Elder Max Richards 2023-2025

Monday, March 31, 2025 Que tal yall!  This week was pretty good.  -We had zone conference which is always gas. I got to go to both and give trainings about English Connect and language study.  -Had some cool experiences with some members and being able to help them and be instruments in the hands of the Lord.  -Had a good Saturday morning visit and got to see my son Elder Cadillo. He gave me a fire aguayo tie and so I've got a good one cooking up to give him.  -church was really  fire and it is such a blessing to be able to partake of the sacrament.  -got to see pensión family from vinto again which was a big tender mercy. They were passing by in their car as we were entering into Vinto's apartment. Those guys are so awesome  That's about it for the week! Have a great week and remember that Christ loves you and understands you perfectly! Elder Richards 

Monday, March 24, 2025  Que tal yall!  Heres a quick rundown of the friends we are teaching: Luis  He's a dawg. He's been coming to church for a while now and we were able to Extend a baptismal date for him to be Baptized on April 12th! His friend Franco who is a member is going to baptize him!  Sylvia Sylvia is an inactive member who hasn't come to church in 20 years. An absolute miracle that we were able to find her. She is now reading the Book of Mormon every day and marking what sticks out to her! Her husband and kids aren't members and we are going to be teaching them as well!  Erick He's a really educated guy who has strong faith. He's come to church 3 times now and he is reading the Book of Mormon and praying about it!  Nayeli She has come to church 10 times and knows it's true but her mom won't let her be baptized. please pray for her and that her moms heart can be softened.  Ok a little rundown from the week: -We had consejo de distrito i...

Monday, March 17, 2025 Que tal yall!  We had a great week here in Cochabamba!  We were able to get a lot of work done in the offices and had some pretty awesome miracles there! It's crazy awesome how the lord also helps us in the offices as well. For example, I've heard vocabulary this week that I've never heard before in Spanish. And the Lord has blessed me with the gift of tongues to be able to understand what is going on and what I need to do!  We had some pretty cool miracles in our area this week. We found an inactive member who hasn't gone to church in over 20 years. We had a lesson with her two days after and it was so powerful. She said she feels like God is calling her and that there are no coincidences and that we are here talking to her for a reason. It was super cool! We gave her a Book of Mormon because she hasn't had one in a long time. She was so excited and grateful to be gifted a copy. We have a lesson with her and her family tomorrow! Four of our f...

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 Que tal yall!  The three day lockdown was an adventure haha. It was good but I don't like being inside for that long. But we ordered some pizza from Pizza Planeta (literally a toy story restaurant) and had some good video call lessons.  We got told on Wednesday night who needed to pack their bags for transfers and my name got called. I felt the spirit very strong and knew that I was needed somewhere else. I packed my bags and did a tie trade with my son (love you Elder Cadillo.) We had a really awesome transfer and had a ton of miracles.  We had transfers and now I'm serving in the city! My comp is Elder Monterroza from Colombia and he's a dawg! We are having a great time and laughing a lot. I'm also serving right now in the offices as the secretary of languages and I have some other responsibilities as well! It's super awesome! We apartment share with the other office secretaries and the assistants which is awesome. Elder Collins who I was c...

Monday, March 3, 2025 Que tal yall!  We had an absolutely fire week here in Vinto!  First of all last P day Was awesome. We Played a ton of fútbol (like always) but I had 3 goals which is a new récord for me. (I'm trash at soccer) but I've actually improved a lot during my time in Bolivia which is awesome.  Tuesday  Got to go on an exchange with Elder Camacho from Colombia! Hes a funny guy who speaks english too as well as Portugués and a lot of Quechua. We had a fun time and had 2 lessons with Leonardo to keep preparing him for his baptism. One was at a member's house and we had a powerful lesson about temples! They made some of those good desserts things from the movie Princess and the Frog (I forgot what they are called but basically it's the stuff the rich white guy bought a ton of for his daughters dance or whatever it was) hopefully that made sense but they were bussin. And Leanardo was especially happy to be able to take a big bag home of leftovers)  Wedn...