Elder Tyler Gregory Mission Blog

We read in Luke 22 about Jesus Christ atoning for our sins and suffering all pains, agonies, and heartbreaks for all of humanity in the Garden of Gethsemane. While he is suffering, he says to the Father (or God), "Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done."  Or in other words, Jesus was asking the Father to "remove [the] cup" from him so He could stop feeling the agonizing pain. But, He was willing to endure if it meant He was doing what God needed Him to do. Now I will never feel the pain or agony or heartbreak or any of the things that Christ felt in that Garden, but right now....I feel  what can maybe be considered a fraction of what He felt. As of last night, the church is sending home all foreign missionaries who are serving in Mexico due to Corona Virus concerns. So that means I'll be headed back to Virginia and be put in quarantine for a period of 14 days. There's a possibili...

Transfers were today so we talked on the phone but no email or pictures because he did not get to go to an Internet cafe.  Maybe tomorrow? Also the corona virus is just beginning so just a few precautions so far.  We shall see. What's good?! It's been pretty interesting this past week. It seems like the whole world except for Mexico has taken super serious precautions about the Corona Virus. The only thing that everyone has really emphasized is "Wash your hands!!!" So needless to say...Caborca, Mexico should have some pretty clean hands!  The church has officially closed any type of meetings held in church buildings. So we had to have a small church service in the house of a member and help deliver the sacrament to other members/people who wanted it. I'm pretty sure we biked all across Caborca so we could deliver this sacred ordinance...it was a really cool experience to say the sacrament prayer so many times in Spanish as well as seeing the look on pe...

Yep...you already know this week was full of divisions! Before I start, a good friend reminded me to be more clear about the "mission lingo." So I'll be better at that from now on #BetterLateThanNever Divisions- also known as "splits," is when you temporarily switch companions with another companionships for training purposes, interviews, or when someone is sick or unable to work. My comp got whatever I had a couple of weeks ago, so basically the whole week he was in the house while I was doing divisions with Elders Joachin and Cannon...two of my homies! With that being said, the work has been interesting. We have had to work in both areas due to the divisions. So it's been hard trying to cover so much ground, but the reliable "Blue Baddie" (nickname of my bike) has been hauling me all over Caborca teaching God's children about Jesus Christ! It's been quite the adventure! Update: Lluvia is progressing so well! She's...

What's good?! Just wanted to give a quick update! Elder McGregory: So if y'all remember my good ole days in Magdalena, I was (somewhat) commonly known as Elder McGregory (nicknaming after the boxer/fighter Conor McGregor). Now it has come full circle...allow me to explain... Bobby: One day this random dude calls us up and just says, "Elders, my name is Bobby and I want to get baptized." We stopped whatever we were doing and met up with him immediately. He told us he has taken the lessons for 3 years but had never felt prepared until now. He lives in the area of the sister missionaries, so we passed the reference. It also turns out (oh by the way, this guy is HUGE) that this Bobby dude is the owner of a boxing gym. He always says that we can go to his gym whenever we want. So the week of his baptism, all (6 of us) of the elders here in Caborca went to train with him one afternoon just to show him that we care for him and that we're thinking of him. And we ...