Parkor Leads to Lessons

Well it has been a good week! Things are going pretty well with Elder Elwood! We had a pretty fun experience this week! We were walking by the plaza and there were some kids doing ¨parkor¨ hahah just some cartwheels and basic stuff like that. So i told Elder Elwood that we should go over there, we did and I made them a deal. If I did some tricks then we got to teach them something about God. They said yes thinking i was a stupid gringo, hahaha I am, and then so I did some things and they got really excited and then we had a great lesson with like 8 kids from 9-18 years old about God and Christ and Baptism! It was a great way to find some new people and we are going back tomorrow to see what we can do with them!!

We also had an experience that made me really think. We ran into a lady that didnt believe in God. We started talking with her and she just kept shutting us down. I decided I would just bare my testimony to her, so I did, and honestly I have only felt the spirit like that a couple of times. Then when i finished she had tears in her eyes, then after a couple seconds she got herself together and continued to bash us telling us it wasnt true. It was so sad to see that people are so taken by Satan that they wont see the light. I know she felt something and I am hoping it will start to Change her.

I know my Heavenly Father lives and loves each and everyone of us personally just like our fathers on earth. I know he is there and i have felt his overwhelming love many times. If we just pray sincerly and ask, he will give us an answer to all the questions and we will feel him there. I love you all!! Have a great week!!

 

Love,

Elder Stuart

Photos!

Me and Elder Barrios at our... mission home?? hahahahaha

 

Transfer

Well another transfer... and another change! I am staying here in Godoy and Elder Barrios is headed off to Bariloche. I am so grateful for the time that I got to be his companion. I learned so much and really learned that the Lord knows who and what we need in our life to help us grow into the people that he needs us to be. Now I am with Elder Elwood from Idaho. Another Gringo! haha gringos have their ups and downs. But i am way excited to work with elder Elwood and see what I can learn from him and what we can do together here in Godoy!

 

We had kind of a rough week. Juan and Antonia who came to church with us and were doing so good, their pastor came by their house and talked with them, and now they dont want to be baptized and are going back to their old church. That made me so sad. Because they were so close to opening the gate to a million blessings and because of a pastor they now cant recieve those blessings yet. We are going to try and see what we can do with them to help them see that this is the truth. On the bright side, we were teaching this lady this week and her daughter was there and didnt want to listen, but half way through the lesson she came and sat down and was really intereseted and so that was awesome! We are going to keep working our hardest to help her and our other investigators come to the waters of baptism!

Not much to write this week. But I know that this church is true. I know that it is only in the church of Jesus Christ that one day we will live with our families forever, and that makes me so happy! I am so happy to be a missionary in this day and see the Lord Hastening his work and seeing all the miracles that he does to help people recieve the gift of eternal life. I know that it is only through the grace and the atonement that we can be saved, and I am so grateful for the oportunity to preach his gospel. I love you all and hope you all have a great week and remember our Savior always!!!!!!

 

Love,

Elder Stuart

Photos!

Juan and Antonia! They are amazing! The third visit we had with them they said we made such an impression in their lives that they made us Choripan!

Walking down the street and decided to punch a light post... ;)

 

The familia Castro! They are the best and so sweet! She always makes such good food and makes us eat it all! haha

Missionaries

This was another great week! The family that we found and are teaching are amazing! It is a husband and wife about sixty years old, named Juan and Antonia. They are so amazing and so prepared by the Lord! It is amazing to see the Lord´s hand in the lifes of the people here. The first time we taught them and shared the story of Joseph Smith they were both crying at the end and told us that they have been asking their whole lives which church is true and they feel like they finally found their answer! And now everytime we go over they get tears in their eyes and tell us that when we talk about the Gospel that they can really feel something different, a different spirit and that they can tell that it is different. They also came to church this Sunday and loved it!! I know that they are going to get baptized really soon!

 

 It is amazing to be a missionary and really see how this gospel and our Savior can change the lives of people. And i am so greatful for this oportunity to be an instrument in the hands of our Savior.The experiences and the spirit that is felt everyday by a missionary is amazing. Yes sometimes it is hard but I love something that Elder Holland said ¨why would we expect it to be easy for us when it was never easy for Him(Christ). Salvation was never easy. Salvation is not a cheap experience.¨It is so true! The mission is hard. But the joy and happiness and the spirit you can feel with those special moments is worth everything. We are lucky to be missionaries in this day and age and see how the Lord really is Hastening His work. I love the mission!

Things are great! I hope all is well with all of you back home. Remember our Savior. Never stop praying. And have a great week!!

Love,

Elder Stuart

Photos!

The streets in Godoy were all rivers after the day it rained, so that was interesting!

My zone! Elder Batres, Castillo, Gallegos, Barrios, Novelo, Bursach, Hermana Braithwait, Eppley Elder Silva, me, Hermana Himle, Olvando. 

Miracles

So this week was another amazing week! Also it felt like Christmas again because all of the christmas cards came this week! hahah it was funny, and it was awesome to recieve those from family and friends. Thank you all so much for taking the time to send me something in the mail, it means a lot. I will try to find time to write you all back!

This week was great! We didn´t have many investigators that we had solid to go and teach, and so we decided to do a lot of contacting this week. One day we were out contacting in the rain all day, we were soaked, it was getting late, we were tired, and we weren´t having succes. So we decided to say a pray and keep pressing forward. We knew that this was a trial of our faith and decided that we were going to work even harder because we knew that that was the only way to keep going. Still no success. It was the end of the day and we were walking back to the bus, when we walked past a house and decided to try one more. They ended up opening the door and we taught them real quick and ran for the bus. The next day they were waiting for us to come back, and we had a great lesson with them! It is the Saavedra family, and I feel like they are going to be great! It really is amazing how the Lord works. When we feel like we can´t do anymore, but press on, that is when the blessings come the most. I really felt my faith grow, and I know that when things get hard, if we just trust in the Lord we can see miracles.

I love this work and the many miracles that I get to see everyday. If we look we can find, and once we start to recognize they are there, we see even bigger miracles. I know my Savior lives and guides this church, because without Him I would not be able to do this work. But through His strength we can do all things so long as we keep the faith. 

I love you all and I hope you all have a wonderful week!

love,

Elder Stuart