Elder Max Richards 2023-2025

Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 Que tal yall!  This week went well. There wasn't too much that happened. So I'll just include a few highlights  Had some amazing food Saw some amazing sunsets  Worked hard  This personal trainer in another elders ward is doing a 6 week training program for free with us. It's super hard but I know I will see the results at the end of this transfer.  Something that has been hard is that we feel like we are working super hard, but not seeing a ton of success. I am reminded of the scripture of the harvest. Sometimes we  reap, sometimes we sow. But it is all the lords work. Right now, it feels like we are sowing a lot and planting seeds. But I know that it is super important, and all apart of the lords harvest. I just have to trust in his timing, and his plans. He is all powerful and all loving. And his plans are always far greater than our dreams.  Love yall! Èlder Richards

Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 Que tal! How are yall doing?  This week was eventful. We got transfer news and I'm staying here with Elder Mecham in Soccoro! We were praying for that and it happened! We are so pumped. We are super tight and we are working super hard and are seeing the fruits of our labors. We have lots of people progressing and are loving bringing others unto christ. The sad part about transfers Is that our zone switched up big time. Lots of people got transferred and a lot of the dawgs are gone. Elder Duckwitz, Elder Heitz, Elder Hernandez, Elder Amaya, and Elder Meservy are all gone. I'm especially going to miss Elder Meservy. He's such a dawg and so fun to be around. He's all the way north so it's sad. Basketball in our zone is nowhere near as good now.  To brighten things up, even with that sad news , I know that this is the lords work and everything that happens with transfers is in the lords hands. Even though I miss the homies I know that they are supp...

Monday, Jan. 15, 2024 ¡Que tal! This week was good. We grinded and saw the results. But it all comes from the Lord. This is his work. He could do it by himself if he wanted to. But he allows us to be apart of it and be instruments in his hands, because of how much we learn, improve, grow, change, and become closer to the savior.  On Monday we were supposed to go to Cattlemens, a steakhouse out in the middle of nowhere that raises their own cattle, but it was closed for no reason. A huge bummer. We ended up going to Great American Steakhouse and it was really good. Brother shaw and brother maser took us which was very kind of them. The Soccoro ward is so awesome.  On Tuesday not much happened. Weekly planning and lots of finding.  On Wednesday we served at the food bank per usual, and worked hard and had some good lessons. One was with Cristinas son, who works most of the year in Alaska in the largest fishing company in the word. He's super cool.  Thursday was awesome...

Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 ¡Que tal yall!  This week went really well. We have seen a lot of blessings this week. Soccoro Texas west is waking up from the dust. ( also its super dusty here rn)   Elder Mecham and I have continued to work really hard and we are loving being companions together. We work super hard but we also have fun. We are hoping we run it up another transfer because we can see the fruits of our labors starting to flourish.  We had some super powerful lessons this week with people that we hadn't been able to meet with in a while. One of them at the start that he didn't have time and I got a prompting to just ask for 2 minutes and talk about God's power and covenants and eternal families. He ended up letting us in and we ended up being there for an hour and teaching the full restoration and plan of salvation. The spirit was so strong and it was flowing smoother than a hot knife through butter. He ended up texted us an hour later asking when we could come back be...

Monday, Jan. 1, 2024  Sorry yall I procrastinated this email and only have 3 minutes to write it. But happy new year!! This week was awesome. We worked really hard and saw the blessings of following our spiritual promtings.  We had zone conference on Thursday which was awesome. Got to see some of homies from the other zones. President Edwards is so powerful.  We went on an exchange with one of the aps elder Henderson. He is so awesome and a powerful teacher and missionary. I learned so much from him. So sorry again yall but i love you and Jesus loves you! Happy New Year!!! Elder Richards