A week FULL of miracles

Birthday for someone we're helping

Dear Family,

This has been a great first week with Elder Hawks. It started out with a pretty good Tuesday. O.K. an AMAZING Tuesday. There is a man here who has been investigating for the longest time. His name is Christian. He is 24 and he is engaged to a member here. Anyways he calls us saying he will be baptized on February 14th. I would love to show my emotion for how happy I am but there is no exclamation mark button. So we have everything planned. Then Sunday we found out the other ward has an activity and so we can't do it that day. So he decided to just do it the 7th. In 2 weeks we have a baptism. 

Then last night we met with a guy that walked into church last week and said he wanted to meet because his friends encouraged him. He is getting baptized on the 21st. So things are going really well. This guys name is German and is from Peru. 

 

Reyes with some members (last transfer)

We are just doing really well together. We had the most amount of member present lessons this week than any other week of my mission and we are still finding new people who have tons of potential. It's really nice to see this happening in the first week. We are also challenging each other to do things way out of the box. Last week I literaly stopped a man that had is back faced to me and was crossing the street. We literaly want to talk to everyone. It's  been nice. 

It's nice that my comp also plays the guitar. We still have the ones from the mission home, every day we start comp study with a song and now we play it and sing. I/m just super excited for this transfer.

Well I hope you all had a great week. I love you all.

-Elder Stevenson

 

Two Missionaries from Buenos Aires

Pretty crazy Huh?

 

Transfered! ish

Hey family!

This week was transfers and it was pretty interesting. We knew my comp was going to be released as zone leader and so we were wondering what was going to happen. Soooo we both stayed but are no longer comps. I went with the other missionary, Elder Hawks, the blonde one I have a lot of pictures with and Elder Williams new comp is Elder Montague, the missionary from Rancho that flew out with me! So that's how I got somewhat transferred. I have to change apartments and visit entirly new people but still in the same ward. He and I are the zone leaders. He has a transfer less than me in the mission. He's from Sandy Utah and we are basically already the best friends ever.

This week went ok. We found out that our progressing investigator doesn't live in our area so we had to pass him on to other missionaries. But we did find a really good investigator! His name is Abraham and he is from Peru. He works sewing clothes and so he is always in his little shop and said we can pass by whenever. He is really interested so that will be good for them.

My new area has some really cool investigators that I already know. One is Christian he is engaged to a member and he wants to get baptized so that will happen soon. He is a really great guy, honestly future bishop. So I'm pretty excited for this transfer. It should go well.

Last night we did a musical devotional and it turned out really well. Elder Hawks and I played the guitar and sang "Oh, My Father." It turned out really well. We also sang a song together. A man that the sisters are teaching came. He is an artist and he drew my face and gave it to me. It is super cool! He is also a really funny man.

Well hope every one had a great week. Love you all!

-Elder Stevenson

SNOW!!!!!

January 5, 2015
 

hey fam,
 

 Sorry short letter this week. We had a long p day activity went to the snow. I'll tell more next week. All is going super well.

love you all!

-Elder Stevenson

Hey family!

Things are going really well. We had an amazing week this week!!

On Tuesday we were on our way to the mission home for a Leadership Counsel and while on the train we get a call. It was a guy named Roberto. He used to meet with the missionaries about a year ago but then moved. He recently moved back and Monday Night was thinking: "Where could he find people with good standards that he would like being around?" and then he thought... "THE MORMONS!" So, he called us. We have met three times already. He went to an activity with the YSA's and he has a date for the 7th of Feb. He is a super cool 23 year old Bolivian.
 

We have also been working really well with the members and bishopric and finally we were able to get some member references. We actually met with one. His name is Santiago. He is a YSA (Young Single Adult- it's a youth group in our church for those who are 18 and older) as well. My comp used to work in sales and one of the things they do to find future sales is give people a piece of paper and have them write names and numbers. So the member did it then invited us for food on Saturday and she brought him. He is so down to be taught the lessons and willing to come to church. We are really excited!

Marisa and Jerald are also doing really well. She was really sick this week so we couldn't meet. But she came to church this week. She also came last week. It's a mother and her son. Super cool.
 

It's really nice having some people to teach. We had some great miracles. Well hope you all had a great week. Love you!

-Elder Stevenson

Christmas Call!!

 

Merry Christmas friends and family,

 

We had a great visit with Bryce on Christmas Day. So wonderful to see his happy smiley face. He google chatted with us at a members home. We loved hearing his Spanish. It sounds amazing. It was wonderful getting to visit with the whole family at the same time,even though we were so far apart.

 

 

Some highlights: The concert with David Archuleta was a free concert for members and investigators. He also did a fireside for just the missionaries. He shared experiences from his mission. He also talked about the recording of  Glorious for Meet the Mormons. He got a call from his Mission President while he was serving in Chile. His mission President had gotten a call from Church Headquarters in Salt Lake asking for his approval for Elder Archuleta to record the song. Both agreed and a crew was sent to Chile to record and film the song.

 

Bryce really enjoyed serving in Lugo. He really learned to rely on the Lord. It's a much smaller city than Madrid but they were able to find many people to teach and saw many miracles. There is just a small branch there. He said he has always been a people person but he is even more so after serving there. He learned to love and appreciate all of the members in the branch and is even more comfortable talking with and getting to know others. He loves the people there. He loved that part of Spain especially the coast. He said it's even more beautiful than his pictures show. And is so glad he chose to go on a mission. He has been blessed beyond measure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Navidad Devotional

Hey Family!!

We had a super good week this week a lot of cool experiences.

We didn't have any investigators and so we were on the search this week. We contacted a lot which was nice. Lugo is such a small town and there are not that many people. Now in Madrid, I have millions of people literally!! So it's pretty cool. We found some cool people. There is one person named Fernando that was super nice. We were able to teach him a couple times. 
 

We are also teaching someone named Catalina. She is really great and has great potential. 

We got some good references people with a lot of potencial. We're excited to teach them.

One guy came to church on Sunday, his name is Bollivar from Ecuador. He is a really good person. We're excited to work with him.

Not much has happened other than that. This Sunday, we have a devotional with ... DAVID ARCHULETA! It should be pretty cool. I'm planning on doing google chat Thursday at 5 here so 8 there, sound good? Have a great week.
 

Love you,
-Elder Stevenson

 

Transfered

Farewell Elder Hathaway

Hey Family!

Sooo I'm in Madrid right now. We got the transfers Saturday and I pretty much knew I would be leaving. I'm in Madrid ward 2. It's in the east part of Madrid. My new companion is Elder Williams from Las Vegas and we are both... THE ZONE LEADERS! It should be
pretty good work down here together. I'm excited and greatful for this opportunity. 
 

Elder Williams

This week was pretty good. We had some good lessons and had a really good experience with Alejandro. We had him pray about the Book of Mormon with us and then we just sat there in silence and wait for an answer. He recieved his answer! It was an amazing experience. And the way he described it after it was for sure by the spirit. He is doing really well. So is his brother Leo. We had a branch activity where only the youth attended. It was really good because those two came also. They got to know some of the members really well.
 

We are helping Wellington a lot. We helped him paint and are teaching him. He tried coming to church, he just came a little late but he is doing really well. He got all of his papers in and he has way more desires to be baptized. I am excited to see his baptism picture some day, hopefully soon.
 

Mario, Andrea's friend, is also doing well. Apparently he was praying about which path to take in his life and then right after we called to see when we could meet. He wants to get baptized now.
 

There are some really great people in Lugo and I am excited that Elder Hathaway can continue helping them. It was tough saying goodbye to all the people I've met but I will see them again.
 

I will let you know more about barrio 2 when I know a little more. All I know is the Plaza de Toros is in our area. Have a great week!!

-Elder Stevenson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

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