January 5, 2015
Dear Family--
Life here in Guam is still going well, we just had our mission leadership
council (my last) and it was so good to be able to see everyone from the
different islands and to hear from President Zarbock. Right now Elder Matalolo
and I are tryng to get things organized and ready for the new year while still
trying to get out and teach. Yeah Dylan we are able to do indexing but with our
schedule it's hard to set it up to where we can go. But I'm glad to hear that
everyone is doing well and that everyone is having a good start to 2015.
To sum up the last year, I'm going to include an excerpt from an email
from President Zarbock that tells us all how the MGM did for the 2014 year:
Dear Beloved Missionaries,
We have totaled up the numbers for the year, and we have some wonderful
news regarding baptisms and reactivations for the year of 2014. We truly are
witnessing miracles in this mission.
For baptisms, we had 783 baptisms in the mission. Equally as important
as the baptisms, we were also able to witness 435 people return to church
activity, through your reactivation efforts, for a total of 1218 people who
have either joined the Church or returned to full fellowship with the saints.
It's so exciting to see this growth here but as President Zarbock AND
President Hinckley have put it: IT IS NOT ENOUGH. I don't know where the MGM
will be 1 month from now or 3 months from now or 1 year or 5...but I do know
now that this work is the greatest thing that I have ever been a part of and
I'm so happy that I was sent here. The last two years of my life have truly
been a blessing as I've learned and experienced much.
The people are doing great we actually had a less active family come
back to church yesterday, the Gildifan family. We haven't been able to meet
with them for about 2 months now as they have just been super busy with holiday
festivities and family business but seeing them yesterday just made me so
happy. Honestly I have crossed paths with the most amazing people the last few
months and two years and it makes me sad to leave but I hope to still be able
to help them from the other side.
Other than that, just trying to finish strong.
I love you all!! I hope this year of 2015 is the best for everyone and I'll see you all soon!!
With love,
Elder McEwan
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