I hope everyone had a great week. I know my week went pretty well. We had a good Thanksgiving this year where we ate at 3 different houses and died once we got home. I have not been so full in a long time. Thanksgiving is basically the same here but they still have tortillas with every meal.
Other than that, this week we started a "40 day fast." from Thanksgiving day to the end of the year there is 40 days and my companion and I were reading a letter written to a missionary by his father (who was a stake president) about how to purify yourself so that you can have the spirit with you as a constant companion. What you have to do is fast to find out a few things that keep you from having the spirit with you fully and then starting the next day you covenant with the Lord that you will do nothing on that list. Every night you sit and talk with Heavenly Father about what happened and areas that you lacked in and every morning you recommit to not doing anything on that list, taking it one day at a time.
So we started on Friday and that night we had an amazing lesson with the boyfriend of a less active member that we are helping to come back to church. We taught to his needs and he accepted a Date and came to church to Sunday. It was a miracle because the parents of this less active member never thought that he would come around and accept the gospel.
The next time we saw him on Saturday night, he said that he wasn't going to go to church and he did not read because he didn't feel ready for it. It was then that I felt the spirit most and I preceded to tell him that I knew he felt the spirit and that I know he knows it is true, and that all we are asking him to do is read, pray, and go to church so that he can learn from the Holy Ghost. I told him that we can’t give him his answer, that only going through the steps unnecessary to feel the Holy Ghost will he learn. He understood it, and was at church!
Well I am super happy, I love the area, training, and I finally feel like I can fully express myself in Spanish to the point that I can help these people progress through the spirit. I wouldn't mind staying in this area for the rest of my time here.
Love you all,
Elder Stewart
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