Hey guys, Thank
you so much for the emails that you have sent me. It was a joy reading
them! It is so nice to hear about the things happening at home. I want to make another big SHOUT OUT to my little siblings, Jake and Maddie McGrath, for getting into Dhahran High School.
This past week has been the craziest and hardest
week of my life! The majority of our lessons kept falling through and
it's hard but that's life. We just have to keep on pushing on. :) Elder Kelley and I have been contacting all of
our referrals (Yep, we contacted all 63 referrals, including
unbaptized/part member list this past week). My feet feels like it's
going to fall off any second but it feels good because I know that I
worked hard this past week. :D
A lot of people have been super weird this past week
too! Elder Kelley and I contacted this one woman who is a less active
but has an unbaptized kid named Malachi. She opened the door and yelled
at us right away, "We are not interested and don't EVER come back
again!".
We also met this one guy who has two kids: one who
is 11 and not baptized and another one who is 5 years old. He also has
an unbaptized wife. He wanted us to come back and teach his family. We
set up an appointment and it fell through. Two nights ago, we stopped by
there about seven o'clock. The kid answered the door and I asked to see
his father. He went and got his dad. He came out and was flat out
stoned like super faded. When we asked him a question, it took him so
long to answer. And the biggest thing that made me so angry about that
contact was that he got stoned at 7pm and he has two kids!!! Kids
shouldn't have parents who gets faded at 7pm.. Elder Kelley and I are
going to go back and try our hardest to get in there and bring Jesus
Christ in there. They need Him! haha.
But good things happened this past week too! Elder
Kelley and I had some sick door contacts and there is this less active
lady with an unbaptized daughter. She opened the door and we started off
by introducing ourselves and all of the sudden, she started opening up
to us. She told us why she went less active and wants to come back. She
told us of all of the hard times in her life. It was crazy awesome!
Elder Kelley and I were able to testify of Jesus Christ and how He helps
us all in our difficult times and she also said that she wants us to
come back. It was awesome, I felt the Spirit!
So there is this guy named Nate Loftus and he is a
stud. He fell away from the church when he was 16 years old and Elder
Kelly + his comp baptized his 13 years old son and reactivated the less
active parents. Elder Kelley and I have been dropping by to make sure
they are still on the right path. Last Saturday, Nate texted us and
wanted a blessing of comfort so we went over. It turns out that he was
going to give a talk on tithing in sacrament meeting, which he did
AWESOME! He was also called to go down to SLC and help a set of sisters
teach the discussions. He is to translate the whole thing in Persian
Farsi. He served a couple tours in Afghanistan and he knows Arabic
really well. He is a stud. Anyways, we were able to give him a blessing
of comfort and he asked me to do it. I felt the Spirit so strong when I
was doing. I couldn't remember anything I was saying! The words kept
flowing out of my mouth and everything was perfect! His sister-in-law
also wanted me to give her a blessing of comfort too because she is
going through some hard times. Same thing happened. The words just
flowed out of my mouth and it was amazing.
I know that Jesus Christ lives and He is always
there for us. I know that this past week has been a trial of our faith
because we couldn't teach as much as we usually do and we got rejected
so much. haha! But I do KNOW that if I keep having faith that success
will come this week, the Lord will help. Faith leads to action and I'm
going to work twice as harder and hopefully, my feet doesn't fall apart.
haha.
Have a great week and stay strong! I love you guys
and have a great week! (Sorry, this email was so short. Not much
happened this past week. :(.) Love, Elder McGrath
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