Elder Max Richards 2023-2025

Monday, June 30, 2025 Que tal yall!  This week was incredibly busy with traimates, zone conferences and exchanges. But we had a really good week! We didn't have too much time to work in our area but we saw a ton of miracles!  On Saturday, Elder Terry and I did a fast for our friends Brandon and Micaela. And on Sunday Brandon got baptized! He said that he felt like a new person. It was such a special experience.  Then after church, Micaela told us that church was the answer to a lot of her questions and doubts. She told us she's ready for her baptism this Saturday and so we are super pumped for her!. I'm out of time love you guys! 

Monday, June 23, 2025 Que tal yall!  Hey yall the voice message isn't attaching but basically it was a really good week! Micaela and Brandon are getting baptized this week and this past Sunday I gave a talk with a day's notice and an Area 70 was there. It was a cool experience. It was my first time giving a talk in my mission hahaha and probably my last.  Sorry for the worst email of my mission but love yall! 

Wednesday, June 18, 2025  Que tal yall! This was an absolutely fire week! We had some crazy huge miracles. It's been 9 days since my last email, and this has been some of the most fire 9 days of this year. We have had some amazing miracles and really seen God's hand very clearly. I'll talk about a few of our friends and the miracles we had this week with them.  Before I start i also got to talk with an Area 70 for an hour yesterday about the mission! It was super cool! He just goes around to help missions and I was privileged to have an interview with him so he could learn about the mission. His name is Elder Winters and he's a dawg.  Carlos So Carlos has been investigating the church for about two years. Due to not receiving support from him family, a work accident and some other problems, he was never able to get baptized.  At the start of this transfer Elder Terry and I started to just really push to help him.  A couple of weeks ago we invited him to a baptis...

Monday, June 9, 2025 Que tal yall!  Today was a busy p day so I'm gonna make this quick!  We had a fire week and had some incredible miracles!  We were able to put 3 baptismal dates and are planning on putting 2 more this week! We had mlc which is always fire.  And today I got to play tennis for the first time in 21 months! And I got to play on clay for the first time in my life!  It was super fun! I'm super rusty but towards the end I had some good plays at the net! It was very special to play tennis in Bolivia. I am very grateful for the opportunity.  I love this area and ward and my companion so much! I really hope I finish my mission here but we will see what the Lord has in store!  I am so grateful for Jesus Christ and how He's changed me. It's crazy to think about how my priorities have changed. Tennis used to be my everything. It was definitely the focus of my life during high school. Now, Jesus Christ is the focus of my life. And because of thi...

Monday, June 2, 2025 Que tal yall!  This week was pretty awesome.  The biggest news is that we had transfers and I got transferred!  I got transferred to Cala Cala 2 and I got changed to be Secretary of Technology!  So I stayed in offices and I'm still in the same house! I am now comps with Elder Terrry! He's a dawg and I'm super pumped to be comps with him!  He's the Secretary of President and so he does all the traimates of the missionaries, so I'll be waking up early now jaja.  I've always wanted to serve in Cala Cala! And now I'm here starting my last 2 transfers! Me and Elder Terry and grinding and looking up to a fire transfer! We have ganas to help lots of gods children make covenants this transfer!  I also stayed with pretty much the same responsabilities from the Secretary of language and I'm District Leader so I've got a lot of responsabilities and I know I can do it because Heavenly Father called me to do it!  I'm super pumped for the ...

Monday, May 26, 2025 Que tal yall!  It's crazy, I've hit 20 months on my mission and I've got 3 left. The time is flying so fast! I wish I could slow it down haha!  This week was good.  -We had ward conference which was really fire.  -the other Elderes in the ward had a couple of baptisms this week and the services were super powerful.  - some really awesome missionaries finished their missions this week! It was awesome to have them in the house one last time before they went home! 

Monday, May 19, 2025 Que tal yall!  This week flew by super fast.  Not much happened this week.  On Sunday we had Peatón with is basically where driving is illegal for a day. It's fun for everyone but the missionaries because it means no one comes to church. 😭 but we Had a good service with basically the Branch size assistance we had and we also got to have a really good lunch with the stake president and his family and some other members from the ward. Some really good Steak We had a noche de hogar this week with a family who are practically Utahns. They go there like 10 times a year and always bring back goodies. I had Swiss miss for the first time in a year and I forgot how amazing that stuff is. It was incredible. I also had some US pretzels and the dad loves Hokas and has like 10 pairs. First time seeing Hokas here in Bolivia too! They are a super cool family.  Today we had P day con los lideres de la misión. It was super fire. We went up into the mountains for...