Prayers really truly and sincerely ARE answered

Friends and Family,

This week was a good one. And to start it all off last Monday, after emailing, we climbed "Mount Franklin" which is the mountain that our house is basically built on. It took us 3 hours to get up it and back down. It was actually not a whole lot of fun because we had to climb rock at a few points and we all wore shorts, which is the worst idea in the world. The whole way up and down I was reminding the bushes and cacti that one day they would be burned at his coming. but I don't know if they heard me because I still suffered hundreds of scratches and stabs. All in all though, at the top you could see all of Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas which is quite the view. Plus I have a bunch of rocks that I'm gonna send home that are super cool.

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Prayers really truly and sincerely ARE answered! Our ward has officially changed mutual to Tuesday nights and that means volleyball as well. And we had 4 youth bring friends! 4! 4! 4! That's more referrals than I've gotten it 13 weeks. Anyway volleyball and the youth in this ward are the things that have been the most successful. So i guess that's what we are going to focus on. We now have 6 non member investigators that come to volleyball nights and also a lot of less actives come as well, which gives us a chance to get to know them and set up appointments... that is, if i don't go to much into beast mode and play too hard ha ha.

 

We had our first "Ward Correlation" this week and they called some new people this week. Almost the whole meeting was about missionary work and we got a few referrals right there. It seems to us that this ward has just been holding back all their referrals from the missionaries or just didn't realize they had referrals to give. But I think the "Missionary Talk" in the 3rd hour of the 5th Sunday of January really started things going. Pres. Perez (One of Pres. Miller's counselors) came and taught a combined 3rd hour class and at the end Elder Perez and I had to give a surprise testimony. I wasn't ready, but the spirit really helps missionaries out in times of need, and I spoke the best and most fluid Spanish I have on my mission. The spirit was so strong.

Anyway we started this "PMG class" for 3 families every Tuesday night for an hour. We will teach all 3 of the basic lessons, and role play introducing the gospel to their friends. As missionaries, we don't want the members to try to teach their friends everything, but to be able to at least answer some questions. But then to hand them over to us. Anyway we are excited to see this ward start to get more active and this area.

 

That's it for this week.

-Love Elder Stewart