Its funny as a missionary, during the week you do so many different things and you think you are going to have to write a novel to fit in your whole week when you go to write emails. Then you get to the computer on p-day and poof! Everything is gone! No one knows what we did that week haha. Its like a black whole.
Thats ok though! I think i can remember at least enough to be interesting! so here goes!
I found out this week that Alabama is cold for starters, but that's not going to stop the lords work! It actually helped us, we had the idea of doing a hot chocolate stand on Saturday in a park where a lot of people usually walk and hang out. It actually went fairly well as we got many contacts from it. Even better is that shortly an ice skating rink will open and hockey games in an arena will begin both right next to this little park. We plan on doing a few more of these hot chocolate contacts on Saturdays when its busy and hopefully we will be able to find some elect people!
In addition this week I have seen the lords blessings of Tracting, on an exchange with elder Jordan we tracted into a small Hispanic family and their friend. We taught a really spiritual plan of salvation lesson to them and we have a return appointment tomorrow. They are very kind and very open to the gospel. Hopefully this return appointment will go very well. the rest of that exchange was good for me as well, each time i go on exchange i can see different characteristics of my zone leaders that make them good missionarys. Different ones that i can then apply to myself to become better. Things like boldness and kindness, teaching when you find, talking to everyone, etc. Its great to be able to learn from those called, it just helps strengthen all of us here in the mission.
Other then that, Me and Elder Mayer are really trying to find a lot, we need some new solid people and family's to teach. our companionship is doing well and as far as i can tell he is still loving his mission and wanting to get work done. we are really going to try and put our shoulders to the wheel and push this work forward.
hmm... what else... We got a bunch of referals to new areas of hispanics we have never been before! so that was cool! we plan on going out to these areas in the next few days. they are a little ways away but it should prove to produce some new awesome investigators and hopefully allow some people to come to christ by being baptized! :)
As for me, im still trying to run every morning even though its cold and im still trying to eat healthy and stay warm! One thing i have a strong testimony of is health! When you get good sleep and eat right and work out you just have so much more confidence! You feel heathy and strong and talking to others is just easy! so i definitely am going to try and be healthy! The missionary handbook says we need to anyway haha :)
To end i just want to share a few thoughts about some quotes!
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
I really like that! every one of us has dreams, and the future belongs to those of us who have those dreams and seek after them, but also beleive in how beautiful they can be to others. I have a dream of helping others come to christ and i know that can bring more beauty to anyone's life than anything else in this life! The gospel Brings true happiness and beauty to ones life! :)
Here's the second quote.
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
Thats pretty cool to me! Prayer is so important! god loves us! he wants to talk to us! we need that communication! Often all that is needed for blessings to flow from heaven is opening your mouth and talk to your heavenly father! I have a firm testimony that prayer can help us in every aspect of our lives and as we pray our faith can grow and can "[begin] to be unshaken in the Lord". (enos 1:11)
I love all of yall so much! Keep being awesome and dont forget to pray and dream!
-Elder Steele
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