Friday, October 28, 2016

October 16th, 2016


The Fort Collins Colorado Temple was dedicated Sunday and the cultural celebration on Saturday we were able to watch it at a member’s home, I loved it! The main theme was "A Fortress of Faith" that is a message that we all need to keep in mind. We have to have safe places spiritually where we can go when the attacks of the adversary come. We know they will come but we do not know how sometimes and so we must be prepared now to stand against whatever comes. President Uchtdorf said that one way to build and maintain our personal Fortress of Faith is First: get and keep a current Temple recommend no matter where we are in life young or not so young make the changes necessary to hold one and then keep it with you. Second: Follow the guidelines in the booklet "for the Strength of Youth" and something I loved that President Uchtdorf said was if you are not a Youth change it to "For the Strength of Me" The principals taught in it will keep us safe a happy for our whole life! I loved that! It was great advice!

The past several weeks have gone my so fast! We volunteer with JustServe.org with the Pueblo Zoo and Pueblo Parks and Rec and this week we were raking leaves at a grass area right next to the Lions and this one lion was watching us the whole time! It would have been scary if we didn't have the fence between us and him, and then for Parks and Rec we were cleaning up a skate park and there was one guy who was super good! And so we watch him for a bit and talked to him about Church and that was super awesome! Service is the best!

I love being on a mission! It is so much fun to go around and meet so many people and help them feel as happy as I am! I have come to find that lasting joy comes through following the Savior! He give us the tools to find joy and peace and in a crazy world we all need to feel more peace.

Love you guys!
Elder Stewart

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