Elder Staheli: Week 44: Tuesday April 8, 2014

Family,

This past week I had the wonderful opportunity to travel back to Cebu for our DLC (District Leader Conference). It was very enjoyable & I was able to travel with 3 other DLs who are assigned on Northern Negros as well. It was about a 2 hour boat ride & then a 2 hour bus ride down the mountain to Cebu, but it was a great time to get to know them a little bit better. Elder Snyder is from California & he is just 1 transfer behind me, so we'll be getting home around the same time. I have really enjoyed getting to know him & I plan to head out to California after the mission & spend some time with him. We have a plan to have a Cebu mission reunion. A few of us who have gotten close are going to stay at his place in California & spend some time together. I think that it would be really fun & I am looking forward to it. Elder Martinez is another DL & is from Spanish Fork. I really like him as well. It sounds like we were pretty similar in high school. We like the same music, did some of the same things, etc. Of course, the meeting was wonderful; President never disappoints in giving amazing workshops. It was great to see Elder Glines! He's a great teacher & missionary. Elder Peck, the other AP is wonderful too. He's from Northern Utah & I have a picture with him. He is squinting his eyes & making the "gwapo" sign with his hand. They gave us a ride back up to Toledo after the conference, so it was nice to talk with them for a few hours. After it was all said & done, it was nice to get back to work in Guihulngan.

We taught a really cool lesson yesterday. We taught this girl named Evelyn & a bunch of kids. She is 19 has a kid on the way. It's always amazing to see the spirit work on someone during a lesson. As we taught, you could see here thinking & her eyes started to tear up. We taught them right on the beach. You could hear the waves crashing & feel the cool breeze. You know me, I love those cloudy, cool days. I put a picture up of it, it's really cool.

As we taught Evelyn, I started thinking of how many times I have seen this happen to people on my mission, yet they never progress. During that lesson, I have never felt more love & desire for someone to just act & the spirit that they are feeling. So many people that I have taught know that the church is true, but they are too afraid to make the change. It's so saddening to see. I started to tear up as well as I bore my testimony to her. After the lesson, I went & stood on the rocks above the beach. The lesson was wonderful & full of the spirit, but as I stood there I wondered if she would be just another person to reject what she knows to be true. As I stood there, I realized that there is nothing that I can do. As long as I have given everything I have to bring the gospel to her, I have done my part. While I will still be saddened by everyone who rejects it, I can feel peace knowing that perhaps they will accept it at a later time or in the next life. I felt this while standing on those rocks.

That's about it for this week I think. . . I put many more pictures up so you can go check those out. Daxton is walking!! Man, what a stud. It sounds like he needs to be able to walk already so you guys can have a rest. I remember thinking about how I would miss his first steps, first words, etc. I thought that I would feel sad that I was missing out, but I don't. I'm so happy. I love you all!

Elder Staheli

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Elder Staheli

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Week 44: Tuesday April 8, 2014

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