Dear beloved friends and family,
Yesterday started my final week in the mission field, and seeing that next week I will be in the Mission Home/ Temple all day long, this looks like this will be my last time writing to you. I apologize if my letter today seems weird or different in any way, the emotions at this time have been a lot to handle, and even being here in the library right now it’s hard to hold back tears (even though the gangster- looking guy next to me is listening to some hard core screaming music ha-ha.)
I have had one amazing week this week, and have been working harder than ever. We taught a record 31 lessons this week for my mission and found 4 new families coming to 12 new investigators. I hope to really prepare the area for the next missionary to come in. I honestly do feel the Love of the Lord as I have been trying to do all I can in these final 2 weeks. He has blessed me beyond belief and has helped me to feel that he is proud of me.
Another major miracle happened this week. We got a call from the lawyer today that is working on a legal matter for the Cruz family. It turns out that this week, a paper that needed to get signed, got signed by a miracle, and he will no longer need to wait another 3 months to get married and baptized (which was what we were expecting). Even the lawyer was stunned and amazed at the miracle that was wrought before our eyes. It may just be 2-3 weeks now till they are able to be baptized and I feel like my faith in God has reached a whole another level. I will for sure be coming back for their baptism in the weeks to come.
Heavenly Father also worked another miracle for us this week. On Sunday the Gallegos family came to church with their marriage license. Elder Hunter and I thought that it would be a few weeks for them to make the actual decision to get married and I thought that I would be missing their baptism, but God, being so good to me and their family, poured out his spirit on them and they decided to get married as soon as the Bishop had the opportunity to, and two of our other investigators were chosen to be the witnesses. We had a powerful lesson Sunday night where we talked about baptism. I have been very careful to make it known that I do not want them to be baptized before I left and how I would drive all the way back here for the day they decided on. And the husband, Ignacio, bore a very powerful testimony about how, in his way of saying it, it really had nothing to do with me leaving that he is getting baptized, he said that he has known since the very day that we walked into his home and shared the story of Joseph Smith that this is the Church of God on this earth and that he wants to be a part of it. They will be getting baptized on the Sunday the 1st of September.
I have gained a testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ as my Savoir and Redeemer. I have no doubt that he paid for my sins with his Atonement and made it possible for me to live after this life with his Resurrection. I know with a certainty that we have a Father in Heaven who is doing everything in his power to help us become like Him and live with Him again. That the Plan of Salvation is His plan for us, and is a true plan, and by it we may live in Family units for the rest of eternity. It has been revealed to me by the power of the Holy Ghost that Joseph Smith was called to be the Prophet of the Restoration and that the Book of Mormon in the inspired word of God. And now that I finish this mission that he has called me on, I can honestly say that I have fought a good fight, and that I have finish this course and chapter of my life and move on to the next, but above all, I have kept the faith. I have given my all. In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
I love you all and look forward to seeing you all in a week.
With much Love,
Elder Daniel Gregory Stewart Jr.
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