I also played spike ball with my district.
So in TRC we teach "investigators" the missionary lessons many of the people are members but there are also real investigators and resent converts to the church. One of our TRC investigators that we are teaching has been taking lessons for a long time now and she probably has read the scriptures more than I have but still she was not feeling a confirmation that this is true. She was baptized a few weeks ago hoping that as she kept listening to the missionaries that she would know, she wanted to know and has changed so much in her life to know that the church is true. She hoped it was true and was faithful in all things she was told to do. We did not know any of this until Wednesday; we promised her that as she followed the teachings of the scriptures she would feel the Spirit of God and she would then believe it was true. However she could not take not feeling these promises any longer and told us how she had never had that confirmation and since her baptism her life has fallen apart. She was about to leave and not ever look back. Now comes the power of prayer and that hand of the Lord. The missionary s at the TRC that teach after us dropped their lesson plan and just read 2 Nephi 31 with her, and verse 20 stuck out to her because of a lesson she has with a visiting teacher a week ago. when she got home that night her roommate was sick and so she was taking care of her roommate and her Visiting teacher come by an had cross- stitched that verse in fabric for her. Everything came together in such a way that shows that our Father in Heaven is ever mindful of his children and that all promises make by those in authority to make them will come to pass.
I have never prayed more for the welfare of a soul than I did for hers I know that angles touched her heart that night and she now knows that she is a daughter of God for we are all his children and he knows what we need and what will truly change our hearts and help us for the better.
I am loving the MTC my teachers her are incredible and my district is truly a brotherhood only three of us in our district are going to Colorado however I will never forget these men that I get to work with. I am in a trio now because one elder's mission was to come teach us a district and then to return to be with his family, his father is very sick, I know that he will come out again soon to serve the Lord.
God is mindful of is children and he wants to hear from us, as we pray to him he will teach us the things we should do. I love this gospel because it is the Gospel of happiness and truth in its fullest. As you read the Book of Mormon and test the promise found in the Moroni 10: 3-5 I promise as a missionary in His church you will know of its truthfulness.
Thank you for the letters and emails I love hearing from you all please email me and ask me questions I will answer with an email or I will write a letter to you. I love you all and wish you all joy throughout your lives.
Happy Birthday Mychal!!!
Elder Stewart
mckay.stewart@myldsmail.net
I am in Del Norte Colorado my trainer is Elder Bennett he is GREAT! I love being out here in the mission. We are working in a small branch. We are working to try and reactivate members of the branch, we have 2 investigators that we might be able to give a baptism date to hopefully.
Del Nor is a very small town and we are in the valley so anytime I tell people I am from Arizona they just tell me to get ready for winter. It gets to about -40 here so that will be interesting I think. The people are very kind here and everyone hunts and goes fishing, you can’t go into any home and not see at least 3 fishing rods and a rifle. The valley here is indescribable it is so beautiful.
We are visiting with many people and everyone is so different than the person we met with just a few minutes earlier, Everyone here is kind of old to. I think that the fountain of youth is somewhere is Colorado because there are like 7 people we are teaching that are 90+ and people are just kind of old... but the nice old people not the mean ones.
We are teaching a man who wants to try and find out the "fast way" if the church is true, so he is going to the all-powerful search engine of Google. My friends this is not the way to know if the Gospel is true you have to read the Book of Mormon and pray to our Father in Heaven. The truth could be found online but it would take years of digging through every little thing and study to figure out if what one person said is truer than what another person said.
General Conference is this week and I encourage everyone to watch any part that they can it is on BYUtv Saturday and Sunday. (And also you can stream it on LDS.org) We will truly hear from the Prophet of God who lives on the Earth today, 3 new apostles will be announced and sustained by the church under the direction of our Father in Heaven.
Thank you for all the letters and Emails. I love you all and look forward to your words
Elder Stewart
Tell Bri congratulations for me!! I am so happy for her.
I love the mission it really is God’s work. Elder Bennett and I are working a lot I like the small town but I feel like I need to be somewhere else I am not really sure where or why but something is just... well off. I am not sure what or why but I am hoping to get clarification from President tomorrow when I go in for an interview.
I miss everyone but I am so glad that you are all doing well. How is everyone?
If you could I would like those two coats. It is going to get really cold here... maybe you could also send my boots? they are heavy but I think they might be warm enough they are my steel toed one just think about it I don't need the boots anytime soon but they get a lot of snow here and I don't know what to do haha. Also I can’t charge the glove batteries there is a piece missing.
Can you have dad send me a chili recipe there is a cook off next week and I want to make a pot.
I love you mom tell everyone that I am thinking about them!
Elder Stewart
PS this is my address
1145 French street apt #5
Del Norte Colorado 81132
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