Week 67 – Well well and well

Okay, it seems that right now there are so many things that have come into my mind of how the work right now seems be more of an inwardly blessing time, rather than the outward. I would have to say right now I have been extremely focused on how I can simply become a more effective minister and disciple of Christ. It seems that although we may not have the amount of investigators we would desire, I have been able to learn to minister to others and simply invite them to come unto Christ, regardless of whether or not we are getting back to be teaching them more. Now I say this was an inward blessing because I feel this was something I needed to desperately learn to know how I could better meet the needs of each person as a son or daughter of God. Lately I have been trying to really more fully internalize my purpose as a missionary and what that really means for me in the future. So while I feel that I am become a better missionary, more capable to teach and to help others come into this gospel, I don't have too many people to teach. Truthfully, this has been quite the question in my mind of why that is! Then a scripture came to my mind.. D&C 100:4 "Therefore, I, the Lord, have suffered you to come unto this place; for thus it was expedient in me for the salvation of souls." That stuck with me and made me realize that what I am doing is still the Work of Salvation, I am still helping others to come closer to Christ, this is what needs to be done. 

The weather is still super cold up here, back down to around 0 to about -10 some days.. super cold. I guess some days are getting into the teens too, but it makes things hard because quite simply people don't want to talk when things are that cold! We deal with it though! We are still out there trying to find the very elect.. We have just focused a lot of our work to go along with what our Ward has put out along with our Stake, all which goes with what the Brethren have put out under the Work of Salvation. The whole idea is we won't have to be out there tracting and such.. we will see how things follow. This is the Lord's work, He is Hastening it in his own time. I just hope that will be ready. But also, I hope each of you are ready to participate in this great hastening. Whether it be redeeming the dead, strengthening active members, reactivation, spreading the gospel, there is so much that we can be a part of and be doing! You ought to be doing it! 

Not much else is new. I love you all! I hope you are all doing all you can to have the spirit with ya at all times, there is no substitute. I think of the gifts we have been given.. The Gift of the Holy Ghost, The Gift of the Atonement, really the Gift of the Restored Gospel. How are we using these gifts?

I'll talk to you all soon. 

Love, Elder McFall

Week 66 – Happy Tuesday!

Our p-day got changed this week due to us going to the temple.. that really is the most incredible place. I seem to always find an answer to prayers while there, and it just gives you that boost of whatever it is that you exactly need in that moment. There is simply no substitute for the blessings of the temple. I wish more and more people realized that and began to see what we have to offer in this church is more than another set of Christian beliefs, a different location for Sunday worship, or whatever else it is in their eyes that we offer. Our church offers blessings for both now and eternity, literally in no other church can you obtain all that we have. Basically, the church is true, and it is the only true and living church on the whole face of the earth.. I would say that is a pretty good truth to have. 

Lately it seems like I have become pretty bold with people, probably because what we do every day is finding, we are really workin' hard to find those the Lord has prepared at this time for the gospel. I say I have gotten more bold because I have come to this point where I just don't want to waste time with people who just want to waste my time.. I will tell them what I believe in a very matter of fact way(don't worry, I am being nice to people still and still being as Christ was-okay I am trying!) and I let them choose for themselves. I guess I just don't want to have to look at someone someday again and apologize because I didn't give them their fair opportunity for this gospel. I just know it is true, I know it blesses lives, and I can say that because of evidence in my own life. Nothing to be apologetic for at all, I guess that is a comforting thing to know!

One really neat experience this week was while we were on exchanges over with the Assistants. We were doing some street contacting and came in contact with this brother named Ivan.. what a guy! He was super nice and everything to begin with, starts talking about how he knows about our church and has attended before.. that is a good start! But then it gets better.. we keep talking and this guy was actually baptized way back when in Calgary, but then moved back to Mexico, and lost contact with the Church. Since he moved back to Edmonton, he hasn't really known where any churches were, but totally up to finding and attending once more. Super good man. I just have come to realize that the Lord really will put those who are prepared into our paths.. it will always happen. This is His work, this is our Father in Heaven's whole Work and Glory, do you really think they would ever let us work alone? So grateful for the small and tender moments we have as missionaries. 

One funny thing, while in the middle of Elders quorum this week, the fire alarm got pulled by one of the brother's kids right there in class, it was a good time! So the other ward was in the middle of sacrament, we were almost done with church, but had to clear out the whole building into the freezing cold and wait for the fire department.. we decided it was just creative finding! Anyways, that was a for sure first!

Hope you are all enjoying life! Have a great week! Talk to you soon.

Love, Elder McFall

Week 65 - Happy Valentines!

For my Valentine’s day this year we are going to go tracting probably, I look forward to it! Hopefully things will dip out of the minus a billion so it isn't so darn cold all the time. Pretty sure I was close to frostbite the other day, it was starting to develop real quick. I will just put on another layer or something next time! But with all that said, I hope you all go do something really exciting and treat your significant other to a great night out on the town! 


Alright this week we had one of the most incredible experiences I have had for quite some time. So this fellow from England is here trying to get things all figured out to possibly move over here in the summer. He met this brother from our ward at a denture-ist convention (Sounds terribly boring), last year or something. This man named Edward is here though trying to find a place, work etc. and in doing all of that has been staying at a ward member’s house. So we went over there this last week for supper and we shared the message of the restoration. He has met with missionaries in the past, well met missionaries at the England Temple when he was just there and has a copy of the Book of Mormon, but really isn't sure what it's role is in any of this. We taught what I thought to be one of the most powerful lessons of my mission. From the beginning to the end he was making mention of the spirit, and how he was feeling. He was asking the 'golden questions' such as, "Well, I feel that the bible has been changed and we have lost things. I just wish we had more scriptures." Come on!!!! So that was real nice. I know I am not doing all of this justice, but at the end we gave him a soft invite for baptism, whether it be here or in England, he readily accepted. He is a choice man, really loved getting to know him. I hope that our paths may cross again. 
We also had our Stake Conference this last week; it was all focused on the Work of Salvation. Really we have such inspired leaders here in our Stake, but also Pres. & Sister Manion. It was a great meeting for both the adult evening session and then Sunday sessions. We are working on getting the entire stake on board to get things in order and really help all the members realize their role in this great and marvelous work. One of the quotes that had been used a couple times is that from this last conference, really from the Hastening Broadcast last June.. that this time in the church is up there with that of the first vision, the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, are we ready? When you look at things in that light, you begin to see that the Lord truly is hastening His work. There are miracles occurring each and every day, do we recognize them? We must simply feel the Eternal Welfare for the souls of those that are around us and we can then bring others into the fold.


I thought I would end on something that just made me real happy just barely..There is this homeless fella over here on the computers and this nice man just gave him some money and got him to go get some lunch.. GO SERVE SOMEONE! 

I love you all! I will talk to you soon!


Elder McFall

Week 64 – Hola mi amigos!

So last week’s email was full of this really huge miracles, seems to me I was floating on missionary cloud 9... well this week that cloud disappeared! Too many things that are frustrating happened. Well okay, that probably isn't the best way to put things, but let us just say that I am currently trying to figure out why some things happen the way they do while you serve a mission. I hate to say this is bad news, because it really isn't, just not as promising news as we had hoped.. Okay now I have you all assuming the worst... Laura, the same Laura who we could have probably written an Ensign article about, is no longer meeting with us. Basically, life has happened, and we need to go ahead and take about a month and a half break, let things cool down and get all sorted out. That is how life really goes though. It isn't that she isn't ready to learn or accept the teachings of Jesus Christ, in fact she has already come so far in developing her own testimony. We will revisit the situation in a bit and see how things play out. I am not too worried though, she is still in the hands of our Father in Heaven, He knows what she needs so perfectly. We will see what develops from this. With that all said and done though, I would still say we have been able to come so far so quickly. She now knows that the Book of Mormon is the Word of God, that God speaks to us personally and we can receive comfort. That alone is a great success that will be built upon in the future. I have been a part of this nurturing for a short time; now let things develop in the Lord's Vineyard. 

On the flip side, we were able to find a new investigator this week. His name is AJ.. he is a super nice man from Fiji.. super spiritual, super religious really wants to learn about everything. He is really curious specifically about Joseph Smith, so we began teaching him the restoration and really set forth our expectations and how things would develop, he is moving along. he has been taught in the past, but nothing really developed. I am not saying that he is going to find the font in the next month or so, but that isn't to say he won't be touched by the spirit and have a mighty change of heart! We will see what happens there also! 

All in all, our days are spent largely walking around and finding new people. This last week while in a large council with the other leaders here in the mission we were talking about a few new things, on really focusing in on simply talking to more people, and really inviting ALL to come unto Christ, just as the Savior mandated himself. One verse through my studies and everything recently comes from the book of Mosiah, 28th chapter 3 verse.. 

“Now they were desirous that salvation should be declared to every creature, for they 

could not ^abear that any human ^bsoul should ^cperish; yea, even the very thoughts that any soul should endure ^dendless torment did cause them to quake and ^etremble.”

Sorry for the terrible formatting, just a nice copy and paste  job there. But the thought came to me, have I quaked and trembled for those that I am assigned to serve and share the gospel with? or do I take this all to lightly? Do I really understand what I am offering these people. We are considering salvation.This is something of eternal magnitude. It just hit me so hard that whatever I am doing now, is not enough. I only have 9 months left (sorry if that seems terribly long to you) to help others feel and understand who to turn to. I gotta do more, it is simple. I have to sacrifice more. My conversion needs to be deepened to my Savior and His gospel.

Well, I hope you all have a great week! Things are looking chilly this week, we will see what happens! Love you all! 

Love, Elder McFall