Dear Family and Friends,
Up
to this point in my mission I have come to love and be comfortable with
the great level of dedication and consecration that missionaries have
for the most part. Despite popular opinion, missionaries are not
prefect, but in terms of obedience I have been blessed to serve with
some really great and wonderful missionaries. A lot of that has to do
with the leadership of President Miller, and it has been such a great
privilege to get to know him these past 20 months. Sadly this is the
last week President Miller will be here, and some of you might be seeing
him more frequently than I will in cache valley. I'm so grateful for
the dedication and service of He and his wonderful wife Sister Miller
who have really made this mission blossom and excel. They are spiritual
Giants and I have grown to love them so much! They will be greatly
missed.
Looking to the next week, we are going to have a lot to do! We have had two great miracles so far this week. On Sunday we met a young man in the River's Edge YSA who is scheduled to be baptized July 9th.
There is a family in the stake that has been working with him for a few
months now and he finally transitioned into the YSA where he can be
fully fellowshipped and nurtured from here on out. That is something we
are looking forward to. The other is a YSA aged young man that just
moved from Michigan. His mother is a member and he is very interested in
learning. He had a group of friends that he played in a band with back
in Michigan who got into drugs and he didn't want to be in that
environment so he came out here to live with his mom. The Lord is surely
preparing people!
We
also look forward to the welcome of our new Mission President Tim
Guffey who will be here before I e-mail you again. It's sinking in about
now... This feeling of change is one of my favorite things in the
world. Just like when people ask me what is my favorite time of year it
is the next one. From Summer to Fall, Fall to Winter, Winter to Spring,
and Spring back to Summer it is the change on the air and all
around that invigorates me and motivates me to continue to change who I
am to be a little bit better every day. I can always pull from past
experiences and learn from them but the true test is applying and
changing because of them, that is my goal. I love you all and hope that
you are enjoying the warmth.
Have a great week!
Elder McGarry
Elder Gardner and I holding on for life... not really. But I still can't wait to climb things again!
The view from the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge between Taos and Tres Piedres New Mexico.
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