Dear Friends and Family,
How are all of you? How did you all like conference? It was
awesome here in Fabens, Texas. It’s amazing though how many members don’t put
much of an emphasis on watching general conference. Maybe its because
conference is not quite as good in Spanish as it is in English, but still. I
remember when it wasn’t much of a big deal to me, or when I would only listen
when President Monson was speaking, but something has changed to the point
where I look forward to listening to them talk. I mean, to think, what would I
give to hear a talk or hear the testimonies of a Living Peter or John, or Paul,
and here we have 15 men who have the same calling and authority as they do. I
just love it. Anyway I hit my 13th month mark yesterday, and now have 11 more
months in the mission, scary huh?
This week I got a call from President Miller to be a Trainer. I
am going to have a son! I’m pretty excited for the opportunity and am excited
to see whom I get and how the Lord blesses the area because of him. We had a
meeting for trainers and one of the things they shared was this video about
Fleas and training them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlpjA-QgmQM I
think it was pretty cool. Well this means that my companion now will be
leaving. He is not too happy about it cause this is his first area. I told him
he would get used to change, like me. I’ve gotten a new companion for the last
4 transfers in a row, which is pretty rare.
I really love conference this weekend, and actually went into
the session looking for some specific answers, to some problems we are having
with our investigators right now, and also what it is I need to do with my new
greenie coming in. And I can report that it actually works. People always told
me it would but I still didn’t really try to look for the answers that come by
the Holy Ghost, because they really do. Some of the things I really liked are:
·
President Uchtdorf's talk about how living the principles of the
gospel can help us live a life that we won’t regret later. Like spending more
time with our families. How we need to stop focusing on what we think or want
to become in this life and start to focus more on becoming the person God
intended for us to be. Good intentions are not enough.
·
M. Russell Ballard's about the honeybee and how the church needs
to be like a beehive.
·
D Todd Christofferson about our duties in the priesthood. Being
men that women, children, and God can trust.
·
President Eyring spoke of how blessed he felt when he
learned that he had the spiritual gift of being a peacemaker. He then taught
that we each have a spiritual gift. (It says in D & C 46:11 "...That
to every man is given a gift by the Spirit of God.”) Pres. Eyring also
encouraged us to identify which spiritual gift(s) we possess. You may have a
Spiritual gift highlighted in your Patriarchal Blessing or you can pray to know
which gift you have been given.
·
My favorite though was David A. Bednar's talk on Testimony and
Conversion. How a testimony alone will not be enough to save us in our times
and we need to work towards being truly converted to the Gospel.
"Testimony+Conversion" brings the strength we will need to stay firm
and steadfast. And that we need to set aside our weapons of rebellion.
Anyway I’m really excited for the next few transfers. Thank you
for all your love and prayers.
-Elder Stewart
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