Guten Tag!
I must apologize, as I was
reading over my letter from last week I realized how much I use smiley faces. I
will try to restrain myself in the future.
Anyway, this past week was a good
one. We taught an adorable little family from Vietnam that the Elders in the
5th ward found. There are so cute and just want to know more about Jesus
Christ. Well, that's what we do :)
This past week we also taught C,
who had a son die when he was just 20. We read Alma 40:11 with her, and as she
finished reading, she literally shouted for joy. Oh man, she is so ready for
this message, we just have to get her some good fellowshippers in the ward and
get her to church!
Sister Reid and I taught our
English class the song "Head, shoulders, knees and toes." So, so, so
much fun.
The highlight of the week was of
course General Conference. We went to go watch it at the Stake Center. During
the Relief Society session (which we watched Saturday afternoon), we sat with
an investigator some of the Elders are teaching and her 4 year old son, D. D is
a ball of energy who mostly speaks Spanish with a couple German phrases thrown
in here and there for good measure. Luckily, we did have some crayons on hand,
so now I have a nice drawing, courtesy of D, in my notebook. I loved the talks
particularly about the Atonement; because that is something I have wanted to
understand better.
Then Saturday night we heard the announcement
by President Monson: Elders can serve at 18 and Sisters at 19! We have some 18
year old missionaries in our mission, and they do a great job. I think this
means that a lot more Sisters will serve missions, because they won't have time
to get married first :)
On Sunday we watched two more
sessions. We had 4 of our investigators come to watch the Sunday morning
sessions! And one of them brought a friend! :) That was amazing. I especially
loved the beautiful music by the choir during the session, that really helped
to invite the Spirit (and to break the meeting up, so people stayed
interested). W came, and in order to keep her focused, I looked up the
scriptures the speakers used and had her read them in Chinese. She especially
liked President Monson's talk. She said "I want to hear him again!"
One of my favorite talks was
Elder Holland's talk. Oh my goodness, he speaks with power and authority, you
can't help but listen. I will be going back and rereading John 21 in a whole
new light now.
We got transfer calls this week and
have some exciting news! First off, Sister Reid and I will both be staying for
another transfer at least. Also, we are getting a set of Elders in our ward!!
Oh man, I almost jumped for joy when the Zone Leaders told me that. Our ward
really needs Elders right now. There are so many priests that should be
preparing to go on missions that need a strong example. And, we will be able to
pass off some of our investigators to them, so we can focus more fully on
meeting the needs of the needs of the sisters that we teach. I am so grateful,
because this is something I have been thinking about. The last transfer I told
Heavenly Father I would continue to do my best, but it would be awesome if He
could send some Elders our way.
Ich habe diese Arbeit so gern,
und ich weiß, dass wenn ich mein Bestes gebe, kann ich anderen helfen. Der Herr
will, das wir einander dienen. Ich bin vielleicht nur eine kleine Honigbiene
(wie Elder Ballard gesagt hat), aber ich kann anderen jeden Tag helfen, in dem
ich aufmerksam bin und meine kleine Teile tun. Wie Sister Burton gesagt hat
"First observe. Then serve." Meine Mutter ist ein gutes Beispeil von
dieser Grundsatz, und ich will ihr Beispiel folgen.
(I am very fond of this work and
I know that if I do my best, it will help others. The Lord wants us to serve
each other. Maybe I’m just a little honey bee (as Elder Ballard says) but I can
help everyone I know and do my little part. As Sister Burton said, “First
Observe. Then Serve.” My mother is a good example of this truth and I will follow
her example.)
Ich wünsche euch eine schöne
Woche! Tschüss! (I wish everybody a good week!)
--Sister Stewart
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