¡Mi amada familia! ¡Como estan! Me
alegro a ver que mi padre me escribio en español y aun mas en forma de
"vosotros" :) ¡Os amo muchismo!
(Dear family! How are you! I'm glad
to see that my father wrote in Spanish and even more in the archaic plural
familiar form :) I love you very much!)
The Lord is good :) He is faithful
and will always keep his covenants with us. This week the Lord incorporated a
little more of his character into Elder Barrales and myself. It was a great
week!
This week I was struck by new
beginnings. The model of living the gospel in our daily lives is all about
getting new beginnings. We learn of Christ and develop faith in Him, which
leads us to repent and change things in our lives. The Savior then invites us with
a BRAND NEW START by being baptized and receiving the Holy Ghost, which cleans
and sanctifies a person. As we endure to the end, we learn to live up to our
covenants with God, and gain a fresh start every week by partaking of the
Sacrament. And when we think about it more, all of life's big events are
centered on New Beginnings. Births, marriages, and deaths, but even small
things like birthdays, moving homes, and graduations---each presents new
opportunities and challenges. The Gospel of Jesus Christ teaches us that it is
never too late to start over. Never too late to pick yourself up and try again.
And the Savior's promise is that "I will not leave you acomfortless:
I will bcome to
you." (John 14:18) Christ’s way is the perfect model for improving
imperfect people :)
So we are feeling really good down
here in Snow Canyon about the new week, new transfer, and new mission
leadership. Because we know the Lord wants us to keep it up and he will be with
us! Thank you for your prayers!
Update on G! We had two great
lessons with this family this week, and they are doing so well! The grandma interpreted
Nephi's dream for us and we are pretty much going to send her observations to
the Ensign. This family is awesome! The spirit has been working really hard
with them and they know that they are going to meet with President to sort
everything out before they get baptized. We also had a great dinner with them
this week. If any of you have never had a papusa in your life...find a Salvadoran
and have them invite you to dinner :)
O and his family are also doing
really well. On Monday last week we had a family home evening with them and we
played "10 commandments charades" It was extremely goofy :) It was
especially fun acting out commandments #6 and #8 (don't kill and don't steal) with
the whole family. When we explained to O about the priesthood as well he said
"So I will be able to echar (basically "throw" or
"cast") my son in the water? Andale (basically "oh
yeah")" This family is doing really well.
Forgive me for the shortness of
this email. We are so busy today, but just know that "todo nos va muy
bien". (Everything is great).
Solo les quiero decir que yo se que
este evangelio es verdadero. El poder del sacerdocio es real, y fue restaurado por
mensajeros celestiales. Tenemos tantas bendiciones por ser miembros de la
iglesia, especialmente la promesa de que nuestras familias puedan ser eternas.
El Senor vive y nos ama mucho. Le he pedido su ayuda mucho, y tengo gran
testimonio de que verdaderamente el contesta nuestras oraciones. ¡Este es su
obra!
(I just want to say that I know
that the gospel is true. Priesthood power is real, and was restored by heavenly
messengers. We have so many blessings as members of the church, especially the
promise that our families can be together forever. The Lord lives and loves us
very much. I have asked for his help a lot, and I have great testimony our
prayer are answered. This is his work!)
Os amo con todo mi corazon!
Elder Michael Stewart
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