It has been an awesome week! We went to the city and spent the night there before the leadership meeting
and then drove back the next day. It
takes four hours on a good day to get there and more with traffic. It was a really good meeting!
I was just pondering the other day on why
things are so good. And it came to me
Ether 12:6- you receive no witness until after the trial of your faith. My
faith has been tried for 2 years and we have had so many blessings the last
week!
We had about 15 minutes that afternoon waiting for everyone
so my companion and I decided to go down the busiest street in that city and do
some finding. We found this guy who didn’t
speak English, with the help of our iPads we were able to translate and explain
we could get him a copy of the Book of Mormon in his language if he was
interested. He said ya, and so we headed
to the visitor’s center. Once there, the
missionaries were able to take over and visit with him. So it was really cool. It doesn’t take time
to find people it takes faith!
We had exchanges this week with an AP, one of the guys I
came out with, it was super fun. We took
him by a family we have been working with and he said they were the best family he
had ever meet on his mission.
This family is amazing.
The wife contacted us the first week I was here. We went by and gave one
lesson that week. She was a member and
they were thinking their lives were missing something. This last week we taught them three
times. He accepted a baptismal date of
June 14th. So exciting. This Sunday was Stake Conference and so
President Jordan and his wife were here.
We talked to him and asked if he would go and teach this super cool
family with us. He agreed. We were teaching them about the Plan of
Salvation. The spirit was really strong in their home. I
began to bear my testimony and shared my personal experience with the Plan of
Salvation in relation to Kenny’s death.
This family has lost a close friend recently. President Jordan added a few words and
everyone in the room was crying. It was a very emotional and spiritual
experience. It was go great. President asked when the baptism day was and
he said June 14th- President asked if he wanted to move that up to
the end of May and he agreed. Then we started
talking about eternal families and the husband was asked who he wanted to be
with in the Celestial Kingdom, and he answered with his wife and children. The
wife was asked and she said with her husband and children. The children had been playing there and the
oldest spoke up and said she wanted to be with mommy and daddy too. We then committed them to set a goal to be
married in the temple one year from now. It was so amazing! I would serve my
mission another 2 years to have the opportunity to teach another awesome family
like this. They are so awesome!!!
Another find this week- a referral on our phone from the
Internet. After the great meeting with
the family we were just loving life and decided to stop by this one. We get there and a teenager opens the door. Asks if we are the Mormons and invites us
in. Come to find out he had been
researching the church online and referred himself! He loved what he had reading and 5 minutes
into the conversation said I want to become a Mormon, how do I become a
Mormon? What a mature and sincere kid-
such a great kid!
We have to prepare for a training for tomorrow in Zone
Conference and we have to finish that up and so not a lot of time. And sorry no
pictures- honestly we haven’t had any time to even take them.
At the Stake Conference Saturday evening
meeting, the Presiding Authority had all the missionaries stand and then had us sit
down in order according to how long we have been out. So since I have been out
the longest, he had me come and bear my testimony to the congregation. It was a
very cool meeting. Loved it! Love my
mission and the time is just flying by!
Thanks for everything, things are going great! Love, Elder Stevenson
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