Wow already the 3rd p-day of 9. The days are picking up now but they are still super long. The good thing is the weeks are starting to feel like days. I can’t wait to leave the MTC and get out in the field. Everyone keeps telling me that we are only here to pick up a foundation because in the field the language is totally different, and at this point I feel like my foundation is pretty solid with all the tenses and words that have to do with "teaching lessons." The next 5 weeks or whatever will be just learning words and verbs.
It’s been wonderful to get all of your letters
this week. It definintly helps me with
stress. UTAH!!! What a spanking they gave BYU. One of the guys in our zone got
a hold of a radio and we listened to the last 5 mines of the game. I’m still
repenting but it was so awesome. I got a picture with a bunch of guys that all
had Utah stuff.
This week we had a zone leave and it was sad to
see them go. They where the closest district to us and handed down a lot of the
"Heirlooms" to us. Elder Small gave the "Language Pills"
which is really just an empty bottle handed down from missionary to missionary.
I’m sure going to miss Elder Small. Once these guys left, Elder Franks and I
took the nice desks and roller chairs from their room, and got rid of all the
other "Desk Chairs" that nobody is able to even do any studying in.
plus we roll around everywhere, to the drinking fountain, to the other classrooms,
to the bathroom but I bet you get the point.
Another good thing that happened this week is
that we had 2 new investigators to teach Paula and Estaban. And to my surprise
my companion is now speaking some kind of language that
closely sounds like "Spanish." I keep working with him and try to
bring him up to speed. Other than that the lessons with them have
been going great. I’ve gotten to the point where I right down just a basic
plan and go teach by what I feel and we have had some amazing
success. It’s amazing how strong the spirit can feel when bearing
testimony in another language. I never thought I could teach with as much
spirit that I can with English but I’m starting to feel like I’m
going to overpass that, just because of the constant training we get every day.
Guess what! Russell M. Nelson this week. That
makes us 2 for 2 on Tuesday devotionals. His talk was about the Book
of Mormon and the new special issue of the Ensign. A quote I loved was
"Obedience brings blessings, EXACT obedience brings miracles."
which I took it to mean, obeying the big guidelines of the gospel will
bring you blessings which is nice don’t get me wrong, but if you
strive to be exactly obedient, wouldn’t you rather have miracles in your
lives? If you guys don’t have it yet you all HAVE to get it and read it.
It has become my favorite Ensign and I’m not even done reading it. I made
a goal after his talk to read the Book of Mormon in Spanish before I leave.
They say if you read the book all the way through you will be fluent in Spanish....
I’m going to test that one out.
Anyway, as I was trying to write in my journal
this week, I found it hard to write a whole lot because every day just seems like
more of the same. But I got a piece of advice from my President, he
said "Train yourself to look for the hand of God in everything you do,
that will make the difference between having a journal to cherish for the rest
of your life and one that would sit in your bookshelf." I thought that was
pretty awesome so I’m now on the lookout for the hand of God.
Love Elder Stewart
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