Hellooooooooo family! First off, you'll be surprised to hear this but you can actually buy nutella here and I've bought it before. But it's INSANELY expensive so I'll be more than happy to receive it! Haha. I was also pretty pumped to see the letter from Carson! I'll be excited to see that guy again! I guess you should try to get his mom's email so that he and I can communicate a little faster about all this BYU housing business. Can't wait for that! Also can't wait to sleep in my bed on your old mattress... I have a feeling it feels a little softer than the ones here. Just maybe. Savannah's wanting to go to EFY again? So sweet. One thing I think I'm going to try and do when I get back is be a counselor for EFY. I think that would just be crazy fun. We'll see what happens with that. For now my life is full of dusty trails and boku rice. This past week was a super good one (of course), but mainly because we had a sweet baptism for that man I talked about before! His picture is below. There was another 19 year old guy we baptized but he got there right as the thing was starting so he couldn't get in the picture. I'll see if I can remember to get a picture with him. The other picture there is me fishing! Yeah, we got some palm fronds and some string and hooks, dug up some worms from the ground and went fishing as a district. The fishing wasn't very good because the fish were super tiny and couldn't put their mouths over the hook, but it was still good and some people were able to catch something. The week otherwise has just been crazy busy. We have been finding tons of new people to teach and it seems like everyone is just begging for us to come teach them! The Lord is definitely helping us to find people. I wish more people could really understand what exactly it is we're doing every day. Most people back home are so rude to the missionaries and don't even give them a chance to talk. If there's anyone who always reads the blog and likes to slam the door in the missionaries faces or give them trouble should just write me a letter telling me they hate me because I'm doing the EXACT same thing. I just happen to be on the other side of the world. But anyway, being rude to the missionaries is just lame and everyone should just at least hear what they have to say. Like we will teach people sometimes and afterwards maybe try to see them a couple other times. If they avoid us or give us excuses, we don't spend all of our time trying to come and see them- we go and find people who are ready to receive us. Those we saw know that they need to pray and ask God about the message we shared with them, and if in the future they want to talk, we're always there. The most important thing is that everyone has the opportunity to hear the message we have to share and then choose for themselves. So I don't see why people in America have to be so rude to the missionaries. It's pretty lame. I'm pretty happy that everyone here loves us though, it makes things pretty sweet. The other day we were walking down the road and there was a man wearing a full on muslim attire including the little hat that they wear. We talked to him and he gave us his number and said we could come see him. So crazy! Haha. Anyway, the work is going great and I'm loving my area right now! Transfer news is on Sunday! We'll see what happens. I'll talk to you guys next week though! Love you! Love, Elder Stewart
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