Hey Everybody!

I am doing great! I love being a missionary! So this week has been interesting. First with the whole thing about President Monson, that was crazy. Then yesterday we took a random motorcoach of 36 people. They didn't call in so they had to call some sisters to take it and we took it with the Assistants. It was fun, but we were all a little rusty. We haven't taken a large group tour in like 6 months. It was probably my last one, too. I have been saying goodbye to my recent converts. I'm going to have to start giving my people to other sisters this week. I just can't believe how fast it has gone. It doesn't seem like 18 months. It feels more than a month, but surely not a year and a half! I'm not letting the fact that I'm coming home get in the way of my missionary work! I know that at the end of a race you speed up rather than slow down. You don't slow down until you've crossed the finish line. I will finish strong and it will be awesome! So here is an experience I had the other day. It was almost 8pm and we were walking on the square when I had this feeling to go to the Assembly Hall. So we did and there was this guy just sitting all by himself in the front. So we went up to talk with him. We found out that he is less active, but starting to go back to church. It was amazing because we just felt this overwhelming feeling that God loved him so much. We were there to tell him that he is loved by Heavenly Father so much! It was a very humbling experience. I know that if we will follow the Spirit, He will send us to where we need to be to help His children find the truth. I know that there are a lot of people around us everyday and it is our job as members of Christ's church to help others find this truth. How are they going to find the truth if we don't help them? Here is a quote from the February ensign that I really love, but it can be scary. “The world is in need of our help. Are we doing all we should? Do we remember the words of President John Taylor: ‘If you do not magnify your callings, God will hold you responsible for those whom you might have saved had you done your duty’? [Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor (2001), 164]. There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save. The blessings of eternity await you. Yours is the privilege to be not spectators but participants on the stage of … service.”6 I know that as we follow the Spirit we will be led to those that need us.
I love you all!!
 Sister Stolp