Grant, Mason

Hi friends! This week I went to "the land of the gringos" - Santa Bárbara and had a fun time climbing up and down hills. I didn't know that Santa Barbara was so hilly! It reminded me a lot of my first area (El Mochito). But yeah, this week we did divisions and I served in Santa Barbara for a day with Elder MacDonald. Meanwhile, in my area, Elder Lopez lead the area by himself for the first time and did an amazing job! While he was here he invited Diana to be baptized and she (more-or-less) accepted! Even better, she came to church on Sunday and enjoyed the meetings! The baptismal date my companion put is for the 8th of June, so please keep her in your prayers so she can feel the holy ghost and receive a testimony of the gospel. We also had a busy friday in the branch where members got their temple recommends, sent names to the temple, where we had mission coordination and seminary was held. During mission coordination Glenda and her daughter Esmeralda (who just got baptiz...

You just need faith, trust, and a little bit of pixie dust! Hi friends! This week I met Tinkerbell! She's now one week old!  But more on that later. First of all: Esmeralda and Diuman got baptized this week! They also got confirmed on Sunday and we had exceptional church and baptism attendance this week! It's so cool to see the process of conversion in someone, and the smile on their face when they get baptized! I will definitely miss this feeling after the mission. Before the mission I never really cared about the doctrine about baptism, but now I know that it is one of the most important doctrines to know! This week we met with a member who knows a lot about the scriptures and the church and it's teachings, yet I couldn't help but feel like he was paying too much attention to the little details that sure are interesting but not necessary to know. If you want to know what to study. Study the Atonement. In my opinion the Atonement of Jesus Christ is the most important c...

Hi friends! This week I finished 3 Nephi and 4 Nephi in my Book of Mormon scripture study, and now I am reading Mormon. I love reading the Book of Mormon and learning the gospel. Sometimes I just wish that everyone would always read the Book of Mormon. The world would be a much better place, and like what Jacob 7 teaches, we wouldn't be so easily fooled by the distractions of our day. The title of this email is one such scripture that I enjoyed reading. It's such a shame though that not even 10 verses pass after this one (4 Nephi 1:16) before all that peace and love had ended (and about 100 years too) and the story resumes with the story of the destruction of the Nephites. I'm always a little sad to reach the end of the Book of Mormon because it ends in a pretty sad way, but one detail that I noticed this week is that God kept working to convert the Nephites through Mormon until they started to swear by the heavens and the throne of God for vengeance. Once they started to s...

Hi friends! This week was the final week of the state fair here in San Marcos and things really got going on Saturday and Sunday. That sadly meant that it was very hard to find people to talk to because they were all partying. On the bright side though, I got some souvenirs to show to my friends and family when I get home. I don't remember too much about what happened this week, but there are a few highlights that I want to mention. I went on divisions with Elder Wright and had a fun time with him. I saw God's hand that day because we managed to catch all the right buses and have no traffic between Quimistan and San Marcos. The construction there is about 50% done and traffic has improved a lot.  We received a referral from a member that hasn't gone to church for 12 years saying that her son wants to be baptized. They both came to chuch for the first time yesterday! We're still diligently trying to help everyone come to church and receive the blessings of the gospel, an...