May 27, 2019


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Hola Mis Amigos!

Well its been another hot, tiring, AMAZING, week here in the Land of the Nephites. This week we had changes! So my other companion Elder Macedo got changed. So my new companion is Elder Lopez, he is from Bolivia, he is 25 and a convert of almost 3 years!!!!! Crazy right! He has such a testimony of the gospel! I love it!! 

One thing first, because I have a new companion everyone asks what his name is, and its Lopez so its really easy for the Mexicans. Then they look at my name and laugh hahah cause Cheney is hard for them to pronounce. So right now I have 4 names, its Cheney (English), Ch nee (Spanish), Chinito (Chinese), Chinec (Sotzil which means bean, a naticve language here is Chiapas). So a lot of people like my different names.

Antonia has agreed to continue visiting with us but hasn't agreed to come to church......really sad and I am praying super hard for her. 

Victor! Victor is doing great! He is progressing, he loves getting all the lessons taught to him. He is excited every time that we give him a new pamphlet! So now we are focusing on the date of his wedding and he wants the date of his wedding to be his baptism too! Also they asked us to be their witnesses at their wedding! Which is totally awesome!

We contacted a lot this week, so we have a lot of good potential people coming this week!

This week was a week where I needed to show what I was made of, because my companion was new to the area so I needed to lead even though he is actually a zone leader. But I had to introduce him to the investigators and the nembers. OH ALSO I HAD TO SPEAK IN CHURCH IN SPANISH!! God definitely led the way, because afterwards no one said they didnt understand so gracias DIOS!

Ok so this week I have been thinking about how much we need to be thankful for God and Jesus Christ. They are our lifesavers. I have made it a goal everyday to pray and thank heavenly father for my blessings even the good days. Especially the good days. I have realized I pray more when I ned help. But I realize I need to pray on the good days and thank heavenly father for his presence in my life. I invite you all to read Mosiah 24 in the Book of Mormon, my dad invited me to read and Iove this chapter because it is about how we always need to keep a prayer in our hearts and God will bless us because of it. 

Im sorry to anyone I didnt write this week. We had a zone activity where we went to the Cross of Jesus Christ which is a huge thing on a mountain, which is actually bigger than the Statue of Christ in Rio.

Love you all and have a great week!
Elder Cheney

Ok so a meal of shrimp and really fancy plating by a hermana here, Victor and Karen , The Cross and some missionaries in my zone, and a picture of all the different skin colors of the missionaries haha.



 

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