Yikes! Week twelve! And that means transfers new week. I could be in a whole new area next week its frightening. With a new comp... I like Elder Perez and it would suck to have to change after just one transfer, but "I'll go where the Lord wants me to go." (As long as it’s not Espanola...) lol Just messing... But really. I hear there is almost no Spanish speaking up there so the work is really slow for Spanish missionaries. But anyway, I kind of want to leave, but I want to stay as well because of 2 families, and because I’m speaking a ton of Spanish.
I want to leave mostly because the ward to be honest. I know, I know. I’m not supposed to complain about it, but it’s difficult. The people here do not see that fulfilling a calling is part of making it to the celestial kingdom. If you disagree with me, I encourage you to look up a talk by David O. McKay. About the "Personal Priesthood interview" with Christ at the last day where he will specifically ask you about how you fulfilled your callings. He doesn’t care what positions you served in, just what you did to give your all in the callings you received. So there is maybe 7 people in the ward that actually fulfills callings. We haven’t seen our Elders Quorum Prez for like 8 weeks now and they never have ward council. I don’t think we have ward missionaries. Haha but it’s all good.
Anyway, we got knocked on by some Jehovah’s witnesses last week, and they gave us some pamphlet even though they knew we are missionaries. And then a week later we got knocked on by some more that looked like their big guns. Anyway, apparently they have missionary work down in their religion. They have the members knock doors once a month and they knock everywhere. And all they really do is hand out their pamphlets and stuff then when they get back, they report to their church those who accepted their pamphlets and then send their "Missionaries" to that house to try to teach. Not gonna lie, but that a really good idea.
Anyway, we have a baptism this Saturday. Olga is finally going to enter the water :) So excited. She will be the First investigator that I found, started at lesson 1, and got baptized. It’s such an amazing process i'm not sure how to describe it, or if it is even possible to describe it. To see the effect the gospel has on families is amazing. And her husband Rolando is such a boss. They were starting to have a really hard time with money and stuff, and the church was helping and all but that’s not a thing that can perm. So we were afraid we were going to lose her, cause they were going to move away to find jobs. Anyway last time we where there they asked us why God wasn't blessing them with work. They were paying tithing, following the commandments, and praying every night to find one and nothing was happening. I’ll be honest I was starting to wonder, "Why are you letting them suffer like this? You say throughout the Book of Mormon that you take care of your people?" and I prayed, and fasted. And soon enough we got a call from a member saying that he has a job opening and was wondering if anyone in the ward needed one. I could not have been happier. And so the Castros where blessed in the moment they needed it most, and I was corrected in my doubts lol. But Pray for Olga this week, to have the strength to know that this is what she needs.
Love you all, thanks for all the support.
-Elder Stewart
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