we could stay healthy to do our Heavenly Fathers work. Well our stomachs made some noises a couple of hours after dinner but no getting sick or anything!!Oh and just an announcement.. I am now engaged! Last night we were at the Rices house for dinner and I was playing around with this cute girl and she said "guess what, We are going to get married!" haha, I was like "really! where?" she then quickely said "the TEMPLE!" haha so just to let you know, that's the plan... oh ya and she is 4 years old... so I might have to wait a little bit... hahaWell I love you all! Be safe! Have fun in St. George without me! Love,ELDER MCBRIDE
Hope you are all having a great day and the past week has been good for you! Wow, this week just seemed to fly by! I just remember typing last weeks message! The weather man has decided to be nice and give us a break for the past week - things have been a little cooler :). But even when he desides to heat it up we'll still be out knocken those doors!If there is one thing that I have learned thus far on my mission is *learning. I have learned so much already! It weird to think if I have not chose to serve a mission - if I would have received all the blessings from learning and getting knowledge from what the gospel brings. Sometimes I think we take the gospel and the church for granted... well a lot. I really didn't have that much of an appreciation for it. I went to church.. went to mutual..did hometeaching [when dad pushed me into it ;)] and etc. When really what we should want to do is go to church EVERY week and want to benefit from the blessings that we would receive from partaking of the sacrament and renewing those sacred baptismal covenants. I should have wanted to express my love to everyone about the gospel and about my testimony. We should want to go out and visit our families that we home teach - and that is a big on! So many families go without being home taught out here and they are just starving for spiritual attention. *when even in Utah our families could be starving for that attention - I guess when I get back, that will want to make me go every month and have an influence on those specific families that I will be assigned to! Its funny, I could report that me and Elder Veater have a lot of 1/2 baptisms coming up... haha, almost all of our investigators are on the wall for that question. Dorothy Hicks is getting so close! We went over there Tuesday afternoon and we gave her a lesson on the Plan of Salvation. She loved it and again - believed everything! It was fun to see how when people don't have the answers to lifes questions (where did we come from, what's our purpose, & where will we go after this) and when they receive them how their face just lights up! After the lesson we committed her to baptism. Lol, we asked her if she would follow the example of Jesus Christ by being baptized and she was like "YES, of course..." my face flew to a smile.. then she quickely said "Yes, in due time".. ughh! so close! haha, I think we just need to get a family in there to support and fellowship her and her kids!On Thursday we had Mulitzone Conference and received trainings from Pres. & Sis. Reeves and the AP's. They all talked about how important it is to keep the Spirit with us ALWAYS! Sis. Reeves started by telling a cool story from Russel M. Nelsons wife. She said that Sis. Nelson was traveling down from Canada and on her way down to Utah she saw a barn and on the barn it had some HUGE letters that made up a sign written on the barn and said that this phrase inspired her life! Sis. Reeves then asked what we thought was on the sign... my mind quickely thought of the barn on the back highway by grandma Edna's that has the "Dr. Something or other Medicine" on it haha I don't think that was inspiring though.. haha. Missionaries then decided to guess. "In god we trust" "Not of this World" "Jesus is Lord" "Love one Another"... no one was right... then Sis. Reeves put up a picture of what was actually written on the top of the barn: "NOT EVEN ONCE". We all were like HUH?? haha but then we each shared what this phrase could have meant and how it could be inspirational. We talked about how almost every prophet in the scriptures didn't even "ONCE" stray from their path. Joseph of Egypt is who I thought of - He was tempted by Potiphers wife many a times and "NOT EVEN ONCE" did he give in. Another that was mentioned was how David was such a great person of God and that just "ONCE" he slipped up and looked on temptation. That talk helped me a lot on how as a missionary or as a member of this gospel how we can't even "ONCE" give into Satan and always have to have the Spirit with us!!!Well guess what! The power of prayer works! That Thursday night we went over to the dear trailor park and had dinner with one of our members. Now if you really knew me you would be so proud of me for doing this - I am a very picky eater and not so keen about dirty things.. especially eating it. Well she cooked us some chicken and so when we started eating I bit in and blood just started gushing from the chicken, BLAUGHH! I tried to slice around it, but I don't think that would have done a difference. Later that night me and Elder Veater said about 100 prayers that we wouldn't get sick and that we could stay healthy to do our Heavenly Fathers work. Well our stomachs made some noises a couple of hours after dinner but no getting sick or anything!!Oh and just an announcement.. I am now engaged! Last night we were at the Rices house for dinner and I was playing around with this cute girl and she said "guess what, We are going to get married!" haha, I was like "really! where?" she then quickely said "the TEMPLE!" haha so just to let you know, that's the plan... oh ya and she is 4 years old... so I might have to wait a little bit... hahaWell I love you all! Be safe! Have fun in St. George without me! Love,ELDER MCBRIDE
8/3 Pancake in August
Hello Family & Friends,
Hope you all had a great July and are having a great August .. wow, the summer's just flyin by ain't it!!Well things in Lake Elsinore have been going good. We are finding some new 'gators to teach which is always great! Haha, we actually found this lady who lives on a street named "Moroni" haha and she is really a great lady who had us come over and teach the family and told her kids that we had the power of God. haha when I told her about the 'coincidence' of her street name she was like "ohh,... I thought it was mor-own-ie" haha.Haha, still more trailor park drama with the less-actives, recent converts and investigators.. I think they could make a soap-opra from it for those hilbilly tv watchers... they would love it... haha. And to make the show a sure hit, we will stick to missionaries in it preaching and teaching the gospel... ehh ehh, want to see it huh!I have gotten to be really good friends with some members down here: the Yokshas family. They are friends with our investigator Geo and had us over for a pancake breakfast on Saturday (and our next breakfast adventure is going to be good ol ableschevers!!! YAY!) But ya we had a lot of fun eating apple pancakes!! so good!Yesterday we ate dinner at this family who lived kind of up in the mountains and when we went out to our car there was a family of coyotes by our car.. haha they were waiting to eat us.. one jumped at me and bit my arm and I had to go to the hospit.... okay, so we looked out the window and they walked past our car.. but would have been a cool story for the week right... maybe next time.But Hope you are all safe and have a great week!Congrats Cami on getting into school!!Love you all!!Love Elder McBride
Hope you all had a great July and are having a great August .. wow, the summer's just flyin by ain't it!!Well things in Lake Elsinore have been going good. We are finding some new 'gators to teach which is always great! Haha, we actually found this lady who lives on a street named "Moroni" haha and she is really a great lady who had us come over and teach the family and told her kids that we had the power of God. haha when I told her about the 'coincidence' of her street name she was like "ohh,... I thought it was mor-own-ie" haha.Haha, still more trailor park drama with the less-actives, recent converts and investigators.. I think they could make a soap-opra from it for those hilbilly tv watchers... they would love it... haha. And to make the show a sure hit, we will stick to missionaries in it preaching and teaching the gospel... ehh ehh, want to see it huh!I have gotten to be really good friends with some members down here: the Yokshas family. They are friends with our investigator Geo and had us over for a pancake breakfast on Saturday (and our next breakfast adventure is going to be good ol ableschevers!!! YAY!) But ya we had a lot of fun eating apple pancakes!! so good!Yesterday we ate dinner at this family who lived kind of up in the mountains and when we went out to our car there was a family of coyotes by our car.. haha they were waiting to eat us.. one jumped at me and bit my arm and I had to go to the hospit.... okay, so we looked out the window and they walked past our car.. but would have been a cool story for the week right... maybe next time.But Hope you are all safe and have a great week!Congrats Cami on getting into school!!Love you all!!Love Elder McBride
7/27 Aguirre Baptism and Celebration!
Hello Family & Friends!
Hope you are all having a great Monday and had a good safe week! Wow, it's been a whole transfer since I've been gone from Corona - & yes I am staying in Lake Elsinore.. for at least another transfer?? Life has been full of ups and downs over here - I am still loving being with Elder Veater; we have tons of laughs [which reminds me - we need to send you our music video] haha. The other elders in the appartment (Worthen & Olsen) I have also grown really close to. Except we just heard that Worthen was getting moved :( goll sometimes transfers just arn't fun! - well I guess I will make more friends! Oh dang... hope the new elder cuts hair!!! hahaSo on Monday after emailing on my SLOW computer we went over to one of my favorite members houses: the Yokshas's and they had our investigator Geo over to eat. We ate and then watched "On the Way Home" - haha, I haven't seen that movie forever, but Geo loved it and afterward Bro Yokshas asked Geo when he wanted to be baptized and Geo said he wanted to but he just had to get permission from his dad- which he said was probably going to happen :) so fingers crossed on that! Afterward we went out and had a fun ice cream party with them at Cold Stones! I think I might have ate a little too much... hahaSo one of our referrals I might have mentioned: Dorothy Hicks, we went over to teach her about the Restoration. She is such a great lady and she eats up all of what we say.. So then we told her to pray about it and she gave us a weird look and said "why, I already know it's true?" we were like "huh!!!" lol, she said that it was all about Christ and that she believed it and wanted to know more - so we are thinking that she is pretty darn hopeful for becoming a member of this gospel! Haha, I can't say I will ever get sick of those experiences!Oh, so funny experience that I forgot to write about last time and just expresses how blond I really am... About a week ago me and E. Veater were tracting and we got to the last house on the block and knocked into this born-again christian guy who then talked to us about the trinity. Being E. Veaters door and turn to talk I guess I zoned out for a split second...and he (the born-again) started talking about the "son" a lot and how he is dead and I thought he was talking about Jesus Christ - so with a bold voice I told him "He Is Risen!!" .. They both gave me a funny look and E. Veater then said "he is talking about his son that just got into a car crash and died"... well... If that isn't false doctrine, lol, I felt like a total idiot! - I swear I didn't hear car crash in there though. Well I guess it just goes to show that you ALWAYS need to stay paying attention... haha, that was the joke of the next week - everyone was saying "He Is Risen" to me.Al Aguirre's Baptism was great! He had tons of people that came to his baptism! Unfortunately the AC wasn't working ..so everyone was sweating bullets! But everything turned our really good. He is going to be teaching Gospel Doctrine in no time - like everytime we go over there he is like: "tell me more thouroughly about Joseph Smith and the Egyption translations".So the whole stake got together and had a huge dinner and game night for Pioneer day on Saturday. We ate so much (everyone fed us there left overs) and then we played a couple of rounds of tug-o-war and got sooo sore! haha Great fun though! Did you guys do anything fun for the 24th???I have no idea what I am going to do with my wards though. Sometimes they just drive me CRAZY! We have explained the mission plan to them so many times and they still arn't grasping it... ughh. I do just try to smile and make the best of it but sometimes I just want a little help! Oh so I have been having a lot of weird dreams lately. For the past couple of nights I have had this re-accuring dream of the old lady down stairs that dresses in the bakini come up and yell at us again the shut up. Then last night I had a dream that I was tracting with E. Veater and I didn't have my contacts in so I couldn't see like an inch in front of my face.. so E. Veater said that this kid was throwing rocks at us so I started swinging my arms and hit this african american kid right in the face and he called it a hate crime so we started to run from him. Haha, don't think I would ever have dreams like thoughs if I didn't come on the mission... maybe I will start praying for GOOD dreams!Well how is everyone else doing? Sorry if you haven't gotten a letter in a long time - I'm quite the slacker with that, but I will try my hardest to write back! I love receiving all of your letters though, and they make me feel loved :) Well any big news updates?Hope you are all doing well, and staying safe! My prayers go out to each and everyone of you! I love you and miss you all very much and know that my Heavenly Father is there and keeping me safe and I know that He will keep you all safe too :)Love Elder McBride
Hope you are all having a great Monday and had a good safe week! Wow, it's been a whole transfer since I've been gone from Corona - & yes I am staying in Lake Elsinore.. for at least another transfer?? Life has been full of ups and downs over here - I am still loving being with Elder Veater; we have tons of laughs [which reminds me - we need to send you our music video] haha. The other elders in the appartment (Worthen & Olsen) I have also grown really close to. Except we just heard that Worthen was getting moved :( goll sometimes transfers just arn't fun! - well I guess I will make more friends! Oh dang... hope the new elder cuts hair!!! hahaSo on Monday after emailing on my SLOW computer we went over to one of my favorite members houses: the Yokshas's and they had our investigator Geo over to eat. We ate and then watched "On the Way Home" - haha, I haven't seen that movie forever, but Geo loved it and afterward Bro Yokshas asked Geo when he wanted to be baptized and Geo said he wanted to but he just had to get permission from his dad- which he said was probably going to happen :) so fingers crossed on that! Afterward we went out and had a fun ice cream party with them at Cold Stones! I think I might have ate a little too much... hahaSo one of our referrals I might have mentioned: Dorothy Hicks, we went over to teach her about the Restoration. She is such a great lady and she eats up all of what we say.. So then we told her to pray about it and she gave us a weird look and said "why, I already know it's true?" we were like "huh!!!" lol, she said that it was all about Christ and that she believed it and wanted to know more - so we are thinking that she is pretty darn hopeful for becoming a member of this gospel! Haha, I can't say I will ever get sick of those experiences!Oh, so funny experience that I forgot to write about last time and just expresses how blond I really am... About a week ago me and E. Veater were tracting and we got to the last house on the block and knocked into this born-again christian guy who then talked to us about the trinity. Being E. Veaters door and turn to talk I guess I zoned out for a split second...and he (the born-again) started talking about the "son" a lot and how he is dead and I thought he was talking about Jesus Christ - so with a bold voice I told him "He Is Risen!!" .. They both gave me a funny look and E. Veater then said "he is talking about his son that just got into a car crash and died"... well... If that isn't false doctrine, lol, I felt like a total idiot! - I swear I didn't hear car crash in there though. Well I guess it just goes to show that you ALWAYS need to stay paying attention... haha, that was the joke of the next week - everyone was saying "He Is Risen" to me.Al Aguirre's Baptism was great! He had tons of people that came to his baptism! Unfortunately the AC wasn't working ..so everyone was sweating bullets! But everything turned our really good. He is going to be teaching Gospel Doctrine in no time - like everytime we go over there he is like: "tell me more thouroughly about Joseph Smith and the Egyption translations".So the whole stake got together and had a huge dinner and game night for Pioneer day on Saturday. We ate so much (everyone fed us there left overs) and then we played a couple of rounds of tug-o-war and got sooo sore! haha Great fun though! Did you guys do anything fun for the 24th???I have no idea what I am going to do with my wards though. Sometimes they just drive me CRAZY! We have explained the mission plan to them so many times and they still arn't grasping it... ughh. I do just try to smile and make the best of it but sometimes I just want a little help! Oh so I have been having a lot of weird dreams lately. For the past couple of nights I have had this re-accuring dream of the old lady down stairs that dresses in the bakini come up and yell at us again the shut up. Then last night I had a dream that I was tracting with E. Veater and I didn't have my contacts in so I couldn't see like an inch in front of my face.. so E. Veater said that this kid was throwing rocks at us so I started swinging my arms and hit this african american kid right in the face and he called it a hate crime so we started to run from him. Haha, don't think I would ever have dreams like thoughs if I didn't come on the mission... maybe I will start praying for GOOD dreams!Well how is everyone else doing? Sorry if you haven't gotten a letter in a long time - I'm quite the slacker with that, but I will try my hardest to write back! I love receiving all of your letters though, and they make me feel loved :) Well any big news updates?Hope you are all doing well, and staying safe! My prayers go out to each and everyone of you! I love you and miss you all very much and know that my Heavenly Father is there and keeping me safe and I know that He will keep you all safe too :)Love Elder McBride
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