Elder Payton MacLay: PRIMERO BATISMO

my doods

It's Elder MacLay here! I had another good week in Brazil!

This week was pretty tough not gonna lie! Adjusting to mission life is not super easy especially while learning a language. But there were some really awesome moments this week!

First off I had my first baptism! It felt SO awesome. I baptized a 12 year old girl named Ileeny. She is super fofo and a super good example for her family.

This week I was telling some members about my beloved home Arizona. I was telling them how winter is colder in Arizona than Pedregal. The word "inverno" is winter but I accidentally said "inferno" which means hell. Needless to say, they were confused for a little bit.

I went on splits with a Brasilian elder this week, meaning I was his companion for a day. It was pretty fun and helped me learn a lot. He did not speak any english so it was interesting. After we were done, he told my companion that I try to talk with everyone in the whole world but never understand what they are saying back to me. He is SO right, but joke's on him because I understood what he was saying that time.

The other day I was reading 3 Nephi 17:13-22. The scriptures usually show Jesus as a "man of sorrow", which is sad but true. But these verses show how happy and pleased Jesus is when we are living righteously. There are so many sad accounts of Jesus's suffering (usually his suffering is because of the choices of other people) but these verses talk about him being so joyful with the righteous Nephites that he wept multiple times in front of the multitude of people. Imagine how powerful it would be to see the Savior crying tears of happiness and saying "my joy is full"! It shows that he loves us SO much. He loves to see us follow the straight and narrow path.

Love you people! See ya next week!

Also let me know if you want my address to send me letters and stufffff

<3Elder MacLay

Heres some pics. Not gonna lie, I have some really icy pics this week