Oct. 23, 2018

Yall, This week has gone by so fast! It seems like a week ago happened yesterday. Elder Snow and I have been working hard. We had a few super bomb lessons taught by the Spirit. We are also becoming a lot to the branch. We sat down with the Elders quorum president and made the ministering assignments and put them into the computer. Then on Sunday we did ward secretary stuff. So basically all the super secret church stuff we do. Elder Snow and I spent a lot of time this week thinking about how we can do better personally and as a companionship. We have remade goals and are hold each other to them. I am so glad to be here. My Spanish is getting a lot better! It still is a little rough, but it's good. Today we got to help someone demo and re frame a little house. It made me really really happy. I knew what I was doing and I surprised the man we were helping. It was so nice. I miss doing stuff like that. I have been learning how to better listen to the Spirit and move myself to be where he is. It's really cool to learn how to follow him! I love you all so much! Thanks for everything! Elder Stephen

Oct. 16, 2018

yall, I'm sorry for not writing last week, I forgot my tablet at home. My bad! So, this week has been a good one. I am in a branch. This branch is the only Spanish unit in the Stake. This is super different from my first two areas, which were on the border. It's hard to find anyone and everyone in the Spanish communities have been taught by missionaries before, or are super catholic. LAME! To be quite honest, this branch is falling apart. We have been so crazy busy because we are trying to fix it! We are working on being the councilors in the Elders Quorum. On top of that, we are trying to do our regular missionary work, and Zone Leader-District Leader responsibilities. Whew. It's a lot of wok, but it's good. The mission held a 24 hr. fast to help us meet our goal of having every single area of our mission Baptize 3 people by the end of the year. This is a lofty goal for our zone especially! However, after this fast, we all know that we can do this. I am so happy to be out here. This area and these people have so much to teach me. I am going to learn so much and gain new knowledge and experience. Love yal, Elder Stephen