3/31 My new companion!

this week has gone by super fast...but really slow at the same time!! haha my new companion is really great. her name is hermana aquino! she is a super hard worker! and i´ve already learned A TON from her! she just talks to everyone...and she teaches when she finds and finds when she teaches. i miss hermana bennett a lot...i was with her for 3 transfers! it´s just weird because i was so used to hermana bennett! but it´s good that i´m with hermana aquino now! it´s hard because she doesn´t know anything about the sector...so im basically planning everything because she doesn´t know anyone! so it´s a little stressful to have to remember everything on my own! but it´s good for me! 

so i talk way more english with hermana aquino than i did with hermana bennett....weird huh? haha it´s because she wants to learn english so she talks in english and i help her read the book of mormon in english. it´s super fun!! and of course she helps me a lot with spanish. she´s super patient with me haha. 

GUESS WHAT!? so right now we don´t have a mission leader of the branch. and so we´ve been without a mission leader for like 3 weeks now...but guess who got called as the new mission leader!? HUGO!!!!!! and he´s reciving the priesthood next week...and he´s been coming with us and the elders to visit investigators! it´s really awesome. i´m glad to see that he is still progressing in the gospel.

hermana aquino and i are really trying to help each other be better missionaries. after lessons we always talk about what we we did good and what wasn´t so good and how we can do better. we are trying to simplify our teaching so that our investigators really understand. i think that´s one of the reasons i´m in a spanish speaking mission. because if i was in an english speaking mission i think i would just teach everything i know about everything haha! and i would confuse people! but with spanish i have to remember to stay simple. so i´m helping hermana aquino with that. and we are really trying to help our investigators feel the spirit. so we are "purfiying ourselves" and doing a fast for 40 days of the things that drive the spirit away. our fast is going to end the last day of this transfer so i´m really excited to focus on how i can have the spirit with me more in every aspect of this  work.

don´t worry about my package! it will come when it comes! it doesn´t matter!!

that´s really awesome mom! sounds like girls camp this year is going to be super awesome! i´m really excited for you! you´ll have to tell me everything!

and you´ll have to tell me how it goes in north carolina! i´ve heard its really pretty there too! i hope it all goes well! i know that you will know if it´s meant to be! i will be praying for you guys! 

im super super excited for general conference!!!!! & yes it´s starting to get pretty dang cold here. and it rains a lot! so that´s fun. i want you guys to come pick me up so bad so you can see how pretty it is here! 

i love being a missionary! i know that this is the Lords work and that he will never leave me alone. im so grateful for this time in my life to be able to testify of Jesus Christ and His restored gospel. thanks for everything!

hermana steele