Sister McKenzie Tate

Hola amigos!!  I cannot believe how fast time has flown, not just this past week as I finished up my mission, but over the past 18 months. In honor of finishing my mission, I'd like to share 18 lessons that I have learned in one way or another from my Heavenly Father and my Savior Jesus Christ as I have come to know and love them. So.. here are some lessons in no particular order of importance :)  1. The worth of souls is great in the sight of God (D&C 18:10). Every soul is equal in His eyes and deserving of His love and mercy. When we can bring any one of His souls unto Him, we can experience joy beyond measure.  2. God is a God of miracles. Each day we can recognize miracles. Not a day passed by that I did not see God's hand bless us with a small miracle.  3. The work of God cannot be frustrated. Being a missionary during COVID was definitely difficult at times, but it allowed me to see how the Lord has a plan for His work to HASTEN, especially in these...

  Hey y'all!  This week was incredible!!  First off, COVID restrictions are now officially (almost) over for us in California!! Like a million days later than the rest of the U.S, I know. But we can FINALLY knock doors!! Woohoo!! Lol my mission has now come full circle. In Argentina our primary finding source was tracting door to door, but unfortunately here in California, it's not too effective so not too much has changed, but it's nice to know we can knock a door if we want to! Haha. We can also teach inside homes now and so that has been a huge blessing. The spirit is so much stronger when we can teach inside the homes of our friends and kneel in prayer together. And I also had my first zone conference in PERSON here in the Arcadia mission!! Lol my first and last sadly :( but it was good to get to feel the missionary spirit and receive revelation all together! It made miss zone conferences in Salta.  We had a great lesson with our friend Gloria and a member wh...

  Hola amigos!!  Como estan todos?? This week was really really good! We have been working super hard and time has been flying by (I know I know I say that every week, but I promise time keeps getting faster..) I am SO GRATEFUL to be a missionary at this time and honestly do not want it to end! I can honestly say this past year and a half has been the best time of my life filled with the most difficult trials, but also the most rewarding and conversion building experiences. We were able to really focus on Gloria, one of our most progressing friends! I love that lady so much. She is from El Salvador and we got to also begin teaching her grandkids who are sooo cute. We gave them all a church tour on Thursday and ended by showing them the baptismal font and we committed them all to baptism!! The spirit was so strong in the lesson as we testified of the importance of making promises with God and following Jesus Christ's example. Alessandra and Bryan (her grandkids) have very littl...