Hey everyone!
I
just want to start by saying hello! for everyone that reads my emails thank
you! i can feel your love and support and prayers and i am so grateful for all
that you do for me! a missionary would be nothing without his family and
friends and support group! you guys help keep me going and remind me that im
here to help others gain families and friends like you FOREVER!!!!
So
on to my week, It has finally started to cool down here in alabama!!!! these
70-80 days are just amazing after some 104 days haha. Im starting to understand
why people like the south too! for one, during the year the weather rocks and
when its hot most people can just hang indoors and be fine! (not us though
haha) In addition, everyone is so nice and friendly, its a pleasure to talk to
people most of the time! very kind people all in all!
This
week started off awesome too! Elder zwick of the 70 came and gave a wonderful
training to us missionaries on tuesday! We learned so much from him! but mostly
what we all can take away from it is missionary work!!! He talked a ton about
members and missionarys! everyone that is a member should be a missionary too!
share the gospel with friends and family! and its so easy, all you have to do
is share a mormon message on twitter or facebook, or share a quote, or invite a
not member friend to have lunch and talk about beleifs. If your friend is ready
you can help lead and guide them and be there friend in the church so that they
too can come to the fulness of the truth! i challenge everyone to become member
missionarys!
In
addition, as members, read over preach my gospel, every single word in that
book has been pondered and prayed over by apostles and prophets! it is
scripture, as you read it you will become a better missionary as well. Which
leads me to something super important that i learned... What we become is far
more important than how we act. It sounds weird but think about it, we can act
good, we can do missionary things and go through the motions, but if we are not
truly converted ourselves, then we are not teaching or acting with power or
athority or conviction! we cant just go through the motions! we have to become
converted! we have to be true disciples of jesus christ! we have to act as we
would have us do, not just to do it, but because we want to do it because we
love the savior and truly want to help others! so become like our savior! dont
just act like him!
Ok,
so that was a lot of exclamation points, but am i making my point maybe? That
we all need to become member missionarys, become true disciples of jesus
christ, its our duty! to bring others unto christ :)
Alright
so thats enough of my ramble for that haha. just please continue to share, and
use these websites....
etc
:)
Now
the rest of my week went awesome too, we have had a few new people come for
english classes and futbol which means we are now working with this way cool 19
year old named miguel! he is awesome! we are going to start having lessons and
stuff too, he could even go on a mission soon! if he decides to be baptized,
who knows! could be amazing!!
in
addition we also had the opportunity to help the alzheimers association with a
walk! (kind of like relay for life) and so doing service has helped us be
recognized as effective and christlike people! especially in a state where many
people do not believe mormons are christians! (weird right?) Thus i am very
grateful for the opportunities i have to serve others every day here in the
mission!
I
just want you all to know that i know this church is true and that it will
bring more happiness to your life than any other thing! i know that as you
serve others and the lord you will find true joy! i am so grateful for my
opportunities to serve as well. i invite everyone to serve in anyway they can!
-Love you all!, Elder Steele
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