May 29th 2017

It has been a really great week! We had a ton of people at church on Sunday! There was a family reunion so it was no one that we know or work with but it was really cool to have so many people there. It was pretty cool.

We also had interviews with our mission President on Thursday it was great to talk to him for a bit!

We had a barbeque today with one of our investigators, He is moving this week but he wanted to have a cook out with us, it was a lot of fun to celebrate Memorial Day with him. After that we went to Bishops Castle and climbed around the different towers for a bit it was a blast to explore that place. The guy who is building it just kind of made the choice to build a castle. It is really cool but also super sketchy but all part of life :)

We also had a really productive week as far as missionary work goes as well! We have been working to try and get into this one house and no one was every home so we went by expecting the same thing to happen but then a man opened the door! He was baptized when he 10 and just didn't come very often when he was younger and he wants to learn more about God and come closer to him! We are so excited to work with him! It was such a blessing to find him

 

Love you guys hope all is going well!

 

Elder Stewart

May 22nd 2017

It has been a great week here Colorado! Thank you so much for wishing me a Happy Birthday I love you guys! 

Story I need to share we are helping this guy move and he is older we packed a trailer and his truck bed with all of his stuff and he is moving out to Oregon, to be homeless because he doesn't want to pay for an apartment anymore and he likes Sea food. He is an interesting person.

We also had dinner at a members house and they have a Pig named Stuart, I felt the need to take a picture of him because 1 he is a pig and also because his name. He is really mean to their dog, it is really fun to watch the pig just flop over to get a belly rub he also is a very noisy eater. Super cute though!

Things are going really well here we are working on finding more people and just doing stuff in the Community. We are working at the Care N Share it is a blast we are pretty much just running around and reloading shelves for the Food Pantry but it fun to be busy and talk with so many people!

Love you Guys! Do and do well!

Elder Stewart

 

 

May 15th 2017

This has been a fun first week here in Westcliffe! The branch is very tiny and very old, that I have seen there is only one family with kids here. There is also 23 different churches in the town of less than 1,000 people. It’s gonna be a good time!

I am working with Elder Boyd, and I am back in the Pueblo stake! 

We had a pretty good Hail storm on Wednesday and it looked like it snowed. On the plus side we found a really pretty waterfall and all that fun stuff!

It was so much fun to Skype home!

I want to talk real fast about Mother’s day as well! I would think myself very ungrateful if I did not say thank you to all of the Wonderful examples of people in my life! No parent is perfect and that is one of the things that helps them do such a great job they try as hard as they can to do all that they can for their children! I would not be what I am without my Mothers example of Faith and dedication to the Lord. I have learned and seen true strength in my mom and I am so grateful for all that she has done for me!

 

Love you all go give you parents or children a hug!

 

Elder Stewart

 

 

May 8th 2017

Week of transfers

It has been a crazy ride here in Springs, I am also getting transferred down to Westcliffe! I am pretty excited to go it is really pretty and we are right next to the Sagri's!

We had a really awesome Fast and Testimony meeting Yesterday. I grew so much listening to the witness of so many people that Jesus is the Christ and why they knew that it was true! I am going to miss these two wards! It has been hard but I have learned so much from them!

 

We went to a fireside Sunday night called the Work of Salvation, we heard from recent converts on why the joined the Church. It was really awesome to hear where so many people have come from. This life is a very long journey, it has many mountains and valleys to go through sometimes there are many people with us all the way through and other times we walk almost alone. I now see that it is also very much a long term investment that God has put in us. We work as much as we can and He makes great things happen! I am so excited to keep watching this adventure unfold!

 

 

I love you guys know that you all are awesome!

 

Elder Stewart

 

 

May 1st 2017

It has been a great week! We went on a blitz of our area this week which means that another set of Elders came into our area and we went around and visited a ton of people! We were able to find a few new people to work with and I am so excited about that!

We also had a special Sacrament meeting it was called the "Come and See" we went over our basic beliefs and it was really good members could invite their friends to come and see what we really believe. I am still kind of surprised that people think we believe some really weird stuff. What we believe is that God loves all of his Children and has in the past and now given us guidance and blesses us as we follow the Commandments. We follow the Savior Jesus Christ, He is the King of kings and Lord of lords. It was so awesome to listen to the talks given!

We had service at the Zoo this week and we meet a new baby Giraffe it was so tiny! We also found this old chimney stack and took pictures with it. We went up and got breakfast with our District leader and it was a lot of fun talking about the work and how to help others come closer to Christ! All in all a great week!

 

Elder Stewart