Happy new transfer! And what an exciting one it is so far! Sister Yenchik is my new comapanion- she came out the transfer after me and this is her second area and she is all kinds of pumped and fired up for this work and it is so exciting! and we surely had an exciting week this week!
We went contacting quite a bit on campus this last week- becasue that is totally and 100% allowed! and we are taking advantage of it! and through that - we were able to teach and testify to a lot of people and found 6 new investigators in three days! Oh the power and the miracles that come through opening one's mouth! It is all very exciting. I have used that word way too much...
This last week we also planned out what we are going to focus on in exchanges with the sisters in the zone (there was another companionship added to the zone this last transfer so now we are over 6 companionships! how honored am I!) and we really wanted to look for and focus on the miracles we see as missionaries - and I tell you what- they are everywhere!!! Like this last week for example- not only did we find 6 new investigators - we also were able to make contact with investigators who we haven't been able to find since before Christmas! Like Carlos! Do y'all remember Carlos? well we haven't seen him for a month now - and we had a lesson with him last night! and it was most definitely needed. Carlos is one of those people who can just put asmile on your face in an instant - and he did! and it was a lesson chuck full of tender mercies too - I have been feeling a little discouraged about my teaching lately and my ability to clarify gospel principles and last night in the introducing of a new missionary to him and he to her - Sister Yenchik asked a lot of questions that checked for his understanding about what has been taught so far and whta his thoughts and feelings have been - and I was scared! What if I was such an awful teacher and he didn't know anything! but silly me - I shouldn't have been scared becasue the spirit is the real teacher- and Carlos remembered and understood all of it! and Joseph Smith? He loves that guy! so we are going to go back tonight to watch "Joseph Smith Prophet of the Restoration" with him tonight. Tender Mercy right there. Sorry about that long tangent.. just thought you might want to know what is going on in the head of Sister STuart.. oh and one other quick side note.. remember the "Taylor Stories"? well, they are quickly disappearing! My companion has been in clutches (that is not the right word... there is a word that I am looking for that describes laughing uncontrollable for extended periods of time.. sorry my vocabulary is failing me) for the last week and told me last night that I was so good at telling stories! oh and sistermontini would ask me every night to tell her a story becaseu she just loved them so much! so y'all better look forward to hearing my mission stories! you won't know what hit you! back to exchanges.. So focusing on the miracles - and what bring miracles?? It is the faith. faith is not produced by seeing miracles - otherwise, Laman and lemuel would not have been such terrors. They saw more miracles than i can count! But miracles are grown through righteous living and obedience to God's commandments - then faith grows -them miracles are produced! and the coolest thing about miracles - that I learned in my study - is that they "should not be regarded as deviations from the ordinary course of nature so much as manifestations of divine or spiritual power" (BD miracles). How cool is that! miracles should be part of our ordinary lives - our every day experiences! but only if we have faith. and we develop that faith by obedience. So wake up on time people, exercise for 30 minutes, be to your study desk at 0800 and be there for two hours and then be out your door at 1000 and don't come back until 2100 - oh wait - that is just what I need to do. I will do it. and then I will tell you of the miracles I see because of it. What miracles are part of your daily lives? What extraordinary thing have you seen that is, in all actuality, ordinary?
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