i got my package the day before valentines!! thank you thank you thank you!
so yesterday we got to hear from elder ballard. it was so awesome!! there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that he is an apostol of the lord. the spirit was SO strong the whole day. im really really grateful for the opportunity i had to listen to him. he talked about a lot of different things (all of which were exactly what i needed to hear). he talked a lot about how if we want to teach more people, we have to talk with more people. satan doesn´t want me to talk to everyone, he wants me to just walk through the day. he talked about how there are 2 powers...the power of satan who doesn´t like us missionaries because we have the capacity to redeem and save and bring souls unto christ. and then we have the power of the savior, the redeemer of the world who says "come unto me, and be baptized in my name". he said that as representatives of jesus christ we are in the middle of the war between these powers. and that we have to pay whatever price i need to pay to have the truths written on my heart. there will be some people who reject my testimony but there will be those that i will find...the ones that are being prepared by the Lord who will know that something is different and they will want to learn more. there is SO much power when we as missionaries testify becuase we are testifying of pure and simple truths! he also talked a lot about faith. fear is the opposite of faith. we cannot have fear. if we have the faith of a grain of a mustard seed, we can move mountains. math. 17:20. im learning a lot about faith in the mission and im so grateful for every opportunity i have to exercise my faith in jesus christ. so hermana bennett and i have a lot of goals to talk to every single person...in every situation, every circumstance.
so after the conference hermana bennett and i were super excited to just talk to everyone...haha. so while we were waiting in the bus terminal we were started talking to this guy and he said something to us that i will never forget. he told us when we talk, we have this light in our eyes. and when we talk, we are passionate about it! he was like "i can tell you guys aren´t lying!" haha! it was such a testimony builder to me that people are going to feel the spirit when we testify of jesus christ. they are going to feel something different...just like elder ballard was talking about.
i know that this is the lords work. i will always always be on his side, defending the kingdom of god. it´s crazy how fast time has gone by. i dont like it at all! so its my goal to take advantage of every moment that i have here in the mission, because i know i will never get this time again! i know that jesus christ lives. i know that this is his church. i know that god and his son appeared to joseph smith and restored the gospel and now we have it. we are so so so blessed to live in this time when the church has been restored in its fullness! i want you all to think about what the restauration of the gospel means to you and how it has impacted your life. i hope you see that because of the restauration, we have everything!
well i love you all SO MUCH! you will never know how grateful i am for each and everyone of you. thanks for you prayers! and for your support. have a great week!!
con mucho amor, hermana steele
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