Happy Father's Day all the fathers out there! And a special happy father's day to my pops:) I love you!! We had a great week. It is cool being with Elder Limocon again and being able to work with him in another area and in another assignment. We had the blessing to visit a lot of members this week because we really want to get a good relationship with them in order to really hasten the work here. From visiting the members and their views on missionaries and missionary work. It was a testimony to me that just a simple visit and message, along with a lot of love, can help the members int he ward to build their trust in you as a missionary and want to help you fulfill your purpose. We had the opportunity of teaching a new investigator this week, his name is Patrick. He is super cool and he already came to church a few times in the past. He actually already knows a strong family in the church and we get to teach him in their home. In the lesson he was really open and one of the first things we asked were about his expectations from our teaching. he said that he wants to learn how to be converted! Oh man, I about jumped up and hugged him! I was super stoked though and so we had a great lesson with him. He came to church this last week and had a great time. I am super excited to see how he continues to progress. We found another good man, he wasn't as ready to receive the message we shared, but we were still very grateful we got to teach. He is married to a strong member in the ward, but has never had the desire to investigate the church. Actually, his wife, sister Melquiades said that the first Elders that he ever came up to. Apparently he just hides whenever missionaries come around, so I was just grateful we got to meet him and share a quick message with him. i am also super grateful for the example that sister Melquiades is for him and how faithful she is to the gospel. We had a sweet experience with our ward mission leader in the 4th ward. he invited us over along with the recent converts in our ward, Johnny and Shamir. We went and had snacks and a good time there and it was great because we really got to see how effective it is to have recent converts have a good relationship with the members of the ward. We had Stake Conference in the Makati Stake this last weekend! It was awesome. The Saturday night session was focused on hastening the work of salvation and it was so great. There was a sister that bore her testimony that was so strong. She has only one leg and walks with a crutch, yet she decided that she wanted to still serve a mission. She got all ready and put in her papers, then after waiting for a real long time, got news that her application was denied. She said she was sad, but felt that she just had another purpose in being a missionary and now she is a seminary teacher and helps prepare able young men and women to be able to serve. She is also helping her siblings get ready. She said that you don't want to have a badge to prove that you are a missionary, no matter who you are, you can be one. I know it's true. We can all be missionaries if we just have the faith and courage to open our mouths and hare the gospel with others. The Lord will bless us and help us if we do so.
Elder Stephens
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