Letters From Hermana McKenna : We Are All God's Children

December 1, 2014

Dear Familia,

Well this week was about as crazy as they get! Hna. Prates and I had some AMAZING highs, and some devastating lows...welcome to the mission!!!! Javiera, one of our amazing investigators is really struggling with the Ley de Castidad (Law of Chastity) y the Word of Wisdom, also she's going to move back with her parents once the semester ends (Dec. 17) and with how things are looking I don´t think I´ll be able to see her baptism. I'm sure she will be baptized someday, but it will most likely be with a different set of missionaries, but boy oh boy, do I love that girl!

Hna. Prates and I haven't been able to find 3 investigators this week, it's like they've fallen off the face of the earth! However, it has given us the chance to work more with the less active members of the rama. With Patricio (the sweet old man with the 2 neighbor boys) we bought him a magnifying glass so that he could read the BOM and he's been reading it and praying!!! He told us that he believes Joseph Smith was a prophet of God and he has a baptism date for 21 of Dec, but he has yet to attend church! POR QUÉ PATRICIO! Every week he tells us he will attend and every week he's a no show...curse agency.

However, Andreas is attending church!!! Hip Hip Hooray for people who choose to use their agency for the good! Andreas is a 20 year old young man with a super Catholic background. He's a great investigator and is really progressing and has a real desire to know if this church is true. However, we have yet to place a baptismal date because he told us that he feels pressured to be baptized. Baby steps, no más, please pray for Andreas!

This week was really rough for Hna. Prates. Every morning it's a real struggle to get her to exercise and study in the morning, but we're making progress. She talks a lot about going home and that she has a lot of health problems. Every day she is sick with something...I'm really praying to have the Spirit with me so I know when I need to help her suck it up and get to work, and when she really is sick. Once we are out in the street teaching and visiting she is always happy and healthy. My goal is that every evening she goes to bed happy to be a missionary, and, with time, every morning she wakes up ready and willing to be a servant of the Lord. Right now we're doing pretty well with the 1st part of the goal, now we just need to have those happy missionary feelings of the night roll over to the morning. Thursday night we read a little bit of Hna. Prates' Patriarchal Blessing, and it was amazing to hear all the wonderful things God has in store for her. It talks a lot about her mission and all that she can accomplish as a missionary. It also really helped me remember to see what Hna. Prates can become and how important it is that she stays in the mission. This week I've been able to see Hna. Prates more how God sees her and it has really helped strengthen our relationship. Hna. Prates has an interview with the President today and we will see what happens this week. Please, please, pray for us.

I love you all and I'm so thankful to have your love and support!

XOXO-Hna. McKenna

Fun Facts:

We ran out of toilet paper and had to start rationing our napkins Sunday night...

I killed my first flea!!! (I have 34 flea bites)

I'm learning how to make delicious empanadas!!!