Still a goofy kid

Lillia, Elder Volquez and Elder McMillan

The street where Elder McMillan lives in Chao Peru

January 25, 2016 - 5 months in Peru today!

Well hey y'all up there in Utah. I am just here in Peru getting more red each day. I am basically a tomato now so that is great! I love you all and hope all is going well.

We had a zone fast 2 weeks ago for families. We fasted for the Castillo family. They haven't attended as a family, but for now 2 times, Cesar the dad has gone with his wife. We are so excited for them and we will help them be a saved family.

Chao is really close to getting an actual chapel but what we need to do now is get 100 or more members every week so we can get a chapel. We can do it! We need to meet with the members as well so we can get that chapel full. 

We had room checks this week. Hermano Rios came and wasn't very impressed with us hahahha! I thought it was clean, but we need to do a lot. She wants us to paint our room a completely different color haha! we need to fix the drapes we have and buy a bigger trash can hahaha!! it will help our room be so much cleaner! and i hate the color we have now so we can make it more nice instead of light green.

Sebastion our recent convert now is a home teacher! He is so awesome! Our goal with him this week is to get him the Aaronic Priesthood.

I love you all so so so much.

Remember that God can turn our darkest moments into the brightest of days.

Love from Peru,

Elder McMillan

January 18, 2016

 

Well I cant believe that 3 weeks have now passed of this change. This is going by so fast! I can't believe I hit 5 months soon wow! This week was great and full of the spirit. 

We taught Liz who is a less active who is almost a saved soul. she was so awesome. She cried and bore her testimony about prayer. She is so strong. Her daughter is Kiara our other saved soul. Her husband is Cesar and he went to church this week. During the hymn oh esta todo bien he cried. He says he is going every week now. It was such a successful week with this family. I am so happy and I have just realized how much I love this family. 

I forgot to mention but I am now the English teacher of my zone. so every Tuesday I teach the Latinos of our zone English. It is fun but nerve wrecking hahha!! It is a fun and cool thing to do.

It is burning hot here in Peru. Everyone says you're getting so skinny Elder McMillan hahaha!

I love Chao so much! These people are so awesome and strong. I love you all and hope all is going well.

Remember God can turn our darkest moments into the brightest of days!

Love from Peru,

Elder McMillan

Sebastion's Baptism Day

      

Mission Christmas Dinner

                                                                             

Mission Christmas Program

January 4, 2016

Well everyone I hope all is well. I am praying for you all everyday and I hope all is good! So this week for me was absolutely amazing! I had the opportunity to witness the baptism of my first convert. His name is Sebastion and he is amazing! I had the opportunity to witness how much God had prepared him before we even met him. I was so happy and just love him so much! I know we will stay in touch forever. It was amazing being able to see his face after he came out of the water. The peace I saw and the happiness - it doesn't get better than that. I testify that this is the work of the Lord. I testify that God lives and that with God all is possible. I love you all so much.

Now Sebastion is saying he wants to go on a mission as well which is awesome! I know he would be a great missionary because he has such a strong testimony about the Book of Mormon.

I hope you all remember that God is real. He literally is our father, and when we need, we can talk to him. We can communicate with him. All we have to do is kneel, and bow our heads we can listen to him.

Happy new year!

Love from Peru,

Elder McMillan

Christmas day - 2015

Elder McMillan singing "Abide with Me" in Spanish

Trujillo Temple

Elder Volquez, Elder McMillan, Elder Anderson

Christmas Day Skype!

Max is still Max! :)

 Elder McMillan singing "Abide with Me" in Spanish

December 28, 2015

So this week was absolutely amazing! I am learning to grow and improve and my training is now finished which means changes!

I am so happy that I get to stay in Chao for at least one more change. Elder Volquez and I are together and Elder Anderson is getting a new companion but were all still in Chao!

Christmas in the mission is absolutely amazing! We get to talk to everyone we know about our savior Jesus Christ. We get to talk and focus and only think about him which is just so amazing! The main point of Christmas is to remember our Savior Jesus Christ and his suffering atonement. I encourage you all to watch the new Mormon messages about our Savior. They're so good!

We sang a lot this week. We sang twice in a place called Viru, then we went to Trujillo for a Devotional with our mission. We got to go to a yummy restaurant and eat pollo a la brazo which is barbecue chicken. It is so good!

We didn't have a baptism this week but that's OK, we're planning it for this week! Sebastion is awesome and I love him so much.

I hope you all had an amazing awesome Christmas!!!!!

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Love from Peru,

Elder McMillan

December 21, 2015

 

Ok so basically before I start to day is my brothers birthday so everyone write him and tell him Happy  Birthday for me hahhaa!!!!! OK so now I can start !

So this week was basically crazy. People down here celebrate Christmas very strangely. 

First and for most I am now in a trio with Elder Volquez and Elder Anderson my District Leader. His companion got called to be an office Elder so now I am in a trio for like one week until changes. I love them both so much. I am going to miss them!

W didn't have much proselyting this week because we have been preparing for our Christmas concert in Viru. We still got to work but we definitely had a lot of singing practice hahaha!!!!!

There were other performances during the concert as well. Weird performances. Like a clown with Santa clause and these woman in 3 year old elf costumes dancing together. That  was crazy. I sang in a quartet with my companions and one other elder. We sang the little drummer boy in Spanish. There was a guy watching us the whole time yelling praise the lord. We were a little scared hahha!!!!

We have our baptism planned this week of Sebastion! He is amazing and has such a strong and powerful testimony about the Book of Mormon. He wants to serve a mission!!!!

I love you all and wish you a Merry Christmas!!!!

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Love from Peru,

Elder McMillan

December 14, 2015

Well hello there all of you in Utah! I hope all is well and you are all happy and healthy. This week I have felt so healthy and so good! It is great!

So I am in my 11th week of training. This week i have to take control of all the lesssons and discussions we have with people wish me luck hahaha!

We have an official date set for baptism! His name is Sebastion. He is so good. He is reading the Book of Mormon everyday and has a strong testimony about the book, about Joseph Smith and about everything. His baptism is set for The 26th of December. We as his missionaries need to help him be as prepared as he can be for this amazing oppurtunity. I am so happy and so excited for him. When I asked him to be baptized, I felt the spirit so strongly, I felt so much love for him and I almost started crying and losing it hahaha! I am so happy and proud and excited for him!

This week we have been practicing a lot because this weekend the 19th my district leader and I have the opportunity to sing in Trujillo and we have the opportunity to sing in a quaurtet for our Zone concert in Viru.  We also have a talent show for missionary night with our branch. So this week is full of all sorts of music which I LOVE HAHAHA!!!!

I love you all. Remember to read the Book of Mormon everyday. We have such a gift to read every day and ponder and pray about what we read. I love you all and I hope all is well!

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Love from Peru,

Elder McMillan