Elder Nathan Steed: Email received February 10, 2014

Hey all,

We had a pretty good week! To start off, we got transfer calls last night. Our area is huge and they have decided to split it. I will be covering the southern part of the Melbourne ward on bike. I get my new companion tomorrow. Pretty excited. I will still get to teach Laura, which is very exciting! Elder Su'a and Bergman will still be in the Melbourne ward but will be covering the North half. There are lots of changes in my zone. Sister Bonner is finally leaving, she spent her first 5 transfers here. Sister Williams will be staying though. The Melbourne ward will have 2 sets of elders and sisters. Oh, and senior missionaries. Eight total missionaries in Melbourne! Crazy!

Well, last P-day after emailing, a group of us went downtown. Which is right out of our mission, but we got permission to do so. We went to the tallest tower and went to the top floor. The view was insane. I knew Houston was big but man, that was such a crazy view. You couldn't see the end of city. There was also lots of smog. Lots of pictures are coming your way this week!

We had a lesson with Laura this week that was amazing. We went over to her house and watched the Testaments with her. At the end we all sat in silence and pondered. It is such a powerful movie, you should watch it if you haven't recently. Anyway, I was crying like a baby and it was very spiritual! She has told us that she knows its true. She just needs to make a decision. She is amazing and I'm glad that I get to continue teaching her.

We got a new investigator this week. His name is Roy. He was an old referral on our referral list. We have taught him twice now and it has been amazing. We taught him the plan of salvation this week. It answered a lot of his questions and he loved it. We are working on getting him to the Book of Mormon class this week. He works on Sundays though :(. I know that the Lord will provide a way for him to come to church if he really wants to though.

There's an update on some of our investigators. I'm excited to see who my new companion is and to spend time outside and not in a car all day. I'm sure my thighs will get buff biking all day. Hopefully I'll lose some weight. haha. Yesterday I sang Come thou fount in sacrament meeting. Sister Bonner played the piano for me. I was kind of nervous. I used to not be nervous to sing. It was fun! I miss singing. Well I love you all! Keep up the good work and I'll talk to you next week and let you know how my new area is!

love,
Elder Steed