Kyle's Last Email!!

Hello!!!

 

I don't feel like I am going home. I feel like when I wake up Thursday morning, I am going to put my missionary tag back on and I am going to go preach the gospel. I am excited to come home, but I am going to miss teaching non-members so much. There is no better feeling in the world than when you are teaching and testifying of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon, the Restored Gospel, and about Jesus Christ.  I will most likely go through withdrawals when I am home, but I will get over it. I love this gospel and missionary work so much!

This week I bore my testimony 5 times. In District meeting, Zone meeting, Mission Leadership council and in both wards. It has been great for me to reflect on everything that I have learned, and all the changes that have been made in my life.This experience is unlike any other, and I would hope that every one would take advantage of it if they have the chance. I am not going to share all that I learned right now, I will wait until I can share it face to face, but I am so grateful that I have been able to serve the Lord, Jesus Christ here on the mission. I do what I do not for myself, and not fully for other people, because my number one motivation is the love I have for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. That love and desire to serve them the rest of my life has definitely grown over the past two years. I know that Jesus Christ lives! He helps us through our trials. He comforts us in times of need. He is the Redeemer of the world who took upon him the sins of the world. He is my light and my hope. He has succored me so many times on my mission, and for that I will always serve and obey him. I love my savior Jesus Christ!

I can't wait to see y'all on Wednesday. It is going to be so weird seeing y'all again, and yet I feel like it hasn't really been that long. After awhile it will be like I never left. I hope y'all can make it until Wednesday. I love you!!!!!!!!

Con Muchisisisisisisimo Amor,

Elder Kyle Stewart

Howdy Y'all!!

Howdy Y'all, I honestly haven't every really said Howdy before, so I decided to use it in my last couple of emails. Good News! Next Thursday we will be getting Ipads........

 

This week went pretty well. It was slow to start, but it turned out to be great by the end. The most eventful thing that happened this week, was our Ipad training. We had Elder Nielson who gave the talk on waiting for the Prodigal Son. It was a fantastic meeting even though I won't be getting an Ipad. They talked about how to protect ourselves from the dark side of the internet, as well as how to focus on our purpose as missionaries, and in life. I learned some great tips that I will definitely use. Ipads are going to be such an amazing blessing for missionaries if they use them the right way. Missionaries will use them for studying, showing videos, and our area books will now be on the Ipad. After a month or so the missionaries will then be able to start using Skype to be able to have a member present in their lessons if no one can come, as well as Facebook to proselyte online. Again, it will be a great blessing and it is the way that the Lord is Hastening his work.

After the Ipad training we ran a 5k as a mission. I believe it was over 90 degrees when we ran it, and it was fairly difficult, but it was a lot of fun to be around all the other missionaries. I am going to really miss these missionary meetings.

Friday I had my last interview with President Taylor. It was mostly a reflection of my mission. It was great to think back on how much I have grown, and it has been an incredible experience. He didn't really give me any advice on the future, he said that the talk on marriage and all that was going to come Tuesday before we go home.

This weekend we had Stake Conference, and we had an incredible meeting on Sunday. They had a recent convert speak who had been baptized 2 months ago or so. He is very well off financially, and he was actually a referral from the Millers in Utah. It was incredible listening to his story.

Unfortunately we won't have any baptisms this week, nor the next, but I have really come to realize that the part of missionary work that I love the most, and the part of missionary work that I am going to miss the most is teaching non-members about the gospel, and watching them progress. I love the teaching moment where people start to realize that this is the true church of Jesus Christ on the earth, and that they desire to be a part of it. I will miss those feelings so much!

I love y'all and I hope y'all are able to wait just one more week. I feel really weird being this close to coming home. I don't know what to expect, but I can't wait to be with y'all again.

Love, Kyle (That name seems so foreign to me now.)