Email received February 3, 2014

Hello,

The Book of Mormon manual is so awesome. I'm glad you were able to get one dad. We had a pretty good week. Not too much to complain about. Laura is still doing pretty good. We have now taught her the law of chastity, word of wisdom, and tithing. She committed to live each one. In the last lesson, when we tied it in with the Atonement, she asked us what we mean by "use the atonement" I tried explaining it but it just didn't really work out haha. She paused for a while, let the Spirit teach to her, and then she gave us pretty much the most beautiful definition of the Atonement that I have ever heard. It made me tear up. She's at the point where she can recognize and learn from the Spirit often. She is living her life in a way to have the Spirit teach her more often. This work is awesome. Besides that, all our other investigators have gotten kinda bogey-ish. A bogey is a term for flaky, or just whatever you wanna call it. haha. Laura is doing great, but besides that, we are struggling a little bit. I'm trying to be as patient and understanding as possible. haha. Church was great yesterday. Spirit was very strong. One of the most spiritual sacrament meetings I have been in. There were 2 ward members who had an immediate family member pass away that bore their testimony of the Plan of Salvation. I'm grateful for that amazing plan and the love that God has for us to give us that plan. Families can be together forever, through the Atonement of Jesus Christ we can return to our Heavenly Father to live with Him and with our families for all eternity. I love you all. Sorry this was such a lame letter, but we had a rougher week than usual. Keep praying and reading your scriptures. Dad, use the BofM manual. It's amazing. I love you all.

love,
Elder Steed

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