Hej på er! I can't believe it's already Monday, again! The weeks really seem to be speeding up and from what I hear from all the older missionaries...it just keeps on getting faster. I really hope I can make the most of the rest of my time here. I pray every day that I can be a blessing to others and that I can enjoy each and every moment.
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| 6) Pizza with Pablo and Gubbängen elders |
We experienced a lot of miracles this week that really made us appreciate God's hand in our lives. One of them happened early on in the week on Tuesday when we went to teach David. Ä. Baggett and I had hoped that the rest of the family would be there as well and so we prayed that we could teach the whole family. When we came to teach, it was just David and his daughter Miriam. We began teaching for a bit, but then David's son Zaya comes into the apartment. He comes and says tja and what not, and we invite him to sit down for the lesson but he said that he was too hungry and needed to eat so he left the room and went to the kitchen. Well, not even 2 minutes later, Zaya comes walking back into the room and sits on the couch and listens to the rest of the lesson very intently. At the conclusion of the lesson, Zaya asks to say a few words. He then began to tell us that when he had sit down to eat, he felt a really strong impression that he needed to go to the living room and listen to the missionaries. He wanted to eat, but the influence of the spirit was more powerful, so he followed the prompting and was so thankful that he came to listen to the listen. The message was able to strengthen the faith of the family and it was so cool to see how not only our prayer was answered, but also the family was able to experience the power of the Spirit in their lives.
Another miracle happened later on in the week when I went on splits with Ä. Denton, a hilarious snubbe that's just one transfer younger than me on the mission. A few days prior in weekly planning, Ä. Baggett and I had discussed what Carmen needed this week, and we really felt impressed to teach the law of fasting. So, fast forward to the day of the lesson and we are frantically trying to get a member on the lesson, and the first 6 or 7 members that we had called were too busy. It would've been really easy to give up and just say oh whatever we don't really need a member on the lesson (even though we needed one to be obedient), but we kept trying and finally at the last minute, our good friend Jérémie agreed to come and helped out on another awesome lesson with Carmen. As we began teaching the law of fasting, she said "Of course, how could I have forgotten that?? I need to try that. Elder Steele, how do you always know what I need to hear?" Plain and simple, the Holy Ghost :)
I invite all of you to pray, listen, write, and act, just as President Russell M. Nelson has invited each and every one of us to do. I know that as we do so, we will be able to be more receptive to the spirit as I myself have experienced recently.
Keep on working hard y'all! Until next week, ha det gott!
Pictures:
1) Finally found someone with the last name Ståhl!
2) The backyard of a member here in Stockholm
3) This is where we live
4) I got to see my little buddy Benjamin!!
5) solnedgång
6) Pizza with Pablo and Gubbängen elders
7) nordiska museet
Äldste Steele
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| 1) Finally found someone with the last name Ståhl! |
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| 2) The backyard of a member here in Stockholm |
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| 3) This is where we live |
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| 4) I got to see my little buddy Benjamin!! |
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| 5) solnedgång |
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| 7) nordiska museet |
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