Dear
Family and Friends,
It is a Beautiful
day in New Mexico! I wanted to share a brief glimpse of a Monday in the
life of Elder McGarry. After finishing planning with President Guffey for the
next four weeks to keep up to date on everything we return to our
apartment to set goals and then plan our day to be filled with
proselyting activities and meaningful ways to go spread the gospel (A good day always
starts with a good plan). By that time, it's later than I ever feel like it should be (Does
time just disappear?). Then I journal for the day, and we take full advantage
of the only allowed "nap time" in our
schedule. After an unknown amount of time we get up to pray and start
exercising at 6:30. I have recently taken to eating cereal in the
mornings which I have grown less and less fond of, but due to its convenience
and timely preparation, or lack thereof :),
it is a
regular occurrence. We study the scriptures, and this Monday was unique in that
we returned to the Mission home to do some training conference calls. Two of those
last two hours each, in which the trio of my companion, myself, and President
Guffey instructed some of the other leaders in the mission as to their specific
duties and counseled on meaningful ways to fulfill them. We learned a lot form
that. After that we discussed the upcoming transfer and planned a jump start
on preparation due to the massive influx of missionaries coming in, 25 with only 9
going home.
Sporadically
throughout the day we took calls from
missionaries asking about a special MLC on Friday,
and about other questions they need addressed pertaining to specific things
with the work. And I decided that
is getting a little boring. Anyway, it’s been fun.
My point in writing
some of this down is that my companion and I weer talking about how nothing
else really seems real. Missionary work is all we think, talk, dream, or even
breathe. At dinner last night there was a conversation some children were
having about super heroes and even that was just a step in to an alternate
reality. I feel yet, I know it is there and I understand it, it's just so far
removed from who I am and what I do. I can't help but think that with that
perspective I can see a little bit better how much our Father in Heaven pays
attention to us, and how much he cares. I can imagine that as was stated by
Jeffery R. Holland, "The first and great eternal truth is that God loves
us with all his might, mind, and strength." His focus is simple, "to
bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man." Nothing else matters
as much to him as the simple invitation to "Come Home", or in other
words, "Yea, come unto Christ and be perfected in him." This is not
to say that God doesn't care about the little things that we care about, but he
wants nothing more for us than to be passionate about our own personal
conversion, and the conversion of those that we have power given to us to
influence for good.
In our work right
now, we are seeking to find people to teach. Many of the people we were working
with have cut off contact or are too busy to meet as of late. Much of what we
are doing is working to build ward mission plans and coordinate with the
members, then working on finding efforts of our own.
Miracles are
happening throughout the mission! It's great to see!
I love you all!
Have a great week!
A friend from a previous area, ALAMO! :)
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