10/7/14
Hello everybody!
I
have had just a crazy week! Packed full of all sorts of uplifting spiritual
experiences and chances to learn and grow! In addition to general conference We
had a zone training this week which really helped us here become just a little
better missionaries. here is a little bit about it! As well as the rest of a
bit of my letter to president this week haha.
This week was just full of being
spiritually fed! We had just an awesome zone training, Elders Oliva and Wilkins
and Smith just blew us away. They talked about loving everybody, how you need
to switch how you see people. an example was a missionary jogging in the
morning with one of the zone leaders. He may be speeding up and slowing down
and thus irritating his companion, however when you realize that he is awake at
630 am and running! you realize that he is doing amazing! you can love him
despite his faults. I also loved a training the sisters gave about our
potential to be like god! It will come slowly, but because our god loves us so
much, we can one day become like him if we are diligent and steadfast. Learning
so much from my leaders and i love it!
Following that was my first general conference as a missionary, and i never have felt like ive been able to just grasp so much before! i never have felt so much like i could apply aspects of every talk. I have never seen how well you could share these talks to help others be converted until this conference. This conference was just awesome. I took so many notes and i saw so many things that i can do better on, but i know little by little and line upon line i can get there.
Thats one thing i feel like ive learned from Elder Jackson (who by the way is just an awesome trainer, ive learned so much) That we do not need to be perfect in every little thing right now. But if we can really work hard every day, then each day we can become a little bit better. We always say "Poco a Poca" which is just spanish for little by little.
Following that was my first general conference as a missionary, and i never have felt like ive been able to just grasp so much before! i never have felt so much like i could apply aspects of every talk. I have never seen how well you could share these talks to help others be converted until this conference. This conference was just awesome. I took so many notes and i saw so many things that i can do better on, but i know little by little and line upon line i can get there.
Thats one thing i feel like ive learned from Elder Jackson (who by the way is just an awesome trainer, ive learned so much) That we do not need to be perfect in every little thing right now. But if we can really work hard every day, then each day we can become a little bit better. We always say "Poco a Poca" which is just spanish for little by little.
Alright,
so there were some of my thoughts about this weekend, it was awesome haha. I do
want to share though some thoughts on probably my favorite conference talk!!! I
mean, all of the talks were just plain amazing. But the one that really stood
out to me this conference was the very last talk given by Elder Bednar. It was
about mission work and missionaries! So relevant for me especially at this time
in my life, because by sharing a talk with a message like that one, i believe
many can come unto the truth! heres the link to the talk...
He
said, "We are a missionary church, we always have been, and always will
be." Its so true because once you know the truth, the light of christ
which can heal all wounds, you only desire to share what you know! you wish to
share the truth with all others!
We
invite not for ourselves but for others. we do not gain from helping you, we
invite all to come unto christ because we want all people to feel the same joy
we do from the true gospel of jesus christ!
Thus
we do not feel the need to share the gospel out of duty, we share the gospel
because we love others and truly desire others to come unto christ and
experience the same joy we feel.
My
challenge to you guys is to take elder Bednars talk, or a different talk from
conference, and share it with someone who is non-member. Help them understand
why we always invite and and zealously strive to spread the gospel. Ever member
is a missionary! and it is easy! a 15 minute video is not long at all, share
share share, invite invite invite, you can do it! :)
That
leads me to one of my favorite scriptures, Alma 36:24
"Yea, and from that time even until now, I have labored without
ceasing, that I might bring souls unto repentance; that I might bring
them to taste of the exceeding joy of which I did taste; that they might also be born of God, and be filled with the Holy Ghost."
This is alma sharing the account of how his conversion happened
and how he received a change of heart. For when we are truly converted we will
only desire to do good continually and to share the gospel to bring others to
your joy. Thats what i feel tight now on my mission, that desire to bring the
gospel to all, I pray i never lose that desire either, and i hope we all can
become converted and seek to share the gospel with all others :)
I just want to end by saying how much i love each and every one of
you! I am doing fabulous out here on my mission and i love it! I Love serving
the people! Even when i have to serve all p-day and thus take my p-day on
tuesday not mondayhaha (hence why this is on tuesday). But it is just the
greatest opportunity to serve those around me and to be a servant in the lords
hands. If you have questions for me feel free to email, I love you all and hope
you have an amazing week filled with missionary opportunities.
Love, Elder Steele
10/6/14
Hey mom!
Ok,
so good news and bad news first. Bad news is that i am completely exhausted
because me and elder Jackson spent all morning today digging holes for a
service project and thus might not have a ton of time to email you today.
However, because we used almost all of our p-day doing service we were given
permission to take part of tomorrow as P-day for us aswell! So tomorrow i can
focus all my time to text and email you and Amanda and Lauren and Kason haha :)
(so i guess that was really more good then bad news haha) Also my big letter
for everyone will go out tomorrow probobly!
So
are you guys going to go to the theatre to see "meet the mormons"?
you really should cuz the previews look good! It even looks kind
of funny! So please go to it and bring friends! (expesially none member ones :)
also
onto conference, you need to share president bednars talk, WITH EVERYONE!!! It
was just so good! it so explained everything we do in our church and why we do
it! That one as well as uchdorf's talk will just be amazing missionary tools!
I
have a random story to tell you too haha. So we were contacting at walmart last
night and walking down by the toy isle. All of the sudden i see adults wearing
ninja turtle masks and sword fighting in the isle! haha, so obviously i went to
talk to them! They ended up being like 23 and just had a baby together (it was
one guy and one girl dating or married, idk!!) the baby had a sitter and so
they had taken a break from shopping to fool around ha. I ended up helping them
video a vine then talking to them about the gospel. They are actually really
interested! Plus, they feel bad because apparently they took a picture of us in
our car and put it on facebook thinking we were Jehovas witnesses. All in all
it was just a hilarious encounter that made my day! being a missionary isnt
just boring! you have to be funny and kind and show your a normal person! then
people want to listen to you! so yeah :)
All
in all i am doing awesome mom! dont feel like the times going slow cuz its
flying to me! Stay strong!
Here
is my favorite scripture for the week (prolly) can ya guess why?
Isaiah
40:31
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and
not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint
I
love you all! stay strong :)
-Elder
Steele
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