Whew!!! Well we worked hard again
this week!
There were a lot of really good
things happening this week....I guess I should tell you about our new teaching
pool :) I've been here in Richfield three months now, and the teaching pool has
pretty much turned over every single month....so here goes!!
We are still teaching V's little
sister S. Dad and big brother are warming up too...our ward mission leader
thinks this could be a 12 baptism family before all is said and done. It has
been a blessing to work with this one family for so long.
We are also still teaching M ..He
is in his 40s, his and he is more active than most of his ward. He finally
chose his own baptismal date for February 23rd! We had pot roast, veggies, and
scones with his family yesterday and it reminded me a lot of our own Sunday
night dinners.
I think that I mentioned P our 72
year old investigator. We had a really powerful moment with her on
Tuesday. We were following up with her
reading and praying and Elder Rawlins and I got the prompting to scrap the
lesson plan and teach 2 Ne 31 to her...it was one of the most Spiritual moments
of my mission really, because there were times when we just sat still and
watched her be taught by the holy ghost and answer her own questions. She
committed to baptism in that lesson. Her recent convert son is going to baptize
her :)
We are teaching someone in Venice!!
Venice, Utah that is ;) A little family called the "L" family. They
have a "pingüino" daughter who hasn't been baptized yet and she
probably knows more about the gospel than anyone else. We went with a priest to
her lesson and then to a lesson with some YSA aged people and the priest said
"Wow, put K. in a room with any of
them, and she will beat them on gospel knowledge 10 times out of 10." She
is a sweetie :)
Then there is C, a bishop referred
her to us this week, and she really wants to be baptized, but she needs to quit
smoking. There was a moment where I used the bathroom in their house and they
had a pack of cigarettes in there, and I just got really angry. Angry at the
corporations, the substances, the Devil, and anyone who tries to enslave people
with tobacco....I don't know why I felt so strongly about it, but maybe it’s
because I love C and I want her to quit. We will keep at it!
There are a lot of other
investigators that we have picked up recently too... S, a 14 year old who just
moved from Denver and barely knows anything about the church, R, M, and A, some
YSAs that have really great member friends. There is just so much in this
area!! The only thing that makes me a little sad is that this area is going to
be split in February!! I could stay in the Richfield Stake, or the East Stake,
or be transferred!! But I will be sad to stop working with some of these
incredible people we have been teaching.
I guess I just want to leave you my
testimony of the Church. I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints is the Lord's church on the earth today. Just like Heavenly Father has
done in ages past, he reached out to us in our days by calling a prophet and
giving him the priesthood authority. The gospel restored through Joseph Smith
is the one and true gospel on the face of the earth now; there are a lot of
people that want to learn it here, but can you imagine the missionary work that
waits for us in the Spirit World? Our family can be together forever through
the ordinances and covenants. It’s just the best thing ever :)
I love you all so much!!! Keep
praying for me so that we can FIND the people Heavenly Father has prepared to
be baptized.
Con Amor,
Elder Michael George Stewart
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