Another Week In Boise.

Hey Everyone!


It's been another awesome week in "North Utah" because this place is literally just like Utah, haha. Nothing super crazy happened. Boise is too safe and civil for me to have any cool stories yet or even take any cool pictures, so I'm sorry about that. We are teaching a few people and we also dropped a few this week too. We had one guy on date named Eddie, but he is getting nervous and wants to push it back because the Sisters had let him do that before and the Ward and my Comp want to let him, but I feel like he will never follow through if we let him, so I'm gonna try to be a stickler about it. 

We are teaching a refugee named Christine! She is awesome and she speaks Swahili, so I'm hoping I can learn to at least say "Hi, I'm Elder Stolper" by next week, haha. There are tons and tons of refugees here and they all love the Church!

This week we also met this dude while we were knocking (which Elder Aughenbaugh hates, but it was my idea) and oh my gosh, he ripped us a new one! He didn't only want to challenge what he thought we believed, but he was mad. LIKE REALLY REALLY MAD!  He was a minister at a church near by and it was interesting because I felt the Spirit leave the minute he opened the door, and i just thought "Oh this won't be good." I can testify that there are two churches, the church of God which is full of love and acceptance and the church of the devil which is full of hate and competition and contention. 

It wasn't particularly my favorite moment this week, but I am so blessed you guys! Like more than I can explain! I think back to a quote I heard from a missionary from the early days of the church that said "although my burden is heavy, I feel not to murmur" that is my mission quote. I feel not to murmur or complain. I love this Gospel. That word means "good news" and that's what it is. This is the good news of the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ. It's real that God is our Great Eternal Father and that Christ the Lord has Risen that one day we might rise too. I invite you all to read Matthew 26:36-46 and to place yourself in the garden with Jesus. Close your eyes and watch Him as He prays and think of this as you partake of the sacrament this week. I love you all, more than I can express. And I am grateful for you and I pray for you. 

-Elder Stolper