CHANGES!!!!!!

Hahahaha, it was so funny to read all of your guys emails about changes. So I am going to start off talking about changes.

RESULTS OF THE CHANGE- I have no idea whatsoever.

Hahaha. We still have heard nothing about the changes. Usually we would learn of the changes on Tuesday at district meeting, but this week we are thinking that we might learn today. They changed Pday to monday this week instead of thursday, because they want us to be better prepared for changes. So we were thinking they would tell us today, because it is most likely that either me or my comp will go, because we have been together for 2 changes. So today for pday we dont know who needs to buy food for a week, and who needs to buy food for the next two days no mas. Entonces, we are hoping that we learn of the cambios today, but as of this second, we dont know. So sorry for you guys, but it looks like you wont know til next week.

It sounds like all of you guys are doing pretty great though. It sounds like quite a busy week for all of us. I have my changes this week, you guys are coming home from Monterey, Grandma has her birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA. Dad has fathers day. HAPPY FATHERS DAY. And stephanie has her birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEPHANIE. And also I guess that I complete 5 months on my mission on the 19th. Crazy how fast everything has gone. And according to Stephanies Email, she says that time is flying by for her. I was only slightly offended because she said that my mission is going by faster than Bens mission. So we can obviously see who she cares about more. BEN :( Hahahhahahaha jk. But really :(

But anyways, sorry that I dont have presents for all of you guys and your special days, but I promise you that i will be thinking about you all day on your special day.

So this last week here in Tres Bocas has been a roller coaster ride. I have literally hit my lowest low here on my mission, but at the same time I have had some of the most spiritual experiences tambien. I dont want to really talk about that bad stuff because ya....... I just dont want to. But as for all the good things that have happened, i will tell you guys.

First off we have been having a little trouble with one of our converts, with him not wanting to come to church, and not wanting to pray or read. But then we talked to his mom (Estela, she is my mom here is Paraguay). A couple weeks before, Estela said that she wanted to get baptized, but then she changed her mind and said she didnt want to come to church. But Estela started seeing a change in her son Elias. He wasnt himself. He was happy before his baptism, and he was happy after his baptism, but then he just started to change. But anyways one day when Elias went to school, we went and talked to Estela about her son. She was very worried about her son. But to make a long story short, she said that her son had changed for her. She knew that with her son changing, this was God talking to her and saying that she needed to go to church, and she needed to be baptized for her son, and to have a eternal family. I remember promising her blessings that didnt come from me. I remember saying things that werent from my own mouth. I remember promising her a change in her son and in her families lives, and eternal happiness if they prayed everyday as a family, if they read from the book of mormon everyday as a family, if they attended church every sunday as a family, and if she was baptized in the true church. It is amazing how the lord works through us. If we live worthily to have his spirit, we can do his work and say what he wants us to say. She gained a huge testimony that day, I gained a huge testimony that day, we all cried together as the Lord bore witness of this marvelous work and glory. Since that day that we talked with Estela, her son has changed, and he is himself again. And this same promise that the Lord gave Estela through my mouth applies to everyone of you guys. If you live worthily and do these simple things, these blessings will be yours too.

The second other spiritual expereince that was tan purete ( so awesome). Entonces, we are teaching a friend of our convert. His name is Jorge (George in english). He is like 21 years old. We taught him the 1st lesson and he expressed with us his desire to be baptized and stop smoking. Jorge smokes like a chimney, como alot of packs each day. But we promised him help and assurance that he could do it. A couple days later when we taught him again, he said that as soon as we taught him, he went from smoking packs of cigarettes aday, to like one or two cigarettes a day. That day I gained a huge testimony on three things. 1. the book of mormon, and the change of life we can have if we read it, 2. The power of a converts testimony. and 3. We are on the lords errand, never be afraid to use his hel`p. This sentence was one of many important things that i learned in the MTC. The other huge thing I learnde in the MTC during my last day there was to not tbe afraid to promise blessings. And in these two instances, I have the hand of God at work at giving these blessings that we promised.

Well I have so many more cool stories to tell you, but I dont have time. So next week I will tell you these cool stories along with the results of the change.

Love ya guys

Con Amor de Paraguay

Elder Stewart