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So
the CCM (mtc) is practically the greatest place ever to be. You can
feel the spirit so strong always because everyone is trying so hard just
to serve the Lord. The pictures I sent in my last email are of me and
the mission president and my district in front of the temple. My
companion's name is Elder Cook, he is from Las Vegas, although he grew
up in Hawaii. He is crazy good at the piano... like CRAZY good. The food
here is pretty alright, not much to say. It is usually a plate full
rice and beans and a slab of meat (I don't ask what it is).
So in my district I am the best at speaking spanish,
which isn't saying much I know, but remind me to thank señora Swartz. I
am just going to come out and say it, sorry Dad I barely used the
Rossetta Stone at all, it is not the reason I know any spanish. It is
actually kind of funny because I sometimes mis spell and have crappy
grammar in english, because I am trying so hard to think in spanish.
ENTONCES,
Craziest story: on the
flight from LAX to Miami I sat next to this armenian guy. I heard him
tell someone he was going to Santiago, and I figured "hey I'm also going
to the DR, so I guess I'll talk to this guy". I asked him why he was
going to the DR and he said (DISCLAIMER: his english was not great and
he had a super thick accent) he said that he was going on a vacation for
8 days. He asked where I was going and how long I would be down there. I
told him that I would be going to Santo Domingo, the capital, and would
be down there for the next 2 years. He was all "why on earth would you
want to be down there for 2 years?" I told him I was going on a mission
for my church and I was going to be down there serving and teaching the
people. We had a long talk about why we serve others, and I even
answered some of his questions about God. He didn't feel like God loved
him, and I made it my goal for the flight to explain why God does. We
talked about his family and his room mates. I told him how the Lord has
shown His love for me. I even explained the plan of happiness to him. I
wanted him to know that God doesn't want us to be sad, and that He sent
His son to die for us. We talked about the whole plan but I focused on
the purpose of this life and the atonement. He didn't explain why God
would let satan tempt us and why we were allowed to make so many
mistakes. I explained how important agency is and why satan was cast out
of God's presence. When he got up to go to the bathroom I turned around
and all the other missionaries were looking at me like "is this guy
really ALREADY teaching somebody?" I didn't have a book of mormon to
share and neither did any of the other missionaries, I was kind of
bummed but I went back to my seat. When he returned I gave him a page of
my notebook with 'mormon.org'
written on it and "The Book of Mormon" written on it, as well as the
name of our church. I gave it to him and explained what each thing was
and what they meant. I explained what the Book of Mormon was and bore my
testimony of it's truthfulness and the truthfullness of this Church.
When I was done I asked him if he had any more questions and he told me
he needed to process it, but that "it fit, in here (motions toward his
head)". IT FIT!!! He was such a golden investigator and he even gave me
his adress and phone number in California, so I could send more
missionaries like me to come and explain it to him more, and anwer any
additional questions. He is going to get baptized some day for sure.
I am so grateful for the opportunity to be on the
Lord's errand, and to be able to teach his children. I know he loves all
of us because I feel that love every day of my life.
Push through, the Church is true.
Elder Mecham
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