Hey Friends and Family,
I hope all is going well for you, that it’s not too hot and that you are enjoying your summer vacation. We are doing awesome. The area is really progressing and we are finding joy in our efforts. This week the Mission President and the Stakes in the area asked the members to fast for rain, due to the drought that Albuquerque is going through. The Rio Grande has nearly dried up due to the lack of rain and the heat this summer. So on Sunday we added rain into our fast. Well yesterday and last night it rained and thundered so hard that they sent out a text to all the phones in the area with a flash flood warning. It rained harder than I have ever seen it rain. What a blessing it was for us and the people here in ALB. I know its small, but the response to the fast helped increase my faith. God said himself that it is by small and simple things right?
We are still working with the Cruz family on their way to being married and baptized. Sunday was a sweet experience because Javier got up and bore his testimony. He spoke about his conversion and how he is 100% convinced that the church is true, even though he is not baptized yet. He talked about how it has not been easy since they started coming to church, in fact it has been harder financially and mentally, but said that as he has passed through the problems he is facing now, he has learned to rely on the Lord. Which I thought was very cool. He is the type of person that we could see being a stake president or in the Seventy one day. We are also teaching another family named the Gallegos family. They are probably just as equally prepared for baptism as the Cruz family. The only problem is that we have been having such a hard time getting members in the ward to come out with us. So we decided to ask Javier Cruz if he wanted to come. Well he and his whole family came and we had such a good, spiritual meeting. They got along so well and Javier was able to answer some of the questions that we have been trying to answer for a while now. So I guess when you don’t have a good fellowshipper in the ward, you need to find and baptize one. Ha-ha
We had our first ever MLC with the new President Miller this week. Again I was left so impressed with him and the Leader he is. His personality is one that everyone likes to be around, but his spirit overshadows his personality by far. It is awesome to see how he has adjusted to this new calling without even missing a beat. You truly understand "being led by the spirit" as you watch a change in the church's leadership.
Well I love you, until next week.
Elder Stewart
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