Amazing Week!!

 

Kevin's Baptism

 

Tortas

With Elder Sullivan, his District Leader

With Elder Yepez

With Elder Yepez

Hamburgers with Elder Torres

Que Tal everybody!  

This was an absolutely incredible week!  I hope the rest of yours were just as great!

Exchanges

On Tuesday I worked with my district leader Elder Sullivan.  It was a ton of fun and we worked hard.  It was nice to have some things explained to me by an American so I could understand better haha.  He also showed me this juice called Jugo De Valle  and oh my goodness I love it.  We also got some Tortas which were delicious.  Also I tried a burger here and they're actually very good so that's great!  

I love Oaxaca 

Ok so I love Oaxaca so very much.  Every single thing and person here is so unique and has so much life.  I love it.  I handwashed my clothes for the first time today and it was actually kinda nice and relaxing!  I'm definitely gonna stick with the laundromat though Mi mejor amigo here is Elder Yepez. He's in my district and he's the best.  He doesn't know any English so the extent of our communication is my Spanish knowledge (which isn't much) and sound affects haha it's so much fun!  He joined the church a year and a half ago and decided to serve a mission as soon as he was baptized because he wanted to serve the Lord!  He's definitely an inspiration to me.  Also he's from Querétaro which is where a temple got announced yesterday!  So he's excited.

Zone Conference 

We had zone Conference on Friday and I absolutely loved it!!  Elder Sullivan translated a lot of it which was nice so I knew what was going on.  It got me pumped up to keep on serving and to just lose myself in the work!  I'm so grateful to be here.  I absolutely love President and Hermana Martinez, they're the best!  Also all the missionaries ask about my hair haha, but they all really like it from what I understand so that's good! We had some absolutely delicious food at Zone Conference... no clue what it was but I ate all of it

Kevin's Baptism

Right after Zone Conference we rushed over to our Baptism!  There were some problems getting started that will make me never forget my first Baptism as a missionary but it all turned out fine and it was great to meet more members of the ward!

GENERAL CONFERENCE!!!

OH MY General Conference was so incredible.  Being on a mission and watching Conference just brings the spirit so strong.  I absolutely love to hear the apostles and prophet speak because you can feel their absolutely genuine and great love for the Savior.  I loved all the testimonies about Christ because I feel so much closer to Him as I serve Him.  This is truly His work.  I feel his love for all the people of Oaxaca, it's easy to get caught up with the little things but once I teach someone who just lost a son that she will see him again, or when I testify that there are indeed prophets and apostles on the Earth, all of my doubts and fears go away and I feel so close to the Savior.  It's truly an incredible experience you can't really describe with words.

Miracles

In Elder Rasband's talk he spoke about miracles, specifically with the young adult broadcast.  That was a super amazing talk for me personally because that Broadcast helped me immensely!  I don't know exactly why but I felt the spirit so much during that broadcast and I needed to hear what was said.  Right after is when I decided to start my mission papers.  It was a really special and tender moment for me because it was like the miracle of the broadcast working was for me specifically.  

I love this gospel so much.  I love all the hope and peace it brings to people's lives.  I know that it's true and this is where I'm supposed to be. I love you all!

Elder Lacey