Hey all!!
Well I have had an absolutely crazy week! We are just so
busy all the time here with an awesome ward and all of the assignments that we
have! First of all, I am going to be having a little less time to write:( because
we are always going to be doing stuff for President and other missionaries and
things like that, but I will do all I can to still respond to as many people as
possible!
So first of all....I have never been happier in my entire
mission!!! My companion is awesome! I love him! His name is Bryce Penrod, he’s
from Pleasant Grove Utah, but is a recent convert to the church. He is 25 years
old and has 20 months in the mission. He got baptized when he was 22! He is an
incredible missionary, it is so nice for me to be a junior comp for the first
time in such a long time because he is such an awesome missionary and I have
already learned so much from him! We get along like super well!
Our ward as well is incredible! I love it! We have so many
members who are willing to help us, and I have just felt so much love for every
person that I have met here so far! I absolutely am in love with everything
that we are doing here, I love my assignment I feel like I am helping so many
missionaries, what a miracle is has been that every time I have met or been
talking with one of the missionaries from my zone that I just feel this love
for them and a desire to help them, I feel like I have started off so well
building my relationship with every one of them! I am just so happy here, in
the best area, best ward, best zone and with the best comp! It has been an
incredible week. I feel so incredibly blessed by the Lord for all that he has
given me.
We had a bunch of success finding people last week. First of
all, a new returned missionary that got home the day I got here, took us around
our area and just like introduced us to all of this friends which was super
cool. One of them was a young man of like 20 years named Mauricio who I think
is one of the Lords elect because since the first lesson he has completed every
reading assignment we have given him because he is just looking to come unto
the Lord. He told us that ever since he was a kid and has seen us on the street
he has just had a super strong desire to take to us and now he finally has the
chance. We also found a super cool family, the Olivares family. We just decided
to contact the hermana in the street one day and then we went to talk with her
and her family a couple days later. She, her husband, and their three daughters
were just super receptive to the message of the gospel and we are hoping so
much to help them again this week.
So to describe my area really fast before I have to go. Half
of our ward is in a super rich area close to where President Mecham lives, and
the other half is in delgation Iztapalapa, the ghetto of the city, and you
guessed right, me and my comp work in the uglier half and the other
missionaries from our ward work on the other side. But, I feel completely safe
here, so many blessings this week from God!
Until next week,
Elder Stout
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