Week 4

Hey everyone!

IVE BEEN OUT FOR A MONTH!!! that is just crazy to me! it literally seams like just yesterday i was on a plane and now im in the last stretch of my time here at the mtc! In the course of a month ive learned so much spanish, it is incredible! the gift of toungues is real and i know it helps me every day! the more we practice the easier it is, it just shows that through the lord, nothing is impossible, if anyone has any trials in their life, the atonement can and will help you! christ has so much love for his children and if you show him you love him he will do anything to help you, thats what older brothers are for.

On sunday i was made the new district leader of district 9-c, our old district leader is now our zone leader and so im in charge of our districe, its not anything special, but it gives me the opertunity to better serves those in my district, and i feel very very blessed to have that opertunity! In our district meeting i asked for imput on goals, and my district really stepped up to the plate! our classroom is now a spanish only zone, any english in class results in the punishment of 30 seconds of wall sits every single time it happens! you can already see everyone improving from it! our study time is more focused and our language skills are increasing rapidly! its like seeing blessings unfold right in front of your eyes! in addition every saturday and tuesday are solo espaol. meaning no english all day for any of the district members. Its hard but the more you practice the easier it gets. Through hard work and massive blessings i know the lord will help me speak in a way that will bless peoples lives!

So to share one expirience before i end, Me and my companion have had some troubles working in unision during lessons, so a few days ago we had a heart to heart about hoqw we would teach. I am some one who likes to talk and he is someone who has a much harder time just talking about stuff. We studied PMG for a while together and found that if we would set our lessons up in a way that one of us talks about a topic and then the other talks about the next topic we would be more successful. We also read to pray for your companion while he is speaking. IT HAS BEEN AMAZING! the spirit has been so much stronger when we have taught together rather than just one of us talking! we share scriptures to back eachother up and you can feel the strenth of your companion praying for you!  Weve been able to share many more expiriences and really focus our lessons on how to help our investigators rather than just a pre writen peice of paper. That is the true way to tach, by the sprit, so that the spirit can be the real teacher!

Lastly i am super excited because as i was writing this email i received the use of a violin! the choir director lady asked if i would play for the choir on sunday at devo and i am so pumped! we are given talents to use them and i know i need to practice but im so excited to help create a beautiful peace of music again. Music truly does bring the spirit. look at d&c 25:12 ´´for my soul deliteth in the song of the heart, yea the song of the ritous is a pray unto me, and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads´´ Im not much of a singer so having the opertunity to play is really awesome for me :) 

anyways, i want everyone to know that i love them, that through the power of the holy ghost, through god, we can do anything. and through christ and the atonement, we can live forever with families, for thats what is truly most important in this world.

love, Elder steele

PS. Big shout out to my family at the reunion! I love you all so much! have a blast and i will see you all again soon! you are awesome!!! If anybody wants to read something awesome, either 2 and the first part of 3 gives some awesome insite on how to have your prayers answered! you just have to act in a way that the brother of jared did! it takes some thinking but its definetely one of my favorite storys! love you guys!!!