July 22, 2019 (Week 94)

Really nailed it this week!

Haha, just thought of that because a while ago another companion of mine stepped on a nail but didn´t realize it till we got back to the apartment.  Somehow the nail went between his toes and didn´t do anything.  A tender mercy of the Lord, I guess!

Well anyways this week was definitely a powerhouse.  Able to get lots of stuff done off of our to do list from our weekly planning, and in return the Lord gave us even more people to replace the old ones!  The highlight was definitely this Sunday.  We had our investigating family and three less actives we´ve been visiting show up, and to top it all off at the end someone showed up out of nowhere and wanted to be taught by us!  All by 11:30 in the morning!

Anyways, this new person is called Sergio and I think we had one of the most spiritual lessons so far in my mission with him.  He probably listened with the most true intention I´ve ever seen, and is very prepared by the Lord.  We´re hoping and praying that he can continue to use the gospel to light his life!  Anyways, we´re just going on in the heat down here, great to hear from all of you, take care!

-Elder Varney

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July 15, 2019 (Week 93)

Howdy there!
Well this week was a god one, we were able to experience a little bit of all the aspects of missionary work this week!  The sun is killer right now in San Luis; they say its supposed to be raining, but it seems every time someone says that it just gets hotter!  Oh well, just slowly cultivating the skin cancer...

Anyways this Sunday was a powerhouse, we had the young family that we are teaching show up, they have such great faith, they don't have much but are still so willing to sacrifice every time we meet up with them and especially willing/devoted to come to church!  They truly have their priorities straight!

We also had a very spiritual lesson with someone we found named Martín.  He had heard from the missionaries a little bit before but on this occasion we saw a great need for him to hear the plan of salvation, since he has felt quite lonely these past few years.  And it was amazing to see his face light up so much as we explained and as he read all of the truths of the plan, our eternal destiny, and that he is truly not alone!  Quite a good experience for elder Clawson and me, and well anyways we´re still chuggin´ along down here in good´ ol Mexico!

Love you all, talk to you soon!

-Elder Varney

July 8, 2019 (Week 92)

Quite a bombshell week!

One big highlight we had was when we got to meet Presidente and Hermana Redd on Thursday, what an exciting meetup!  Presidente and Hermana Redd are from California and presidente already spoke Spanish from his mission in Peru, so that's pretty cool.  Anyways it was very great to see and hear all the insights that they brought from their weeklong training in the MTC with all the apostles and the prophet!  It must be pretty sweet to be in a sacrament meeting with all the presiding authority on the earth!

Well, one of the things that president Redd promised specifically to me and my companion were that if we found out and followed the will of the Lord we could have one of the most spiritual experiences ever on our missions right there in that same day.  And it happened!  We found hermana Lula, someone who has really been prepared through rough experiences with her family to hear the word of God.  Every lesson we've had with her is so spiritually invigorating; she told us that for years she had prayed and simply asked heavenly father to send messengers with the truth to her, and now her prayers are answered!

Well anyways, lots of amazing things happening down here in the middle of San Luis, Just feel so lucky to be in the middle of it all!

Anyways, love you all, talk to you soon!

-Elder Varney

July 1, 2019 (Week 91)

Well, it sure has been a week of tender mercies!

The first was that me and my companion were finally able to fix an annoying leak that has been in our apartment since the second day we got there, oh the joys of opening an area!  But we were finally able to macgyver fix it, so no more wet floors in the bathroom, yay!

Also this week elder Clawson was able to extend his first baptismal invitation to Rodrigo, and he immediately said yes!  It was a strong spiritual experience, and we've had lots more examples of revelation directing us where to go every day.  For example, two times in a row we felt impressed to go to a different street that we had planned and visit someone other than who we had thought of.  Well, as it turns out both times the appointments fell through, but also both times on the way we were able to find great people totally prepared to listen to the message!

Anyways, life's going well out here with elder Clawson, can't complain!  Anyways, love you all, have a great fourth of July week!  Talk to y'all soon!

-Elder Varney