Family and Friends,
Wow, I am seriously starting my 11th week in the field and am just 2 weeks away from my 3rd transfer but the first transfer that I may actually leave El Centro and finish my first 5 months! Just one more month till imp not considered a greenie any more. The time really is flying past. Nothing like the MTC at all. Anyway with me, things are still just cruising along. I have noticed that towards the end of the transfer it gets harder and harder to work as hard as when the transfer just started. My guess is, that you have less motivation to set the Baptism date or find new people that you wont be there to see, or to teach them. Anyway though, we did set a new baptism date this week that I’m super excited about.
So we spend most of our time now looking for people still. And I think I have finally got over that terrible feeling of letting people that just are not progressing slip through the cracks. And I have seen that I haven't been quite as stressed out lately. It got to the point where I just did not want to let go of anyone we found and our load of work got to be to much, and there is a difference between to many good investigators and too many investigators that you set a lot of appointments and they are never there, or will never do any of the things you ask them to. Anyway we have 3 wonderfully progressing investigators.
Olga, who is the wife of a recent convert, is just an amazing person. She reads everything we throw at here and does not miss a week at church. She even was signing up to feed us missionaries BEFORE she had a baptism date. Which I’ve never heard of before, but I love it, and I know she is going to be baptized. It’s so cool. Because the spirit, If you are looking for a person who is really prepared and will progress, will give you such an amazing feeling when you see them. It’s just like pure joy shooting through your body.
We have another interesting investigator named Vanessa, and she is the girlfriend of a less active member in the ward. And His whole family is members as well but only the father was active. And she is catholic, but never heard of Jesus Christ. But prays to the Virgin Mary......... I know right? So we have just started taking things slow and teaching her who Christ is and what he did. What’s amazing about her is we haven’t really taught the "going to church lesson" yet and she has come to church every time since we met her. And also the whole family has started to come back. It’s amazing to see what this gospel does for families.
The last one is a 14-year-old girl who comes to mutual every single week and is very active in the YW. We finally had the chance to teach her, and it was AWESOME. She understood everything and set a date. She really sees the need for baptism.
That’s all for this week.
Love you ALL
-Elder Stewart
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