It is crazy that Casas Adobes is now in the North Stake!
That is pretty awesome though!
This week Elder Bennett and I went up to a small old mining
town called Creede. It was really pretty. We talked with some less active
members and one of them showed a book of Mormon that the cover had been
slightly burned. A few years ago his house burned down, he was unharmed but so much
was destroyed in the fire. One of the only things that survived was this old
copy of the Book of Mormon that his grandmother had given him when he was a
boy. Other than the cover it is completely unchanged. The Lord protects his
work, The Book of Mormon is not the work of man it was not written by Joseph
Smith it was written by many of God's prophets I testify if that. It was amazing to see and hold that copy of the Book of Mormon.
I also learned how to bake bread! For anyone who does not
know fresh bread is the greatest thing other than the Gospel. I am way more
excited about bread than I should be but that is beside the point. It was
great.
This week I have set a goal to not get in the way of the
spirit teaching I have been trying to teach lessons and that is just wrong. I
am not the teacher the spirit is. I know that this is the Lords work and not my
own. Time has been going by so quickly I can even believe it! I am almost done
with my first transfer it is Crazy!!
Elder Bennett and I went up to the mountains to help an
investigator get fire wood. I got to cut down a tree! That was a first for me.
We were up there dragging logs around for like 6 hours it was really hard but
so much fun serving others. It was also a fantastic workout!
For morning exercise this past week we hiked up this hill it
overlooks the town it was really pretty as the sun was rising to see the whole
town and a lot of the San Louis valley.
Next month we are going to be having a community movie night
and we are going to show "meet the Mormons" we are really looking
forward to that I think it will be fun and it will help answer some questions
that a lot of people have about us and we will be able to meet a lot of new
people!
I love getting all of you emails and hearing from you all.
Thank you for your prayers and all of your support!
Elder Stewart
Happy Birth Day Scott!! I will make bread and eat it in
memory of you.
It has been a good week! It was the end of my first
transfer! I am so grateful to be on a mission I love going out and talking with
people about the Gospel. I understand a little bit better Alma the younger when
he went to the Zoromites and he was just shocked by the ideas that they had
about prayer and about how to worship our Father in Heaven. Some people have
very interesting ideas about Heavenly Father. A sister in my District is going
home this week she was really awesome to learn from but at District meeting
Elder Bennett and I made breakfast for everyone! It was a lot of fun!
On Friday night our Branch had a Halloween pot luck. I make
spooky punch! It was really awesome we had 22 non-members there! We also went
on a church tour before it started which was really cool! I testify that there
is a very special spirit in the Church buildings.
On the 31st we went Gospel singing with one of our
investigators at this guy’s house. We sang hymns for about an hour and a half
before we left Elder Bennett and I sang "I believe in Christ" for
everyone it was an amazing opportunity. I love the Hymns and the different
music that we have in the church. "The song of the righteous is truly a
prayer unto the Most High.
Last Monday I learned how to knit!! I have started to make
myself a scarf it is going to be blue and gray and it matches one of my ties!
It is really fun and I am glad that I am learning new skills that I can use in
my life.
Colorado has daylight savings and that started this week. It
is such a weird thing. It is bright and sunny at like 6 and it is dark at like
5. Super inconvenient for tracking but we will find a way!
With this month being Thanksgiving ponder on the many
blessings of the Lord. He loves all his children and will help you when you ask
for it. Look for the reasons to be happy and don't let the world get you down.
I love you all and I know that the Lord will be with you as
long as you strive to remain clean
Elder Stewart
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