January 2, 2018
This week was a really good week. I went on a couple of exchanges this week. Christmas was fun the members here are pretty cool and so it was fun to be with them. It was also really nice to be able to talk with the whole family and see all your faces! It was good to here that you are all doing good and having fun at home! That was about it this week. I love you all and hope you have a good week!!
Elder Ethan Stucki
January 8, 2018
This week we were pretty sad because our investigator fell off date. He was supposed to be baptized Friday. He ended up cancelling all of the appointments that we had set up with him. So we still have things that he needs to taught and do before his baptism.
In a way it is kinda a good thing because the reason he had to cancel is for work... he is finally working again. He has not worked for the past 10 months. The church was helping him out for a few weeks so it is good he is working. Although it makes it a little harder to meet with him. Of course the adversary is very real and Satan has been working hard on him. He has a new lady friend who has shown up in the picture who has not been a good influence on him and has a lot of word of wisdom problems which I'm sure is making it harder on him to live it. But he met with the Bishop and our Bishop is awesome and helped him out a lot. But he is still doing really awesome for the most part and is sad he won't make his baptism this week but we will keep working with him.
So one of my favorite parts of the mission is working with recent converts. It is so cool to watch the growth that comes to people so fast after they have accepted the gospel and to see all the progress they make. In many cases I have seen how recent converts actually become so much more converted and solid in the gospel. They have been without the gospel in there lives and so when they accept it they see how much better there lives are with it.
Honestly I've thought sometimes "oh it would be awesome to have been a convert because they are so much more solid in the Gospel." I guess that's not really true because it is always a choice of ours to really become converted to the gospel or not. I am actually so thankful that I was born and raised in the gospel as well because it is not always an easy journey when people join the church. Hardly ever actually. The church is amazing and the Gospel is true. I have said this a million times before but I think all to often we take the gospel for granted.
I hope each of you are reading the scriptures each day and striving to draw closer to our Savior. If your not I encourage you to do so! Listen to President Monson and the last words that he said to us in his last general conference, "I implore" not just I ask or your should but he is begging us to really. President Monson knew and understood the importance of the Book of Mormon and how much it would benefit each of our lives. I know that as I have really strived to study and not just read each day I have felt the light and love of Christ more in my life. I have felt the cleansing power of His atonement and I know each of you can too!
I love each of you and hope that you have a wonderful rest of your week!!
In a way it is kinda a good thing because the reason he had to cancel is for work... he is finally working again. He has not worked for the past 10 months. The church was helping him out for a few weeks so it is good he is working. Although it makes it a little harder to meet with him. Of course the adversary is very real and Satan has been working hard on him. He has a new lady friend who has shown up in the picture who has not been a good influence on him and has a lot of word of wisdom problems which I'm sure is making it harder on him to live it. But he met with the Bishop and our Bishop is awesome and helped him out a lot. But he is still doing really awesome for the most part and is sad he won't make his baptism this week but we will keep working with him.
So one of my favorite parts of the mission is working with recent converts. It is so cool to watch the growth that comes to people so fast after they have accepted the gospel and to see all the progress they make. In many cases I have seen how recent converts actually become so much more converted and solid in the gospel. They have been without the gospel in there lives and so when they accept it they see how much better there lives are with it.
Honestly I've thought sometimes "oh it would be awesome to have been a convert because they are so much more solid in the Gospel." I guess that's not really true because it is always a choice of ours to really become converted to the gospel or not. I am actually so thankful that I was born and raised in the gospel as well because it is not always an easy journey when people join the church. Hardly ever actually. The church is amazing and the Gospel is true. I have said this a million times before but I think all to often we take the gospel for granted.
I hope each of you are reading the scriptures each day and striving to draw closer to our Savior. If your not I encourage you to do so! Listen to President Monson and the last words that he said to us in his last general conference, "I implore" not just I ask or your should but he is begging us to really. President Monson knew and understood the importance of the Book of Mormon and how much it would benefit each of our lives. I know that as I have really strived to study and not just read each day I have felt the light and love of Christ more in my life. I have felt the cleansing power of His atonement and I know each of you can too!
I love each of you and hope that you have a wonderful rest of your week!!
I will email next Tuesday!
Elder Ethan Stucki
Elder Ethan Stucki
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