Conference and Photos

This week was a pretty busy week...  We were excited for conference, and it all turned out pretty good... Usually here in Guatemala the internet is super slow... and we have struggles usually seeing conference, but this time it worked super well!  So we were able to learn a lot and have a great time letting our investigators know who is the prophet that he has the power to talk to God and receive revelation for the whole world!  So we enjoyed that a lot... we were able to have some success with that and we are hoping to have a good couple of weeks here... 

Other than that our week here was pretty slow... because here it is called holy week... so there are a bunch of Catholics and their wicked traditions... so that was kind of a bummer.. because there is literaly nobody in their house.  So yeah not much to say this week just that I am busy and I will write more next week!

Just some pictures of us here in Cubulco.. doing service and here are the other elders... waiting for us... to start church...  

Photos!

Some little kid (investigator) had some walking sticks...and this is my comp trying to use them... he failed EPICALLY... this kid made it look so easy but it really isnt...  

Well this is general conference for yall... this is the saturday morning session... the first picture is the spanish speakers listening to it... all three of them... (p.s. 2 are missionaries and the other is the secretary of the branch) And this is the picture of the English session all four of us... me my comp and these two hnas... so we had a total of 7 people and 6 were missionaries!  Great turn out right???  Not even the president of the branch or his counsellors showed up... oops...

Conference...

Well this week was a good week, but I dont really have a ton of time, so I am just going to send you the big things that happened... (like I do every week).  So General conference, It was great... but we only saw like 1 and a half talks saturday morning, because the internet here is terrible... then from there saturday afternoon we just listened to on the computer in English because watching it didnt work... so we listened to all of that one... but it isnt the same just listening to it... so that was a bummer... then for priesthood we listened to it in spanish... because yeah i had to... and well that was good but once again it just wasnt the same...  so that was goodish... then sunday morning we were able to watch the whole thing in english, and so that was good... then for the sunday afternoon, we were going to watch the conference, but there was no power, or lights, or internet... so we couldnt watch it... until about 3 ish we hopped on board and we watched the last hour in spanish, because we couldnt watch it in english... so yeah it was a great experience with the talks that I saw.... But hey that is guatemala for you right??  

But other than that we have been having a good time here in La Libertad... we were able to find teach and do all the good stuff... so that was good.  but one thing that is going really good here is that a while ago we were able to find a partial family ( a family that is some members and some not), and well those who are members are super inactive... and this week we were talking to them and we were talking about going to church (obvious??) and they said that finally they have the desire to go to church again... that they are ready to go to church once again in their lives... and we had been talking to them for about 3 months and they finally made that choice!  So that was super exciting!  So yeah that is about all that is happening here...

Love Elder Stuart

my scripture... well this week i was studying a lot the attributes of christ... and well how to be a better person and I really like these scriptures...mosiah 4:16-26... and alma 32:16  Enjoy!

Hello again...

Well this week we received the changes but we received no changes... so me and my companion will be staying in this area for another 4 weeks... ( we have a short change this change, so yes it will be 4 weeks)  So we are actually pretty excited for that...  We might not get along very well... but neither one of us wanted a change, so we got what we wanted!  so we are pretty happy, and I feel like this change will be a good change!  So we are both pretty excited.

But anyways as for the working part... we sadly didnt have the 2 baptisms go through this past saturday... because at the last moment (thursday) they thought that they needed a little bit more preparation.  So that was a little bit sad, but I wasnt too sad because I know that they will be baptized now in october, and well I will be here.  So that is all good...  And the better part, is that when they were talking with us they told us that they wanted to receive the lessons again to understand them better, because they are 11 and 9, and in 2nd and 1st grades... so they arent the smartest people in the world... so they are wanting us to teach them again, but with their parents..  Their parents want to hear the lessons now!!  So sorry about that little story, but for those who didnt understand my jumbled english... the two kids didnt get baptized last saturday, because they want to be more prepared and they want their parents to receive the lessons... so that they can be baptized too!  So it was actually pretty cool!

So yeah we are all chill down here in guate... and I hope that you guys are ready for some snow!!!  Because here it comes!  But who knows right... but anyway, I am doing good.. I have still got my 2 arms and 2 legs, and my head... so we are doing good at this surviving thing.  And I hope that you will all listen, and watch General Conference this week!  It will be great!  So have fun, and good luck to those who need it, and well for those who dont...  read your scriptures...   My scripture is  1st nephi 1:12

Love Elder Stuart

Divisions

This week was pretty interesting!  We had divisions again, but this time I went with the Elders that are usually in the office... so that was quite the experience.  I went to be companions with Elder Kumpf, who talked to mom on the phone... and Elder Bashaw, who is my grandpa in the mission, went to my area for the day...  So yeah we got there at like three and we went to work in their area, and it was actually a pretty slow day, but we were still able to have some success and find some new investagators..  But when we do divisions we usually do if for 24 hours, and no less...  so I went to the offices the next morning for like 2 hours and it was so weird...  We were doing all the finances for the mission, and Hna. Curtiss, Presidents wife, brought cookies... So yeah It was a little bit different missionary work, just sitting in a chair, doing finances and eating cookies for 2 hours, then I went back to my area... which I was super greatful for...  It is so much better to be working in the field than in an office...  

And for General Conference this week... IT WAS AMAZING!!  Sadly we didnt have many investigators go, because we had to travel like 15 minutes in a bus to get there, so yeah they didnt really want to go.. But we did have 2 people that did watch it and now they want to get baptized...  IT is amazing the power of the Prophet and the Apostles....  This guy that watched it really didnt want much of the church before he saw it... He was staying at a members house for the weekend(his cousin) and so he decided to watch it, but the sad thing is that he doesnt live in oure area, he actually lives in Quiche, which is by Jonnys first area...  But yeah so that was great to see the change in him, but he wont be able to get baptized because he literally lives in the middle of nowhere...  But we are going to work on that...  And the other investigator that watched it wants to get baptized too... So yeah that is pretty amazing the power of them....  

So yeah this week was pretty great... But the next week will be even better!!!  Until next time!

Love Elder Stuart

Conference!!

So this week has been just another week in the field.  Not much happened but the things that usually happen.  But I am loving it here in Guatemala.  It is awesome here!!!  

We didnt have the baptism on saturday because of general conference but it is going to be this saturday.  So im super excited for that because we get to do it in the waterfall that I sent pictures of last week, and Elder Brito said that he was going to let me do it.  So I am super excited for that!!!  

Also General Conference was awesome.  But things here are tough to do, because we dont have a lot of the things from back home, like computers...  So we were watching conference on the computers in the chapel that look like they are from the time of Christ, and they were super slow.  But luckily we had two so me and Elder Call, my district leader, got to watch it in english!!  So I actually understood what they were saying when it wasnt buffering.  So that was pretty awesome.  But yeah it was so slow that we didnt get hardly any breaks in between sessions because they were about 2 hours and 45 minutes a piece.  So on saturday we watched conference from 10 until 9 at night with a little break for lunch but not for dinner.  But it was awesome.  But then on sunday we didnt get to watch the whole thing for either session because it was so slow.  So we only saw about half of each.  So that was a little disappointing.  But anyway about conference...  I dont know if you guys noticed this but i noticed it because it was specifically directed to me.  It was said probably around 7 or 8 times that members and missionaries need to work together.  Elder Ballard in the saturday afternoon challenged each member to find one person to have the missionaries teach before christmas.  I also challenge each one of you to do the same.  I know it might be hard and you probably dont want to, because I know I didnt want to when I was home, but it really is easy and the missionaries will really appreciate it if you do this.  I love it when the members help us, all three of them.  It really does make our lives easier and I know that if you do this youre lives and the people you help lives will be blessed through this.  Also another thing I loved was the line by Elder Holland, of course, that says Gods love is ALWAYS there for us whether we deserve it or not.  I know that that is true and that god is our loving heavenly father.  

Thanks for all that you do for me and all the advice that you guys have given me.  My scripture this week is mosiah 2:17, and it says if you are in the service of your fellow beings you are only in the service of you god.  It is important that we serve others with all our heart might mind and strength, because by doing this we are showing our love for God.

Love Elder Jeffrey Stuart