7:12am EST

Family,

Well, it happened.  I can no longer say that I´m a teenager.  I´m officially old.  My back hurts just thinking about it..  Thank you for all of the birthday wishes!  You guys are awesome.  So I´ve gotten a few notices lately of people that aren´t sure about the mail.  Yes, I´ve gotten everything.  Yes, it´s slow.  Yes, you can still write me. :)

This week was definitely an exciting one.  The excitement started on Wednesday.  We received a call from President Heyman, informing us that Elder Massey was needed in the office.  He will be replacing an elder that is about to finish his time as an Office Elder.  Our time together was entirely too short. (Though he did leave the blender. :) )  So.... after two days of living with the other elders (Zone Leaders), I received my new companion, Elder Jake Snelson.  He makes companion number five for me during my time in Goya, alone.  He is 6´3¨, weighs like 8 pounds more than me, and best of all --- he´s left-handed.  That is left-handed companion number 5 for me.  The left-handers are still winning, 5 to 3.  At the rate I´m going through companions, I legitimately might have every left-hander in the mission as a companion.  He´s been in Argentina for just over 3 months.

Exciting news of the week:  We are set for another baptism this weekend!  We could see as high as three baptisms this Saturday.  We´re extremely excited.  I´ll have to send pictures next week!

This week, we have begun our push for General Conference.  We are inviting everyone.  When you think about it, we are so lucky to have Conference.  We have a living prophet that will speak to us.  We read in the Bible of the prophets.  If God guided his people with a prophet in ancient times, why would he change today?  He love us and wants what´s best for us.  He helps us by giving us prophets.  Mark the calendar: March 31, and April 1.

I love you all,

Elder McMurray

pss Did you know that my Mission has a blog?  I didn´t know that until President Heyman showed us something from the blog.  I´m pretty sure it´s accessible to anyone.