*Is A's baptism still on for this weekend?
*Have you had any good experiences with "Share the Gift"?
YES! Which is AWESOME because he isn't smoking anymore and Elder Dickerson and I found him on splits 4 months ago and I have worked with him ever since! He's so excited!!!!
*Best experience this week?
Best experience this week was with Brother R, a less active. We were sitting in the car outside of his house and decided that he was probably still at work, so we drove off. I felt that we needed to go back and knock, so we did and he answered and let us in. We shared "He Is The Gift" and it brought tears to his eyes, and as we talked he wanted to read the signs of Christ's birth in the Book of Mormon, which he hasn't read from the Book of Mormon in a loooong time. He loves the story of Samuel the Lamanite. So he decided to read the entire book of Helaman. Wow. Then he told us how much he loves having us in his home, and hugged us and still had tears in his eyes. I love that man.
*Worst experience?
Just being tired and getting a little frustrated with my companion and myself. But things are getting better. Oh, and I taught the Law of Chastity lesson in Gospel Principles. :P
Absolutely! We use it for essentially every lesson. The above was probably the most visible good experience, but it's always a great message to share. We are allotted about 275 cards to pass out with it, and our challenge to those we teach is to "Share The Gift" :) We also pass out a lot of cards for the Mesa Temple Christmas Lights, which we get to go to on Wednesday! Yay!!!
*Do you know how much I love you? :)
Yeah. I see it more every week. :)
Along with that, I made a note to thank you for sending me out on a mission. I recognize more and more how much other people have to work and save to come out, but you paid for mine with the rental money*. Thank you, Mom and Dad. And thank you for getting me all prepped and helping me out so much. I love you both! :D
In other notes, the First Presidency Christmas Devotional was really good. It was nice to watch it in a recent convert's home. I was surprised that President Monson didn't speak though.
Well, we turn on the AC in the car... in December. It's super nice. Some days we get hot, especially when doing service. We also open the window and turn on the fans at night to keep cool. :)
I saw a sun dog (that cool circle around the sun and one of the bright spots on the side) and saw a giant circle around the moon.
We did a cool service project this week. We tore out bush stumps with our hands, and we got about half of them done in the 2 hours we were there. Some were stubborn and required a shovel, but we got a good workout from it!
There are some odd things here. For example, a bunch of (possibly illegal) Mexicans who stand in groups of about 20 on the corners or at gas stations. The people here, if they need manual labor, go to them and pick one up, bring them to their yard and the Mexican works, usually doing yard work. Then the person pays them whatever the person wants to and then takes the Mexican back. It's kinda sad, actually.
Here's a spiritual thought for the week. Read "The Lord's Wind" from the October 1993 General Conference. It makes me think about how Faith is the foundational principle of the gospel, and that without it nothing will ever move forward. The other principles of the Gospel are extensions on Faith. We must be willing to ACT on that faith. God is all-knowing and all-powerful. How could we not have Faith in Him? He loves us and knows exactly what is best for us. Therefore we must trust Him. Each of us must be the Lord's Wind.
Hope you have a great week! Love you! :D
Love,
Elder Stowell
*When the mission age was changed to 18, we realized it would be difficult for our boys to save enough money for a mission if they wanted to leave right away. We have some rental properties so we started a "Stowell Family Mission Fund" and our kids contribute 20% of their income to it and the rest is funded by rental income. The kids also help with the rentals.
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