hello everyone!
Well this week was a pretty good one. We actually had a lot of success! We got a bunch of new investigators this week who have a lot of potential.. But after all the success we had this week and the way the area is looking up I found out today that I'm getting transferred. Yep only one transfer here in San Bartolome, pretty lame. I would have been excited about leaving here but this transfer had just made progress this week, I felt like we were getting somewhere, however slowly, and then now I'm out, so it is on a mission, especially here in this mission. Everyone gets transferred like crazy, about 3 or 4 transfers is the max in an area and that in itself is kinda rare. So yep I'm out of here and on to different things. Elder Febbo is still here and will be training a filipino cuz there's no foreigners coming in this transfer. We keep losing missionaries every transfer until August when 26 are coming in. So its going to be a rough hectic next couple months, a lot of areas getting closed down or doubled up, so we'll see.
Really tho this week was good. We had our temple day, got out to work on Wednesday. On Thursday we had splits with the Zone Leader's and it was fun I was with Elder Lazaro, he goes home this next transfer and is really good. I learned some good stuff from the guy, hes funny too. But then Friday was just a good day, found some more investigators just tracting. It was funny the difference faith and a positive attitude can have.cuz we've both got pretty negative about the area and the work but on Friday at the first door Febbo just said, this is going to be a whole family and all 5 of them are gonna get baptized. I laughed and then this guy just let us right in without us really even introducing ourselves at all. It turned out to be a really good lesson and the guy was very interested, himself being catholic and his wife recently becoming born again and he wondered why. It's crazy what just asking simple good inspired questions can do.
Then of course Saturday and Sunday we had general conference. It was awesome.Its kinda weird how they do it here, just a little small room for Tagalog and the regular chapel for English, a little backwards. I don't know, they just love English, especially here in the city, which was a problem cuz on Sunday we had some investigators come and they didn't understand the English like at all (they use some deep English in conference) so we took them to the Tagalog room. One of them Joey, a recent convert said after, that he felt the spirit so strong just hearing President Monson say good morning brothers and sisters. Joey has such a strong spirit, so sensitive to it too. Me and Febbo talked after about how he has so much potential and how we could see us all listening to him in a conference in the future. He really is the rock of that family, all members except the tatay (so hard headed) and his little brother who is just really shy. The kid loves the scriptures tho it'll just take time before he overcomes his shyness.
But man all the talks were awesome in conference. I don't know how to describe it but there is so much power in the conference. Like this one and the one in October are the only ones that I've ever listened to and took notes in every session. So much to learn, I don't know I really don't want to miss many of the sessions in the future.
But ya that's it for right now. I learned a lot this transfer, so much. Like Elder Febbo has taught me so much directly, indirectly and maybe not even wanting to. I learned how much farther I have to go, how much I have left to learn, basically humility. and to seek the spirit. Oh and not to get comfortable, cuz its fun and easy to get comfortable until stuff suddenly gets hard then you look back and regret getting comfortable when you could have been working, getting better to prepare for the harder times that are most definitely arriving. I loved Elder Christofferson's story about the bush and how we have to be cut down by Heavenly Father to take the path we need to take, to reach the potential we don't know at this moment we have. I love the mission. I love the people. I love my companions, even if they frustrate me and make me question myself. It's just what I needed and I thank them all for it, especially Elder Febbo. cuz he wanted the best for everyone and you could never say he didn't care, even if sometimes he cares too much. He's a loving person and I learned a lot from him. Can't wait to see what's gonna happen tomorrow, where I'll be next week.
love you all
Elder Stover
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