April 2, 2018

Family,

Sorry I didn't do such a good job at writing a little every night but there was not a lot that happened missionary wise this week. We were super busy with a lot of meetings.

We were sad because we had like 6 return appointments this week to go back and visit with people. We had found from tracting the week before but we only found 1 at home. Her name is (D) We talked with her a ton about the Book of Mormon I think I wrote a little about her last week. We answered a lot of her questions and she committed to read 3 Nephi 11. Well as we went back to her home she comes walking out on her porch with the Book of Mormon in her hands and says that she didn't read and that she is to busy and likes her own church. She proceeded to hand me back the Book of Mormon... so I put my hands in my pockets cause I wasn't going to accept back the Book of Mormon of course! I already have one and she needs one. ha ha

We then invited her to keep it which opened up a conversation about why are we so persistent with reading the Book of Mormon. So we taught her again the importance of it and how it can bless her and her families life. She then expressed some concerns that she had about the Mormon church. One of her friends said that "the only reason they are members is to have multiple wives." I'm sure it was probably a joke but she thought that they were serious. It was a really good conversation. We were able to resolve her concerns and she again committed to read the Book of Mormon. It was really cool because she said at the end that she feels like something is trying to pull her to read the book. So that was really cool to see her attitude change and watch the spirit work in her.

The rest of the week was just busy work. Thursday was planning and a meeting. Friday was MLC which took all day with travel time. Saturday and Sunday were General Conference which took up our days as well.

I really enjoyed General Conference and the Solemn Assembly was amazing. Throughout this week I have been praying for the confirmation that President Nelson is the Lord's chosen and anointed prophet on the earth today. As I was able to stand with all of the other members of the Elders Quorum around the world and raise my hand to sustain President Nelson as prophet seer and revelator, the spirit filled the chapel and an unmistakable feeling of peace, confidence and assurance filled my heart and my body. I know that President Nelson has been called as Christs prophet today. I again along with President Nelson invite each of you to continue to study the talks that were given during conference. I know there is so much more to be learned from the talks as we study them in our homes once conference is over. I was able to read all of last conference talks before this conference and the insight I gained from doing so surpassed all the things I learned just from listening the first time.

I love you all and I am grateful for all of the love and support that you give to me. I hope you all have a good week!!

~Easter was really good and general conference was amazing as always! Elder Hollands talk will be a good one to talk about. He is funny ha ha Yes I did get my packages and thank you very much for them! I sent the video ha ha I was trying to send it to me but it was filmed on an Ipad so it could only send through Imessage and we don't have iPhone and it was to long for email so I just sent it to you hahah but save the video I want it!

Is Ty doing good!!? Is he going to get a call soon? If so I guess Chile

Thank you for all that you do. I love you tons. Have a good week!!

Elder Ethan Wayne Stucki