Super Power Used for Good

May 29, 2012

Hey Friends and Family.

I hope everything is going well. Since yesterday was Memorial day, the computers where closed and so I had to wait till today to email. And to be honest, I'm sitting here and can't remember a whole lot that happened last week. It seems like last week was so long ago now that it is Tuesday, but I do want to talk about 2 of our Investigators.

So remember Lorenzo Ortiz? Well a lot of really good things have come from him. Not only are we teaching his daughter-in-law, but his brother and his wife, his other son and his wife, his nephew, and also Maribel's mother, are starting to take the lessons from either us or other missionaries. So here we see that miracles come from God, through hard work and diligence, without getting discouraged. I wanted to talk specifically about Maribel though. We had 2 lessons with them this week. and they accepted the restoration really really well. She set a baptism date and is super excited to be baptized. But when we saw her Thursday she was going through a really hard time because her grandpa was dying (died on sunday morning) and said she didn’t want to talk to anyone right now, just be alone. I ended up offering a blessing of comfort which she accepted. After the blessing she stayed and talked to us and opened up. It was a great experience.

My parents have always had this joke that I have a super power, I have been blessed with the power of being very convincing and smooth with speech. Which makes me feel good of coarse but then I remember someone who had that character trait as well in the life before this one... and things did not work out to good for him. One of the last things they told me to do was use that power for good not evil. I'm just starting to see what an affect that it can have, when combined with the spirit, and obviously the Book of Mormon when teaching. But not only to investigators, but with other missionaries and my companion. My relationship with my district and my companion have grown a lot this week, even though we have many many differences. Instead of just holding in whats bothering me with them I made it a goal to talk to them about it. Every time I talked it out with one of them it always ended well. I really consider it a blessing to have this gift or whatever you want to call it and look forward to the GOOD effects I can have on people in the future.

Until next week,

-Elder Stewart