Good Glory

Time is flying. 

I don't really want to come home anymore. There is too much work to do here. 

This week was kind of a downer. But we are staying positive. 

We haven't been able to meet with Roberto. He says he has been working a ton. He told us he was coming to church, but he didn't come. I am sure he would have come if he could have. We are going to keep the faith, though, and hope he can meet with us this week.

Zulay is doing okay. She isn't willing to come to church, but she wants to listen. Maybe it just isn't her time yet. We are going to find where her desire is. 

Although it was a somewhat disappointing week, we saw some awesome miracles. Yesterday, one of the part member families came to church. I like that family. They are from Ecuador. There are two amazing kids, but Fabian is one of my good friends here. He is 14... but he is hilarious. I can't remember the girl's name, but she is a hoot. She is so funny. Their mom is not a member, but she came. And then after the meeting, she was collecting all the garbage left by our members who were just chit-chatting. It was pretty humbling. Pray for her and her husband. Their names are Fabian and Mery. They are cool. 

Alba is one of the cousins of a recent convert named Madelyn. She hasn't heard too much about the church, but she also came to church yesterday. She asked us to give her son a blessing before the school year, so apparently her cousin is doing amazing work there! 

On tuesday I got to go on exchange with a stalwart missionary from England! He was Elder Gossner's last companion so we talked a lot about what we learned from him. It is nice to be in leadership positions because one can learn a lot from others, but more importantly, you get the opportunity to make new friends as you serve them! I think I don't take advantage of that enough.

We had a lot of meetings this week. We got to work with President Stokes. He is the Stake President here, and he is my hero. He is so genuine and kind. He is so smart too. He is a spiritual giant. I met him in Freehold, but working closer to him now is awesome! We had a good council on Friday with President and again I realized how important it is to help the members here in Jersey. I can help other members continue on the path of conversion, and what will help them become more converted is sharing the gospel. 

This week is going to be fun. Zone meeting and an exchange with some other great Elders.

So pray for your elder and his companion. pray that we will find those that we are suppose to bless and save.

Waz Good

Jersey Strong

Life is good in the gospel

God will provide

Love you

Elder McFarland

p.s. I randomly saw Leo Andino and Roselyn in East Brunswick! Love and miss them so much