Grant, Mason

Hi friends! In two days I go home. It's been a wild ride getting here. I've learned so much these past two years, and I'm excited to keep growing and learning throughout my life. Yesterday I went to the mission offices to be with Elder Muñoz for a third and final time and went out to visit some old friends from my time in Las Brisas. It was pretty being able to see them again and to hear the stories of their conversion and the role we had in helping them come to the gospel. Albaluz (Elder Muñoz's convert) and Celenia (my convert) still go to church every week and support each other. Mario and Maria finally got baptized and were very happy to see us. When we passed by the mural we painted over a year ago to see it one more time we stopped at the chapel and found its doors open. When we entered we found the whole ward there participating in a baptismal service. They were so happy to see us and when the baptism ended we took a photo with the whole ward. (see pic) These peo...

Hi friends! Funnily enough, the people here believe San Marcos has a curse. The curse is that it rains everywhere but here. I kinda believe it though because every day this past week it said it was going to rain and it never did. It wasn't until about an hour ago when I finished getting my last haircut of the mission that it suddenly started raining. But it didn't just start raining, it started  pouring . We weren't expecting it. In the mission there are always fun surprises! This week we went out visiting a ton with the members and collaborated with them a lot! We've also done a lot of contacting to find people to put on date for baptism. It's hard but it's satisfying work. I enjoyed a lot this last week, and I'm excited for this final full week of missionary service! We have a bunch of activities planned and we're ending it off with the branch conference on Sunday which I'm very excited for! I'm now starting to plan all I'll have to do to b...

Hi friends! Yesterday we visited an active member family that lives very far from San Marcos. We ate lunch with them, gave the father a priesthood blessing and shared a small lesson on Charity. Afterwards the daughter told us that she was talking to her mother about visiting a friend and wanted to see if we would join her for a visit. We accompanied her and her son (who will soon start his mission in Bolivia) to this friend who had lost her son and her husband just two weeks prior. We found her asleep in a hammock, but when she woke up and saw her friend she let us inside. We got to meet Dorila and hear her story for a bit and share a message. We sang some hymns with her and she eagerly read the scriptures we shared. I felt prompted to give her one of our last copies of the Book of Mormon (we're running out here in San Marcos) and she gratefully received the book. This week I finished reading the Book of Mormon and I know that it testifies of Christ. I've learned more about my ...