Hey Everyone,
I just want to thank
real quick the good Fathers in this world, including my father, grandfathers,
Uncles, Cousins, and Great- Grandfathers. You are amazing and mean the world to
me. Please continue to give your family and also the world an example of what
it means to be a father. Here in El Paso it is so much different, the idea
of a "Father" is so twisted. It's not "Cool" here to be 16
and not have a baby or one on the way. And 70+% of the fathers here have either
already left, or are abusive and drunk all the time, or just don’t care about
the kids. I hope that this isn’t what the world will be like some day because
it is so sad. So join the fight and stop this from happening.
This week was a good
one. Elder Vallejo and I are getting along really well and have a lot of fun
together and are still able to be obedient. Because of it, we have seen a lot
of progression this week in our investigators. Maribel came to church again for
the 2nd time and is obeying the commandments, still preparing for her baptism
on the 7th of July. We are having almost daily contact with her to help her
progress in the right path. She is really excited to get baptized and we are
really looking forward to helping her there. On Sunday she found someone she
knew in the ward from school and also we set her up with one of the ward
missionaries in the ward and they have become good friends. It’s always a
relief off your back when the ward steps up and fellowships your investigators
at church.
Other than that we are
teaching these 2 guys from Cuba. It’s really hard for me to understand a lot of
what they are saying because in Cuba, they drop the entire "S" in
almost every word and shorten many words or phrases. It’s like in English
trying to talk to someone with a crazy accent, speaking super fast, and English
is not your first language. Elder Vallejo has to talk most of the time, especially
outside of lessons, because during the lesson when the spirit is super strong,
he lets me know what their needs are and gets the message across. But outside of
that. It’s too difficult. I know without a doubt that they are one of the
reasons Elder Vallejo is in this area, because it would be too hard for someone
who is not a native to teach them to the standard needed for conversion. We are
having a family home evening with them tonight with an active family to help
them get fellowshipped and excited to come to church. We will see how that
goes.
I had a super funny
experience this week that I think you would get a laugh out of it. So we were
walking home from an appointment a few days ago and this African-American guy
and his girlfriend are walking towards us in the opposite direction. As we get
close, I wave and say hello to them, and the first thing he does is throw up a
"Peace" sign and said "Mormons go to Hell." Being super
shocked I said "Oh, we do?" "Yep." And thanks
to my good attitude that day and self control I turned and said
"well then, I hope you have a wonderful day" he replied "you
to" and then we both continued walking until about 20 steps later he
turned around and said. "Hey, I really like your tie by the
way!" It was super funny, and I hope he has a better
impression now of Mormon missionaries. I learned how important
it is to try to act as Christ would in all situations, especially in the street
where you get a lot of confrontation and people yelling at you cause you
never know if it could shut the door for some people on learning about
the true gospel or open the doors wide open and help people prepare to receive
it. And yeah even though it is hard to just take it and go on
your way, it’s so much easier just to be nice and laugh about it later.
Well that’s all for
this week, Thank you all for everything you all do for me and I hope you
have a good week.
-Elder Stewart
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