Hey all!!
Well I was super excited to see all of the aweseom photos
from the last week, especially seeing that Sam is finally done with high
school!!! WOOOOHOOOO Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tats so awesome bud!!
So this week the big event was Tomy´s baptism! I was so
excited for her, it was such an incredible day! She has been waiting a long
time and been ready for a long time ot be able to be baptized but it has just
been moved around for various things, but finally this last Saturday it was her
day! It was a very spiritual service. America who gave us the reference in the
beginning gave an incredible talk where she just shared her feelings with Tomy.
It was one of the most heartfelt talks that I have ever heard. After the
baptismal ordinance the hermana Tomi shared her feelings with everyone and it
was super spiritual, she just talked to us about how clean she felt and her
emotions really took over, but the spirit was felt in the entire room.
This week we had some pretty cool oportunities to hear some
trainings from President Mecham. He really focused in on two things. One was
the importantce of strengthening the church area where we serve. He said we do
this by baptizing converted people and by helping bring back the lost sheep
that have fallen away from the path. Then, he talked about how to finish our
missions!:) Haha in these next two changes President will lose what he calls
the nucleus of the mission. He will lose 10 Zone Leaders and 2 Assistents. But,
he said all that we have done in our entire missions means nothing now in a
certain frame of mind. He said: If you play hard for 50 minutes in the Super
Bowl and then decide to sit out the last 10 minutes you will be remembered
forever as a failure and the same goes in the mission. He said that in our
mission, missionaries DO NOT die! I have included as my scripture of the week
as 2 Nephi 31:15-16 along with my promise that I will not be dying. I have
spent 22 months preparing to be this missionary that I am now. As I now
understand even so much better how to do the Lords work, He needs all I have,
and he will get it these last 2 months. I am going to be leaving it all out
here, and am going to finish with the sure confidence that there was nothing
else I could have given in Mexico!! 
15 And I heard a voice from the Father, saying: Yea,
thewords of my Beloved are true and faithful. He thatendureth to
the end, the same shall be saved.
16 And
now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that unless a man shall endure to
the end, in following theexample of the Son of the living God, he cannot
be saved.
The last cool thing of the week was Sunday. First of all,
our bishop gave an incredible talk on Sunday about going to the rescue of the
less actives in our ward. He talked about how every member of the church joined
the church at some point because someone; members, family, bishops, or
missionaries; prayed over them and then they became a member. Every person has
a story behind them, and we need to go and save these people. It was super cool
combined with what President had taught us and I am going to give an even
greater effort to find and activate these people!
Well, thats all from CDMX! Have a great first week of Summer
up there! I love you all!
Elder Stout
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