So, pretty crazy news. Saturday morning, President Robertson called Elder McCollum and I and said, "Hey, you two are going to Libertad, and I want you to be at church tomorrow, so you're leaving tonight." Background info: Libertad is an area that last transfer closed down, so it's been with out missionaries for a few weeks. It's in the same zone, so it's not that we had to go too far. But President sent us over here to open the area back up. So now I'm in Libertad. Which is crazy. This situation is very interesting and very exciting. We have no idea where we are or basically who any one is here, so we feel kind of like newborn babes having just left the womb to find that they're in a very strange place with lots of new sights and feelings. Man, that was a good analogy. Any ways, yeah. Yesterday we went to church, and it was Fast and Testimony Meeting, so we got to hear lots of the members bear their testimonies of this wonderful Gospel, and talk about how excited they were to have missionaries back in the area. There are some awesome young men who are excited to come out and work with us as well. The ward seems great. I honestly still am a little speechless. Every thing happened so quickly, but the feeling is really that of excitement. It will be incredibly interesting to start here from scratch with out a companion to guide you, but also incredibly exciting to just enter in to a new city blind and ready to get things started. I don't have a whole lot of information on any thing being here for two days, but I am crazy crazy excited to get to work 'round here and see where the Lord takes us. This is how we learn and grow! If we just live our lives comfortable and with out any kind of change or trial, what will we have learned? The Lord knows that we learn as we are tested and have to act, and so He gives us situations in which we may do so. And what's cool is that even if we're thrown in to a situation that seems impossible, or feel like there's nothing we can do to get out of it or overcome it, we can all rest easy knowing that our Father in Heaven will never just drop us off doing some thing difficult and make us fend for our selves. He'll drop us off, but He`'ll be right there with us to help when we need it. That's the most important part! He won't help us if we don't ask for it though. Action is always necessary. "Ask, and it shall be given unto you." You have to ask! And I know He'll be there to answer with open arms.
My time is running short but man I am excited to head in to this week and let you all know where it takes us on Monday. This week is going to be crazy but I am way more excited than ever to destroy it. I know Christ loves us, I know our Father in Heaven loves us, and I know this church is His!
ABRAZOS
Elder McDonald
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