Hey there everyone!
Where do I start?! We had a great week. First off, Limocon and I got to go back to Palawan! We went with the Ostlers for the interviews for the missionaries over there. It was a bummer though because Elder Limocon and I didn't get to go to our old area in Narra. It was still Palawan though so that was cool. However, it may have been my last time there! i sure hope not. This whole week was full of interviews with all of the missionaries in the mission so that was sweet. We got to be there for all of the interviews to just help out and get people going back to their areas as well instead of hanging out at the mission home. Everyone loved the interviews at the mission home and they loved the interviews with President Ostler! I actually got to get interviewed this last week and it was great. He taught me to do something way cool! He said get a piece of paper and write what ever thing you want to be at the top, for example, husband or father. Then make two columns, one for things you want to do, and one for things you do not want to do. then, continue to write things down whenever you get the change or when ever you think of something new. And you can do this with tons of different callings or positions or anything. And you keep them all in a cabinet or file some where, then in the future, when you actually are one of those things you can go back to your notes and see ALLL the things you said about it in the past. It was awesome advice and it helped me to really get a grasp on the importance of a vision and seeing goals and plans to hit it. We had transfers this past week and Elder Limocon and I had an awesome opportunity to be involved a ton in the transfers. The reason being President Ostler still does not really know everybody so he wanted us to have a lot of input and then he make the decisions. It was sweet because we never did that before and we got to really see the Spirit work through all of us to get the transfer planned out the way the Lord wanted it to. I was blessed with the opportunity to be a part of that and I am super grateful for it. We had a meeting this week where we met with the new trainers and teach them. It was sweet because it was the first time President and Sister Ostler did that training and the first time for Elder Limocon as well. It was crazy to see the difference in the way the training happened compared to President Stucki but it was great to see that the Spirit was still there and we were all able to learn so much. President Ostler gave an invitation at the end of the training. He had all of the trainers write down 3 things that they hope the new missionary they train will say about them in the future. He said you could even do this when you are older and the 3 things you would want your children to say about their father or the 3 things you would want your wife to say about their husband. Anyway, it was sweet. Even though I wasn't going to train, I made a list of three things and said one, I am exactly obedient, two, I am hard working, and three, I love the Lord and I love these wonderful people. I don't know if it is a good list or anything, but I did say that to President Ostler and he said he put down those same three things. I am learning a ton from President Ostler and I am learning a ton about helping other missionaries come closer unto Christ. I realized that part of this assignment and our purpose as missionaries can apply to each other. Even though we are here to baptize people, we can still invite all to come unto Christ and that includes those missionaries that we are teaching. I had a crazy experience this last week! So a member in one of our wards texted us and told us we were going to teach some people at his place. So of course, Elder Limocon and I got super excited and went to our appointment. Right when we go in, come to find out, it was one of my family members!! Apparently, they work together at the same place and it was super weird but really cool at the same time. I gave her a Book of Mormon and invited her to read it and I know it will bless her forever! I love this gospel and the wonderful opportunity to be a missionary.
Elder Stephens
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