"Hurricane evacuation and getting yelled at by Steve Young"

 This week was definitely one of the most fun of the whole mish 

We got a mad pump fake from hurricane Isaias. We heard word of a hurricane and got evacuated but it ended up raining for like 5 minutes then everything was fine. But just to be safe (we live on an island on the coast), President Ashcraft sent us to stay with the AP's further inland. We basically got a free 3 night slumber party with some of the coolest guys on the mish Elder Luke and Elder Soto. We had way too good of a time with those guys. 

My companion Elder Checkett's grandparents are mission presidents in England and had a virtual devotional with Steve Young on Saturday! We tuned in and it was really good. But it kind of cracked us up because it felt like Steve Young was giving us a halftime locker room pep talk. He was getting HEATED, but it's not every day you get to be yelled at by a 3 time super bowl champ.

Steve Young talked about loving people without expecting something in exchange and it was really good. Go read Moroni 7 sometime! 

I was able to talk to Lidiane (investigator from my first area in Brazil) and she is going to talk to the missionaries down there so she can get baptized! I miss her family a bunch.

Technically we have a guy named Steve on date for January 2029. He lives in our area and was a referral from some sisters in our zone. Unfortunately, he's got 8 or 9 years of prison ahead of him so I may or not be married and have kids by the time he's baptized. Haha

We've been playing a ton of basketball and I feel like I'm getting my skills back. We've found a couple of interested people while playing at some outdoor parks. 

This is probably the happiest I've been in my whole mission. Even though it feels like I'm doing a lot less overall, I'm finding peace in doing everything in my control.

"The truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished and the great Jehovah shall say the work is done."

<3 Elder MacLay