Elder Max Richards 2023-2025

Monday, April 28, 2025  Que tal yall!  Sorry this is gonna be another quick one. We P day with the líderes of the mission today and we were up in the mountains all day which was awesome.  First off- shout out to my cousin Emily who had her farewell yesterday! She's gonna be the best missionary and im so pumped to hear about all the miracles you will have in your mission and the lives you are going to change! VAMOS!!! A big miracle we had this week was that we were able to find an older couple to teach! They let us in and we talked about baptism and they are down to prepare for baptism! Such a huge miracle! To wrap off the email I'd like to share something small i loved from conference: "Charity is Love in action"  -Elder Strong As I've thought about this and applied it I've found a lot of joy and happiness! I promise that as you all have charity by putting love in action, you will have more joy.  Love,  Elder Richards

Monday, April 21, 2025 Que tal yall! I'll keep this one quick. We had transfers and me and Elder Monterozza are staying here in Colon. I'm super hyped about it. The offices all stayed the same with the excepción of Elder Kikuchi. It was a really fun transfer serving around him he is hilarious and such a kind and loving person. Elder Leite, one of my sons, took his place so now 2 of my old comps are in the apartment which is super awesome. We had MLC on Friday which was super fire. It was an all day MLC and Presidente and Hermana Lopera dropped bars the whole time. I'm so excited to see the changes that will occur in the mission. Elder Monterozza and I had a crazy miracle this week. On Thursday we knocked a door and someone answered through the voice box. They didn't have time so we set up to come back on Saturday, with little hopes because generally those lessons fall through. But we came back on Saturday and two siblings answered the door. The sister was the one who an...

Monday, April 14, 2025 Que tal yall!  A quick week here in Cochabamba.  We were able to get a lot of work done in the offices and also have some awesome miracles in our area. Something sad is that our friend Luis was supposed to get baptized but his parents said he couldn't till he turned 18 in 2 years. This was a big L because Luis is a dawg and wants to get baptized so bad. We are planning on going to talk to his parents this week and praying that the spirit will soften their hearts.  We had 3 friends come to church on Sunday! Marco Antonio came with his wife Silvia who's a member that hasn't come to church in 20 years. It was so cool to see them there. They are both reading the Book of Mormon and he is praying to know that it's true. I want to help this family so bad come unto Christ and be apart of His Church and make covenants with God. Please pray for Marco Antonio and Sylvia and their family!  We had district P day today. Got some tucumanas for breakfast and c...

Monday, April 7, 2025 Que tal yall!  This week was really fire!  We had some super cool miracles this week. One evening all of our lessons fell through, so we turned to the Lord for guidance for what to do. I felt the impression to just "go up". So we started walking up. We saw a tienda, so we turned to go buy a snack and right as we were pulling in, a car pulled in to the house adjacent to the tienda. Me and my companion both knew that we needed to talk to them. So we wait for them to get out and talk to them about the Book of Mormon. The father had read from it and his son had never heard from it. After a good conversation, the dad said he was very busy and wouldn't be able to meet with us again. So we turned to the son and I gave him a book of Mormon and he happily accepted and said he would read. We came back for the return appointment and he was waiting for us at the door. He told us that he had read and he said that the Book talked about an an Angel Moroni that appe...

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...