Week 96 On the Last Trasfer!

So the big news is that I am not going to be finishing my mission here in Playa Del Carmen.

I got the call from President today. And when it’s a call from president it is something special. I am now going to be serving in the island of Cozumel as a Zone Leader! And the best part of all is that I am going to be with my old companion Elder De La Rosa! So Cool! I am very excited for my last transfer! Elder Aranda got is transfers on Tuesday and had to leave on Wednesday to go to the office to be a Materials Secretary so I am with another American for the week, Elder Bierman.

Elder Stabenow and Elder Aranda

Elder Stabenow and Elder Bierman 

We are teaching Rebeca right now, and she has a baptism date for today. At the beginning of the week she said that she wanted to be baptized another week and that she was not ready. So we left her with the assignment to read and ask god before deciding. The next time I went with our zone leader, Elder Trujillo, and we got talking with her and the same, another week. So I asked if she prayed, she said that she did and that she knew all of this was true, but just wanted to be baptized another week. So Elder Trujillo said "Who do you think is telling you to be baptized another week?" And a very long pause, and she said "Satan", and there was another very long pause. Then she said, "Can it be on Saturday?". I was so amazed on what happened there. And there was a strong happy feeling there in that little room.

Today we are going to baptize Rebeca. I am going to have the privilege of baptizing her and I will always remember that experience. I will try to send some pictures the next week of her. Thanks for the prayers, they really do help.



Love you all!





Elder Stabenow

Week 94 Visit to Tulum!

07/17/2017


The week has been very good we were able to put some baptism dates with new people but the problem is that they did not show up to Church.


Today was very fun. We went to Tulum! Too much fun! It was so much fun this time. Way better than the last time. This time we went early in the morning, so when we got there was almost no one, so we got to take some really good pictures. If we go there as a family someday it would be best to do it early in the morning, unless we want a tour guide. As missionaries we have to get out of Tulum at 10 in the morning, because if we don´t it can get, let’s just say it can get "Spiritually Dangerous. HaHa! But it is a really nice place.

Elder Stabenow and Elder Beirman Visiting Tulum!

I have noticed that some stakes here struggle with having strong youth, and really that is what the church needs, strong youth that stand up for their beliefs. I feel that being a leader of the youth is one of the most important jobs. There are a lot of duties to do in the church and they are all very important.+

Week 90 - 92

06/ 16, 2017


Well, we are in the last week of the transfer so today is our P-day so that we can clean the house really well if we are changed. But it is very unlikely that we are changed. We are seeing a lot of progress, The Guillen Solis Family has a date to get married! The 29th of June! We had some difficulty finding and they were not able to go to church for 2 weeks but one day the Assistants came with us so that they could meet them. We got there and it was only their kids that we were teach, but then the parents came and we were able to teach the whole family. We were able to commit them to get married and baptized! It was truly a miracle! So the next day my companion and I went and got the papers they needed to set a date for their wedding and they will be married on the 29th! We are so excited for them!



Thanks for all the support



Elder Stabenow












Pictures, My District and part of my Zone



6/26/2017

Week 91

Just to let you guys know that we were not changed and we are doing alright here. We are definitely trying to find a lot of new investigators, but we all is well. Not much has changed this past week. Last Sunday I ran into a few people from my stake, it was fun to see them and talk with them, I did not recognize them at first but they mentioned that they were from Kaysville, and then I said i was from Kaysville as well and we found out that we were in the same stake. Also that same Sunday we had a LOT of Gringos in the church, actually a big group of them sang in a choir and they did "Soy un Hijo de Dios" In Spanish! It was super good! Sorry for not saying much this week!



Elder Stabenow


7/03/2017

Week 92

Not too much happened in the week, but I felt that is was a setting up success for the next week. We are doing an activity with the members where we teach about Prayer, than we share from Acts 1:23-26 and then we invite them to make a list of friends or people they now, and we also invite them to pray to find out who God has choses from that list to be a member of the Church. We already have plans this week to receive more than 8 referrals from members. It will be exciting to see what happens this next week. Hope Everyone has a good 4th of July, because it will be pretty normal around here in Mexico!





Thanks for all they prayers and support.




Elder Stabenow

6/5/2017 to 6/13/2017

6/5/2017
Hello Everyone!

I have not sent a weekly letter for quite some time. We are doing alright here in Playa Del Carmen, we are still teaching The Guillen Solis Family and we hope that they get married soon and also get baptized, and they are doing great. I see a lot of potential in them.

This week I have been studying a lot about the Priesthood, What a wonderful thing it is to have Priesthood holders in our homes and the what a blessing it is to have the Priesthood to bless the lives of others as The Lord desires, I love that knowledge of that.

I decided to send a picture of Elder Aranda and I doing a practice in our home for his training, it was a fun little Idea and I think it worked well, we were just teaching together to a piece of paper with a face on it.

Thanks for the love and support


Elder Stabenow

                                                                                                                                                        

Teaching!

6/13/2017

Hello Everyone!

At the beginning of the week we had our Generation Meeting so we got to go back up to Cancún and have a Meeting with our Mission President. It was really good and it was fun to see a lot of other missionaries. When we were leaving the mission office to go back to Playa Del Carmen I hugged my ex-companion Elder Kenison and realized that it was going to be my last time seeing him in the mission. He will be going back to Utah on the 18th of this month.


 In this ward I really love the members here, they are really good people and are willing to help us in the Work, we will be definitely working a lot with the members in the following weeks to find more people to teach.


Sorry for not having to much to say about the week!

Elder Stabenow

Elder Stabenow and Elder Kennison

Week 84 Skype with the family!

Elder Stabenow Skyping with the family!  What a great time!!

My new area is Playa 1 in the Ward Playa Del Carmen and my new companion is Elder Aranda who is just starting his mission! 

At the first of the week we were walking quite a bit and we were struggling to find people to teach and also learn the area, but I learned that the lord does help us to be able to complete our Goals, One goal for Training is that the new missionary invites an investigator to be baptized in the first week. I was a little worried about that goal because of the lack of investigators but we had to stick to it to the end, which was literally Sunday, 8:00 pm, and we were able to have a lesson, gain 3 new investigators and my companion was able to invite them to baptism that was a good highlight of the week.

I must say that my last skype call was the best one that I have had in the mission! I felt so happy and motivated after talking with my family!

Have a great week!


Elder Stabenow

Elder Stabenow and Elder Aranda

Transferred!

Hello!

Just to let you know that I am going to be transferred to the City of Playa Del Carmen that is a little south of Cancún in the Ward Playa, and I am going to be training a new Missionary! I am so excited to have a second Son! 
Today we were able to go to El Meco! A mayan ruin that is in Cancún it was fairly small but it was a fun trip to make with all the other secretaries.I am very excited to have these new adventures that are coming up soon!

Elder Stabenow

Elder Stabenow at El Meco!

Week 82

At the beginning of the week my companion got a Stomach Infection and on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday we stayed in the house and my companion slept they whole time. But it was good I read a lot of the Book of Mormon, so it was a productive time!


This week the Moo Pool family gave us a referral and now we are teaching Brother Miguel´s Cousin! That was fun too see! We do have some people that can be baptized very soon, so with some miracles we could have a baptism soon!

This next week will be transfers so we will see what will happen with me! Have a great week!

Elder Stabenow

Outside Elder Stabenow's Apartment