Week 4 - Families can be Together Forever

written: 1/27/2021

Week 4

Another great week at Home MTC that flew by! I only have 10 days of training left until I either go to Chile or a reassignment. I am looking forward to getting out to the field but I am going to miss being at home and being with my great district.

There was a really cool that happened this week during MTC. At the end of last week, during our afternoon class, our teacher told us she was messaging someone on Facebook and wanted our help in messaging her as a district. She later informed us that this girl had liked her repost of a video the two sister missionaries had made going over a brief lesson in Spanish. Our teacher had checked who had liked her repost and they were all members of the Church except for one. She recognized her name from school and decided to message her. Well after going back and forth for a little, she invited her to our zoom class. She spoke 0 English so we really had to put our Spanish to work. We were all a little shocked that we were actually speaking to a non-member and knew we actually had to speak and say something, so thankfully a lot of us said the best we could. She had mentioned that her mom had passed away when she was young, so in my broken spanish I asked her if she believed she'd see and be with her mother again. She said she didn't know but she hoped so. I testified families are forever and she will see her mom again. It was just a really cool experience and I look forward to getting to know so many people and being able to testify to their needs. 

This weekend I was also blessed that my brothers and their wives along with my niece and nephew were all able to spend time with me. We got to take family pictures and they turned out great. We were able to play games and laugh for hours and I was able to just enjoy time with my family! I'm going to miss them but I can't wait to be together with them when I get home! 

Another awesome experience was on Sunday. I mentioned to my brother Austin that I had to teach a lesson the next day and I wanted it to be really good. Even though they were packing up to leave and had to really get going, he took the time to sit down and help me plan out my lesson. When I taught my lesson on Monday, afterwards my teacher told me what a great job my companion and I did and that we had done everything right! I definitely wouldn't have been able to do that without Austin's help, so I am so thankful for that and for family in general!

Lastly, last night I was able to go out and celebrate my birthday 2 weeks early and "celebrate" me leaving for my mission. It was such a great night and the food at Ruth's Chris was amazing. It was awesome to be able to celebrate as a missionary and just focus on family and making a few more memories before I am gone for a quick two years!

I am so thankful for families and I know that families can be together forever. I am blessed with that knowledge and I can't wait to share that knowledge with everyone I come into contact with. The gospel is true and I am so excited for everything that is going to happen these next 2 years!

Love, Elder Steele

pictures include: This little man is my favorite!; Morgan, Austin, Collin, Kyle, Alanna, Mom, Grant, Dad, and Evie; and One more hug!