Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Email received January 27, 2014

Hello All,

We had a pretty good week this week. The Book of Mormon class we had this week was pretty good. We taught it this week. Elder Bergman taught about how we can study it more effectively. Then Elder Su'a and I went over 1 Nephi 3-4 and talked about faith. It went really well. There was actually a pretty big group of people there. There was about 10 members and 1 investigator. Laura came! It was awesome. She really enjoyed it.

We got a new investigator this week. His name is Elton. He was a media referral that we got. When we went over there he said that he isn't a big fan of organized religion but is a "believer". He said that he just finds it interesting and likes to see where the different christian religions stand. We went through the first lesson on his door step and I felt that it went really well. He seemed very surprised by it. He said something along the lines of "So you're saying that your church is the same church Christ set up, with that same priesthood?" and he thought that was pretty cool. It's always a good lesson when you can at least get them to understand the claim of the Restoration. Some people feel the Spirit but they don't fully grasp the concept. He did. We can't meet with him for like the next 2 weeks, so hopefully we can get back into contact with him. He seemed pretty interested.

Laura has been progressing a lot. On Saturday we taught her the law of chastity. Always a bit nerve wracking to teach that haha. It went very well though. We have had very spiritual lessons with her. I won't go into them, but there have been feelings and thoughts that she has had that leads her to change. I told her that she is beginning to better recognize the Spirit and that she is beginning to live her life in a way that the Spirit can testify to her more often. She has gotten her answer, she just needs to choose it. She's in a very difficult situation but I think she will do what is right. She's so cool.

Laura also came to church on Sunday! She really enjoyed it. She came and 2 of the sisters' investigators came! Gospel Principles was amazing. Jackie, one of the sisters investigators with a baptismal date, started crying and said that she feels something different when she comes to this church compared to all the others, and Laura agreed. The work is going great. I love all of you so much and I think about you often. I hope you all have a great week!

Love,
Elder Steed


Melbourne Nerf Mafia. Left: Elder Bergman. center: Elder Su'a. right: Elder Steed

 Don't let Elder Su'a get a hold of your camera.

Ice storm! They stink! haha

 
Took forever!

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