Movie Star

what a great week! This week, we had a lot of success. one of the coolest things is that after about three months, J finally accepted a date to be baptized! so we are really hoping and praying that she will be able to make her date! We have been able to get members to her lessons and she is really working on living the word of wisdom! the other thing with her is she doesn't know if she has received an answer yet but we think that she just doesn't really recognize it so we are praying that she will recognize it! pray for J!!
     also this week, J had her baby so we haven't been able to see her because she has been a little occupied but we plan on seeing her this week!
     We picked up a new investigator today. The zone leaders passed her off to us. her name is J and she is really awesome. she doesn't really have a religious background so there isn't a whole lot that she has to change her belief in! We are really excited to work with her.
     S is still progressing very well! Sometimes I forget to update about her because honestly she seems like a member! G went to scout camp and so that was really good for him! they are fitting right in with the ward! S is honestly just like a member!
     Saturday was very nice because we had a baptism! R was baptized on aug 8 and the baptism was wonderful! we got so much support from the ward. It was really cute after she was baptized, her daughter ran up to her and said "mommy! youre clean!" She was confirmed as a member of the church on Sunday! we love R!
     On sunday, K came to church! K is great and she didn't even seem like she felt uncomfortable! She liked church and is progressing very well! She has been reading and praying! Also on sunday night, we had dinner with a member and his nonmember sister. Her mother just died and she told us that she had a dream that her mother came to her and told her that she needed to find a Book of Mormon in the Mormon Library. Which is really cool because her mother was catholic but we know about the teaching in the spirit world so I thought that was pretty cool! We have another appointment with her this week! overall it has been a great week!

     Also I got proposed to on Saturday! so I may not come home.. haha. juuuust kidding.. it was an old man.. I am pretty sure he was senile. He was telling me that he would make me a movie star and that he would buy me a house haha!! craaazy old man..

well folks that is all! have a nice week! muah!

Hermana Stevens

(I'm sorry there are no pictures, they wouldn't load for some reason. I'll load them as soon as I figure it out:) )

love, guima

hello!! 

another great week! okay lets start with R because she is getting baptized this week! we have been able to see her every day and her interview is done and everything now we are just waiting for Saturday! We got to take her to the temple this week for a temple tour. We also went to barnes and noble while we were over there so that she could buy a quad. we are so excited for her and her baptism. She has such a strong testimony and is so ready to be baptized. Her little girl is really cute and for some reason calls us "guima" at church yesterday, she was being naughty and so R put her on her lap and then she grabbed my arm and made a grumpy face at her mom and said "MY GUIMA!" haha we have no idea what it means or where it came from but its super funny. 

next story: J. okay so we have been teaching her for a long time like 4 months. Every time we have gone over, she just has kind of acted like she wants to learn but not really be baptized but then she quick coffee. then she started working on stopping smoking. and she came to church! after she came to church, her progress sky rocketed! she is so engaged in our lessons! we had one the other day and we were talking about her progress with the word of wisdom and we showed her Ether 12:27 and she was like "look! this is exactly what happened to me!" she was so excited and was engaged. she knew that she could look in the scriptures for advice and support! then she came to church again. the other really cool thing about her is her husband. he has never wanted anything to do with us. our mission leader ran into J at the dentist and talked to her. She told him about how her and her husband were talking about her meeting with us and he asked her if she was going to be baptized and she said if all goes well. and then he told her "well if you join I will probably follow you" I guess he listens in on our lessons when we teach her. Im not sure why he wont actually join though. but she is doing really well!

J. I don't remember if I talked about her last week. she is really prepared and has a lot of reason. one of the things I love about our church is that everything REALLY makes sense! and she understands it! she said that she feels super comforted that we have a living prophet to guide us. I have never understood why this is such a crazy concept for so many people. It only makes sense that we would have a prophet now if they did in the bible and book of Mormon times.

One of the things that I have come to really love is the book of Mormon. I have never been the best at studying my scriptures because I don't like to read. but I have really become to understand it more and more and the importance of it in our church! I know I say this all the time but READ YOUR SCRIPTURES! :D I have been able to discover so much! I have learned leaps and bounds out here and I love it! I love our church and our gospel and I KNOW that it is true! The Book of Mormon is the word of God and we can not have the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ with out it and whats the point of just having part? have  you ever tried to make cookies without flour? -it doesn't work. :) thanks so much for the emails, letters, and support. (we actually lost our mail key a week ago so I don't even know who wrote but I am sure that I will love them some day this week. probably haden and dad. thanks haden and dad) :)

love,

     Guima