HE IS ALIVE!!!!!!!

ALRIGHT FOLKS!!!!

LET ME LET YOU KNOW HOW THE BIG PR IS DOING!

First off, I love and miss you all.

Got transfered to Caguas, as a district leader.  So weird, I don't feel I should have this title, but I will keep going.  I got the same comp, Elder Geronimo.  He has changed amazingly.  But I know it is the Holy Ghost that has changed him, and not me.

DUDE, i love a baday. ( i dont know if thats how you spell it) [it is spelled bidet haha] Man, toilet paper is a thing in the past now.

I haven't changed clothes for the past 3 days. (Ladies, don't think less.  I am a man of hygiene.)

Okay, pedo para la obra.  We had 2 baptismal dates last week before we got transfered.  I hope they were able to fulfill.   I am down now to 230 man, not good.!!!!!!!   I feel so fat, it's a joke.  I love, too, with how brown I have gotten, I tell people I am from Arroyo.  It's perfectly marvillas.   All we are doing in the house now is singing "For longer then forever" from The Swan Princess.

SO in the house we have 7 americans and one dominican.  And actually, one is good friends with Diego.  His name is Elder Griffen from Utah.  It's way tight that we are comps.

Had a doctor's interview with president.  Looks like we both got medical problems.  Keep president Alvorado in your prayers, please.  Man I miss you all, but please know I love you all.

 

 

Conference was amazing!!!!!!!!

Priesthood Session, Elder Holland ripped a new one.  Man, is he a beast or what?!

I loved all the talks, but one that stood out to me was from a 70, who talked about revelation, and God knows all.  Such an awesome thing to understand that the Lord loves all and knows all equally.

 

 

GOD BLESS ALL

 

 

Elder Stout
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Letters requested!

Elder Stout has requested that letters and emails be sent to him!!  If not, there will be no new blogs, according to him.  SO, if you read this blog, check out his email and address on the side and send him a letter! :]  Thanks, everyone!

One More Transfer

Well hello, one more transfer.  I am now a trainer haha.  My new comp is Elder Geronimo from the Dominican Republic.  He does not know a thing in English.  It's crazy.  President bore his testimony about me yesterday.  He said from the moment he met me, he knew I was a leader from and of God, and that's why I was called as district leader and now trainer.  It's very humbling to think of, I just need to keep my head straight.  I would love cookies.  All types of cookies.  And if you could also send ho-hos, that would be awesome.  I haven't been able to sleep lately.  The work is going great, the area we are in is full of caserios (the projects), but it will improve.  Had my first baptism from the family that I found with my first trainer, Elder Vicil.  Their names are Lilian and Jason.  I was so happy to be a part of such a wonderful experience.  Jason wants to become a missionary!  And Elder Anderson of the 70 gave me a hug and said thank you for your efforts.  All in all, it was a pretty crazy week!  Ian, I hope you get better bud, I am sorry that happened.  I hope your arm isn't messed up for your whole life.  I miss you all like crazy.  I should be writing a hand written letter soon to send home.  Miss you all like crazy.

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FINALLY I HAVE INTERNET!

Happy Birthday, Symone, hope it was one well worth it.

Okay, so a lot has happened these past 3 weeks.

We had a seventy come and lead our zone conference, Elder Wilford Anderson.  President asked me to bear my testimony at the last minute, I was so nervous.  But a testimony is your own belief, so then my fears left me.  I have a new companion, and I'm living in a house of Dominicans.  I get so mad, man, cause the house is never clean, and other things.  But I got to cowboy up.  But all is well here.  Man, I love this gospel, the Holy Ghost is so strong.  I know this church is the only true church.  I know that Thomas Monson is our prophet here in these times to lead and guide us. 

God bless all.

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Time to be Honest.

My dear friends who read this blog, 

I wish to be honest with you all for a bit.

The lord God loves all.  Repentance is key.  I feel small now, and it's funny how little things or things you forgot about come back to haunt you when you least expect them.  I remember a story about a father and his son who were short on corn for the month.  The father told his son, "We are going to go to that pasture over there and get some corn, but I need you to be the lookout."  His son said, "Alright daddy."  That night, they went to the corn and the dad said, "Am I clear?"  The son replied, "No cars are coming, but God is always watching."

In the last days of the prophet Joseph Smith's life, in sections 121 and 122 of the Doctrine and Covenants, he, in a sense, asked Heavenly Father the same question Jesus asked our Father as He was dying on the cross.  "Father, Why hast thou forsaken Me?"  To Joseph Smith he replied, "The son of Man has come before thee, art thou greater then He?"  The answer is no.  No one is greater then The Savior, Jesus Christ.  It's not that I felt better then Jesus, it is that I was not willing to own to what the truth is. 

Our life here is small.  I like to compare it to a line, (as found in Our Search For Happiness) a 12 foot string.  One end of the string represents your eternal life before your birth and the other end represents your eternal life after death.  There is a little knot smack dab in the middle.  The little knot is your life on the earth, from your birth to your death.  

My beloved friends, I plead for your love.  I am sorry for not being the best example or person, I am only human.  I only wish that you will trust in God.  Follow Christ's example and not man's example, for no man is perfect.  If you want to know of an example that will never waver, it is Christ.  If you want to know you can always trust in a man, it is solely Christ.  I just humbly ask for forgiveness, for all I have done wrong unto all whom reads this blog, and those who do not get the chance.  I got to make a change, but this is for salvation.  The same for you all.  Love the sinner, not the sin.  I love all, as I hope you will love me.  But it is also for a love to have for everyone in the world. NO ONE IS PERFECT.

This is my prayer and testimony, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen

Elder Stout

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Okay, WHAT A WEEK!

I have a new companion, Elder Putnam, from Spokane, Washington.  He's a really cool guy, we are pretty much the same person.

Um, we had a great lesson with a family this week, Raymond Gonzalez. He all of the sudden doesn't want anything to do with us, but his wife wants to be baptized. But, the thing is, we were doing an object lesson, AND I LIT THEIR TABLE ON FIRE!!!!!  IT WAS SO INTENSE.  I was so afraid that that was going to be the last lesson.  What a story for my kids, huh?  Um, we also taught Alexis and Mili, and we finally made a break through.  God is putting people in our way, the hand of God is showing us we just have to keep going.  We were contacting yesterday on the ghetto, next to literally a river of blood.  Man, I love the ghetto haha.  No matter here or in the US, it's all the same.  Not going to beat around the bush, the mission is really hard.  But I know it's for people's salvation, not mine.

God bless you all.

 

Elder Stout

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Pictures from the mish!

Quote from the missionary: "Man seriously, I have lost so much weight.  I feel unhealthy here, but it is all well as long as I drink water, ya know."