Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Email received May 5, 2014


Hello everyone,

Here's a crazy thought. On Sunday I get to call or skype you guys! It seems like just yesterday we skyped. Yeah, somehow, that was 5 months ago. Hmmm. Some more news for you: I am being transferred tomorrow. I am leaving my first area after 5 transfers (7 months). It's a bittersweet feeling. I'm kind of nervous because even though I've been out for quite some time now, I still don't know anyone or any of the rest of the mission. Everyone keeps telling me that Melbourne is soooo different than the rest of the mission. Most of it is country. I don't know how I feel about that, I'm definitely a city boy. haha. Today is my last day with Elder Pongi :(. We got along great and had lots of fun. He's a hilarious little Tongan. I don't know why I said "little" cuz his arms about the size of my thighs. haha. :)

This week was pretty good. We got some other lessons in and we even got a member lesson this week! That's been something that has really been hard to get in this area. We had a lesson with Herman this past week. He is the man that we came across maybe 2 months ago by turning on the wrong street. We ended up dropping him because we could never get back in contact with him. One day a couple weeks ago while we were biking, we somehow ran into him again. haha. Crazy how that works. The lesson was pretty good. There is some potential for progress if we can just get him to read the Book of Mormon.

Yesterday we were on our way to an appointment that we had at 6. It was with a lady who came to church for the first time in years and her family. She is a member but a lot of the family who came to church yesterday aren't members. They really enjoyed church. Anyway, we were on our way to the appointment (about a 7 mile ride) and Elder Pongi got a flat tire about halfway through the trip. It was literally the worst possible spot to get a flat tire. haha. We ended up calling some Spanish missionaries and they came and picked us up. We had to reschedule the appointment. Anyway, when they dropped us off at our apartment, there was a man who waived them down. It turns out that he was baptized several years ago but hasn't been to church in a long time. They were able to set up an appointment and such. It's really cool how all this timing and placing works as missionaries. If we hadn't have gotten a flat tire, those elders wouldn't have met that man.  :)

This past week I made a huge mistake in being convinced by my companion to have him cut my hair. haha! I told him that I wanted a 3 on the sides and scissors on top. Yeah.. haha. He accidentally went to far up while cutting the sides. Pretty much the only way to fix it was to do a 3 all the way around. I hate it. haha I look like a bafoon! Oh well, it'll grow. Anyway, I got to get going. I hope you all have a fantastic week and I will let you know how things go in my new area! Love you all. See you Sunday!

love,
Elder Steed

 Last day with Elder Pongi :(

freaky...I know.

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