The Mission Life

Well folks, I wish I remembered everything from this week, but I don’t remember much, ha. But I will try to remember the more important stuff :)

Leo and Bella are very curious and want to know everything!! So that is a difficulty we have with them. But we have been focusing with them on trusting in God and having faith. But Leo, he knows everything in the bible and wants to know where everything that we teach is in the bible. So we are trying to help him gain a testimony of Joseph Smith and the BOM. Then we visited them last night with the Elders and that helped a little bit. But we are still working with them. It will take a little bit longer then we want, but that’s ok. Everything will work out for them:)

This week we also found a family super close to our house! So her name is Alsirene. She has 5 kids and her husband is always traveling. So when we got there its always a little crazy. But I love it! Reminds me a bit of my childhood :) But we were able to meet her husband, which was a miracle because he was supposed to be traveling) and we taught them the first lesson and it went really well! But they didn’t go to church yesterday. But we feel like they have a lot of potential! So our time there will be spent helping her out a bit around the house and teaching them at the same time!

This week we had to drop a lot of our investigators because none of them were progressing. So we are on the look out for new ones! And we were able to find some good people to teach! But every time we go back for the second visit, it always goes wrong..... Satan really knows how to get to people sometimes. But we are still on the hunt and will keep hunting until we find "Os Eleitos"!!! I know they are out there :)

Well that’s about it for this week. Sorry it’s not much but I need to pass the time over to my comp now so she can email her fam :) But I love you all and hope you all have a wonderful week! Keep reading the scriptures and saying your prayers!

Com Amor,
Sister Steadman

A Happy Feeling

Well, sorry but I don’t really remember much that happened this week, ha. But there were a few highlights!!

So first off, Isabella and Leo!!! I just love them to death!! We spent some times teaching them some simple things this week and it went so well! It still amazes me to find people that the Lord really has prepared! It just seems way too easy to me! But that just means that they truly are ready :) But we talked a lot about families with them this week. We shared the proclamation to the world and we invited them to talk about getting married. But right as we invited them Leo turned to Isabella and was like "Embora!" which is like saying lets go! Lets do it! So I’m pretty dang sure they are on the same page and will get married! We didn’t get a chance to talk to them about it again, but they were in church yesterday and they loved it! In the middle of gospel principles, Leo asked one of the elders (who was giving the lesson) how can we know what church is true? So the rest of the class they were sharing scriptures from the Bible and talking about the church. It was kind of funny but really cool because some of the recent converts got talking and were helping as well!

Also, Saturday we got to watch conference and it was the best conference yet!! Never before have I felt the spirit so strong during conference and I got all the answers I needed! The whole time i just had a sweet, happy feeling :) I love how the spirit works with us!

But today for p-day we traveled to Brasilia and spent the day with our zone. So we just hung out at one of the apartments buildings of a member and we got to watch a movie!!!! We watch the Minion movie!!!! And Holy Crap I love that movie!!! Its one I definitely could watch everyday! But it’s so funny!

But this week was also a good learning week for me. I continued my preparation for conference and I took advantage of the time to ask the Lord some questions. Sometimes I’m just in awe with the Lord. He knows each one of us so well! But when I made a decision and presented it to the Lord, I would get just a good sweet feeling. A good happy feeling. Sometimes in life, I feel like some of us expect our answers to come in a form that is extremely overwhelming, and that isn’t always the case. We wont recognize the spirit if we stay around waiting for something big. But if we pay attention to how we feel, we will know what is right. The spirit gives us our confirmation in our hearts. The feelings that have no words. I love these moments. I love feeling the warm feeling inside of me. I love that I can receive answers from God. I just love my Heavenly Father so much :)

Well, I hope you all have a wonderful week! I hope you all have time to reflect on the things that were said in conference and apply the things you have learned in your lives. Always remember to read your scriptures and say your prayers! Have a fabulous week!

Com Amor,
Sister Steadman

Getting ready to watch a movie

McKell and Sister Fidelis eating Din Din

The Secret to Being Rich

This week flew by soo fast, but I feel like this is one of the weeks that I learned the most and that I grew the most as well! Heavenly Father is so perfect! He knows me so well!

The week started out with a lot of walking..... in the hot sun. Its soooo hot here! But we use the heat as an excuse to talk to people and enter the houses so it’s been a blessing as well :) We are starting to get more comfortable with our area now. We have also been able to get to know the members a little bit more this week and help strengthen their testimonies. We have started doing personal progress with some of the young women here and they were so excited to start! The elders had a baptism yesterday of another young women! So we are super excited to get working with them :)

But this week was full of miracles! We have been working so hard trying to find the people that the Lord has prepared for us to teach! And in the beginning it was a little tough. But this week, we felt like the Lord was really blessing us for our efforts. So first we met Rosa. Who was just a contact we made on the street one night. So we went to her house and visited her. And it was a very simple, short lesson. But the spirit was so sweet. And she had the look in her eyes that she was feeling something. That something would be the spirit :) I love watching the spirit work with our investigators!

But, it gets better. Then the next night we met Isabella; another contact in the street. One night we were looking for an address and ran into her. So we went and visited her Saturday morning. And I´ll tell ya, the devil definitely didn´t want us to visit her. He was working really hard with us that day. First off we almost forgot about our appointment with her because we were busy doing some planning. So then we hurried and ran to her house (its a good thing that she lives close to us). We missed her husband by a couple of minutes, but we were able to teach her. And once again, we had such a good sweet spirit during the lesson. But Isabella has visited many churches but still hasn’t found what she is looking for (this is probably one of my most favorite things to hear!!!!) But she doesn’t exactly know what she is looking for. But she is a very spiritual woman. So we started the lesson. And it was going really well. We shared the restoration with her. And first off her son kept walking in and interrupting us. Then her sister showed up but luckily her sister joined in on the lesson. Then her dad came, and think of a man who likes to talk!!! I´ll tell ya, some of these Brasilians just like to hear themselves talk! But we were able to get back to the lesson and he was able to hear a bit of it. Then the Elders called us (I forgot to put our phone on silence). But the part that was amazing to me was that every time we went back to teaching, the spirit came back and he taught the lesson. It was so cool to feel that! Unfortunately, she wasn’t able to go to church yesterday because she had to take care of her siblings. Because her mom died of cancer recently and she has a brother in the hospital with a broken knee. But, she is super excited for our next lesson. And so are we :)

Then, yesterday we had another cool experience! So during the week we were just walking down the street and saw a lady in front of the store and we felt like talking to her. So we went up and started talking to her and ended up visiting her yesterday. Her name is Eridan. So when we showed up at her house she was surprised because she didn’t think we would actually visit her because she lives kind of far away. But she was so excited! Like super excited, ha. But it was really cool to get to know her! She told us that she has already visited many churches but felt like none of them were true. So now she just visits the churches close to her house but she is super excited to visit our church! We had just a very simple lesson with her where we talked about faith and repentance. And she really loved it. She kind of had a wake up call during the lesson because when we talked about faith we said that we have to act upon our faith and do things to strengthen our faith. And she was like, wow that’s what I need to do. Just sitting here at home reading and praying isn’t enough. I need to go to church. So it was super good with her :)

Well sadly, this week I received the death call. The call where the Elders call and asked me what airport I will be landing in when I go home........ sadly, all good things must come to an end. But they come to an end to better things can happen! But it was really weird.

This week I was reading a lot of conference talks from conference in April and I feel like I have learned so much. I’ve also been studying a lot in 2 Nephi and I love the BOM! It seriously is the best! But this week I feel like I really understood what it takes to have a successful future. And this week I read a lot about Nephi and the blessings he receives and the blessings he is promised. The lord constantly tells him that if he is obedient, he will prosper. And what does prosper mean? Its means that he will be blessed spiritually and materially. And it is the same thing for us today. If we really do our best to obey, give it our all. The Lord will bless us. And we see this so many times in the BOM. When the people were obedient, they were blessed and had many riches. But the moment they became prideful, the Lord took it all away. But it all depends on our obedience. If we want to be successful, we need to obey. Just trust in the Lord and obey.

Well I hope you all have a fabulous week! Prepare for conference! But don’t tell me anything because I wont be watching it this weekend. Only the next. But prepare! Remember to always read your scriptures and say your prayers! Love you all!

Com Amor,

Sister Steadman