wow thanks so so much for the package! i opened it christmas night and it was so awesome! i needed everything you sent haha! and i loved the scriptures with everything! that was awesome.
im so grateful for this past christmas to remember the reason we celebrate it. im grateful for the example of lily and cosy giving santa a baby jesus because yes "jesus is the reason for the season"! it was so good to see you all on skype! im so so so glad you´re all doing so well! such a blessing. i hope you are enjoying utah! tell everyone hello for me please! (SYD: im jealous you get to hang out with hannah...she emailed me and said you guys are going to do a photoshoot! how fun! give her a big hug for me and tell her i love her!) sorry i couldnt really speak english...it was really hard! im excited to see what happens next christmas...hahaha.
i love my savior so much. i know he lives. im so grateful for this mission. for this short time i have to serve the lord with all my heart. i learn so much every single day here on my mission...its so awesome. i know this is what eternal life will be like...learning and growing everyday. its crazy to me that no matter how many times i read the same page in preach my gospel or the same chapter in the book of mormon or the same talk by president monson i always learn something new. i love that about this gospel. i know i will never stop learning! there is always something new to learn, and always ways we can improve to become more like Jesus Christ. i never ever thought i would love trails. but i do!! and here in the mission i have a lot of them. but i love them because they make me stronger! its awesome when im like "yeah im ready for anything and im going to baptize the whole world!" but when im struggling i have to rely on my savior and the atonement to help me get through that hour or day until im ready to bapize the world again. i´ve also learned to be patient with myself. i feel like i talk about patience a lot but i have learned that i am not a patient person and this mission is teaching me to be patient.(along with a lot of other things). the lessons im learning from patience are helping me to be a better missionary, and a better person. but i´ve realized that patience does´t just mean waiting. its enduring. and enduring well. its staying with something until the very end! and WORKING for that something even when our desires are delayed. and i think that its these times when we are working and exercising our faith that we grow the most. for me, its hard to not get discouraged when results dont come instantly. but thats part of patience too. my investiagtors aren´t perfect either and im learning to have patience with them too! i will never give up on them (or the less active members). alma 17:11.
well i love you all SO much! thanks for your prayers and for your support. i hope you have a happy new year!!
con amor, hermana steele
lily- i love my ring! thank you so much! i wear it everyday!
mom & everyone else - all the food was awesome...and i love all the hand cream stuff! my pajama pants are SO cute and so is the sweater from jcrew! ah! thank you! also the nativity is super cute too! im going to keep it for next christmas as well and then give it away! and yes im totally memorizing the living christ with you guys! ill do it in enligh and in spanish! such a great goal! love my elephant! its so cute!!!
BTW! i totally met elder adams the first day i was here. haha he´s the assistant to the president! he is really really awesome!
tell grandma steele thanks for the package as well! i love the sweater and im super excited to read the book! and all the treats were super yummy! and tell her thanks for all the emails. tell her i love her so so much!
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