Changes

Well it is official now.. I am into mylast change.  Me and Elder Morillo stayed together for the last change and we are still in Poptun!  So we will see how that goes becuase he is also going home the same day that I do... so that will be interesting!

But as for this week here in poptun we are doing good.  We were able to have 105 people in church!  We are super excited to see this branch progress!  It is super cool to see the fruits of your labors... so yeah things are going pretty good here.  And also the person that we are teaching... wendy... also came to church again... so that is super good she is on her way to getting baptized...  So we are planning on baptizing here withing these next few weeks...  The only problem that we have here is that we cant seem to get mario and carlos to church but we are working hard for that!  

We also had the opportunity to have a meeting with the leaders (kind of like ward council) but we cooked them lunch and talked to them a little about what we want from them... that is kind of the trick to tell someone what you want and not having them feel bad you just gotta give them a little bit of food... so that was pretty great.... that was on saturday... then on sunday as a branch they had 15 visits... when the normal was 0... so they got that going a little bit better!  So we are just kind of enjoying our time here....  because now we both have finally gotten used to knowing what to do that we have a lot of ideas of how to get things going... it is pretty nice... so yeah we are just pretty content here in Poptun and hoping that this week can be twice as good.

Love Elder Stuart

Hello

Well this week was a pretty interesting week!  It was a pretty good week. We had a really cool experience this week.  So we got a call from one of the sister missionaries telling us that they have an investigator that wanted a blessing, but it was the mom of the investigator and they didnt know where she lived... so they just kind of gave us the general direction and told us to go find them... so we finally found the house and we started talking to the mom and we came to find out that she is a less active member.  But that she is the only one in her family that is member.  So we started chatting a little about that and well it turns out that she has been waiting for like 3 years to find the desire to go back to church, but just never got the "push" to do it... so when we showed up to give the blessing to themshe explained to us that that was the push that she needed.  So that was on thursday, and on sunday her, along with her husband, son, daughter in law, and 2 grandchildren showed up to church!  So that was just a fantastic story for this week!

Also me and Elder Morillo have been working a lot with the people that we are teaching.... especially mario carlos and wendy... and it turns out that Wendy came to church yesterday and that she says that she is ready to get baptized!  It is always so great to hear that!  I sure am going to miss that.  But yeah so we are going to work super hard with her so that she can get baptized and so that she can continue on living the good life!  So yeah it has been a pretty decent week this week for us!

Also another good thing that happened this week is that church was actually pretty decent this week.  We were able to have a lot of people there...  80-90 people... which is much better than the 47 that we had like 3 weeks ago... so we are pretty excited for that because the Branch President is working super hard to get things rolling here in Poptun again!  So that is pretty great also!

My scripture that I want to share with you guys this week is D and C 82:10.  

Love Elder Stuart

[1 Jun 2015]

Bueno bueno

Alright well here we go again!  So this week was pretty great!!!!!  We were finally getting going again..  These 3 weeks have been some of the most stressful weeks of my whole life... I usually dont get stressed out so this is kind of new for me..  but I think we are now getting things rolling here.  So basically what has been happening is that we have had so many problems in the district with obedience that I have basically been babysitting 14 missionaries for the past 3 weeks... It has really just been stressing me out.. but this week we had the conference with Elder Alonso from the 70!  So he basically just called out the 4 Elders that have been causing the most problems in front of everyone and told them that they need to change and be more obedient... So that was pretty great... so for right now things are going pretty decent again bu I guess that we will see how long that lasts..  But yeah so I hope that now It wont be so stressful

Now for the work in Poptun we were also having a ton of problems here... one of which is the attendance of sacrament meeting, another are the leaders, another is that the missionaries that always come here always get their area cleaned out... and I could go on for days about all the problems here.. but Basically yesterday we got everything figured out... because we finally got to talk to the to the Branch President who was super depressed about everything... and we finally got to talk to him to figure out his problems to help him get back into everything and by the end he was feeling super good about everything.. and he was back in the game... so that is going to solve just about all the problems that are going on with the branch..  So that was just fantastic.  

So yeah this was kind of the ending of a really stressful three weeks, but now everything is better and we are going to be doing much better these weeks....  Hallelujah!!!!!!!!

Love Elder Stuart

Another change!

Well this week I dont have a ton of time... but I guess that I will just send you guys a little message.  So this week we had changes, and it turns out that Elder Gomez wont be my companion anymore... but we will still be in Cubulco!  They opened up a new area in Cubulco!  So that is pretty cool we are going to see a branch pretty quickly there now... with 4 missionaries there.  So we are pretty excited for that!  So I will be getting a new companion this week so I am super excited for that!  We are just super excited to see the change here in cubulco with four misisonaries!  So yeah I guess that is all for this week, but I promise to write more next week!

Love elder Stuart

(16 Mar 2015)

Good week!

Well this week was a pretty good week!  The biggest thing that happened this week is that 2 members that got baptized a year ago from next sunday...  Are going to go to the temple to be sealed as a family!!!!!  It is so great!  It was great to see/hear about this because when I was here in Rabinal last year... I helped teach them sometimes... becasue every once in a while I worked in this area (Cubulco)...  So that was super great to hear!  I am wanting to ask permission from President Curtiss this week to see if I can go with them... Which would be really cool... but we will see..  So that is going to happen in February!

Some other good things that happened this week is that in church we were able to have 4 future melchizedek (spelling??) priesthood holders in church and 1 deacon.. and they have all come for like 4 weeks straight... so that means that we are progressing!  And the thing that we need to become a branch is priesthood!  So if we keep this up we are going to be a branch in a short amount of time!  So we are pretty excited for that!  

So yeah overall this week was a pretty good week! Cant wait to see what happens this week!

Love Elder Stuart

New Year!!!!!!!

This week was a pretty good week here in Guatemala.  We were able to have a good attendance in Sacrament meeting!  We had 23 people there!!!!!!  We are growing so quickly here in Cubulco!  We are looking to have at least 6 potential melchezidek preisthood holders before april so that we can become a branch!  We have just got 3 to go!  And we have dates set for baptism for 2 of them and another one who is almost reactivated! It will probably just take him like 3 or 4 more weeks to get reactivated and 3 or 4 weeks to baptize them!  So we are looking pretty good!  We will have the goals met by march so that we have a month of consistancy and then we are going to present the group to the area to see if they let us be a branch!!!  I am so happy to see the progress of the group!  When I was here in Rabinal last year there wasnt a single member active in Cubulco.. and when I got here this year there were 4!  So I am super happy to see the progress of my area!  It is super great!!!!!

then also as for the other parts of the work it is all going smoothly!  So me and Elder Gomez are doing good!  Not many problems as of right now!  

Love Elder Stuart