Subject: Transfers
Hey Family,
Today is transfer day eve. I will be transferred tomorrow and I received notice that I will be accepting the cargo of District Leader. Tomorrow I will also Hit 11 Months, and 1 week from today i will only have a year left till I'll be heading home on the airplane. Pretty neat how time flies so fast. I think i might have some trouble packing up all of my bags today, Have been accumulating a lot of books and clothes from all of the packages. My luggage isn't in the best shape either. I think I will end up buying at least 1 new peice of luggage before the future transfers. Hope the ones I have will hold up until I arrive in my new area.
Everything is going great here in osório. This next week will be great for my new comp. Full of appointments and he doesn't know where many of them are. I wish him luck though. We have a lot of great investigators in potential here that will for sure lead to some baptisms in the coming months.
I gotta go pack my bags now and say goodbye to a few families. I hope everyone has a great week.
Love you all
Elder Jonathan P. Steele
P.S.
It sounds like the peak of hunting season is soon approching for the whitetail deer population in upstate NY. I wish you all great luck and would like to remind everyone of the QDM program that we have running. I hope everyone will have the patience to hold off on the trophies until I get back home in a year.
My Christmas Wish List
-Cabelas Magazine
-Cadbury Mini Eggs
-Leaves from the Hill in Lamanate
-... Will add more at a future date
Monday, January 3, 2011
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
26 October Email
Subject: Last week of the transfer
Hey Everyone,
Transfers are coming up quickly here in Osório. Not much has happened this past week. I got the package you sent, and we already ate everything, so you should get that Christmas package on its way fast. Everything arrived safely in the package. Thanks for the Pageant shirt and the pants, my old ones were getting worn out. You guys keep telling me that people got their mission calls or so and so left for their mission, but you forget to tell me to where. My comp is great. We get along good.
We have been teaching quite a few people these past few weeks. But we still continue to cut more people than we find. I would say that the most rewarding thing about missionary work is being able to meet new people and learn all of their customs and culture.
I know I promised you all photos this week, but my card reader stopped working and my comp forgot to bring his camera to the LAN House today, so I will send you all a bunch of photos next week.
Oh and mom the missing word is Correios i think.
Beleza então
Hope you all have a great week and continue working hard at everything that you are all doing.
Love you all,
Elder Jonathan P. Steele
P.S.
Send a happy birthday hug to both Liz (Nov. 1st) and Madison (Nov. 23) for me.
Good Luck to Zac and Sarah on the move! I hope you guys will be able to get there and get settled safely.
Are Rem and Rose going to fly home for Christmas from BYU?
What does Rosie want for Christmas? I should probably send a package to you guys soon, maybe i will prepare one this week if i get around to it.
Hey Everyone,
Transfers are coming up quickly here in Osório. Not much has happened this past week. I got the package you sent, and we already ate everything, so you should get that Christmas package on its way fast. Everything arrived safely in the package. Thanks for the Pageant shirt and the pants, my old ones were getting worn out. You guys keep telling me that people got their mission calls or so and so left for their mission, but you forget to tell me to where. My comp is great. We get along good.
We have been teaching quite a few people these past few weeks. But we still continue to cut more people than we find. I would say that the most rewarding thing about missionary work is being able to meet new people and learn all of their customs and culture.
I know I promised you all photos this week, but my card reader stopped working and my comp forgot to bring his camera to the LAN House today, so I will send you all a bunch of photos next week.
Oh and mom the missing word is Correios i think.
Beleza então
Hope you all have a great week and continue working hard at everything that you are all doing.
Love you all,
Elder Jonathan P. Steele
P.S.
Send a happy birthday hug to both Liz (Nov. 1st) and Madison (Nov. 23) for me.
Good Luck to Zac and Sarah on the move! I hope you guys will be able to get there and get settled safely.
Are Rem and Rose going to fly home for Christmas from BYU?
What does Rosie want for Christmas? I should probably send a package to you guys soon, maybe i will prepare one this week if i get around to it.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
19 October Email
Hey family,
Everything's great here in Osório. We had a baptism last Saturday. Everything went well. We have been looking for ways to find new investigators still. This Friday we are going to do a training for the branch to see if we can get some more references.
How is the Fall going there? Have the leaves all changed color yet? Right now it's entering Summer. We are starting to get some pretty hot days now, but nothing like last year when it hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit a couple of days.
It sounds like Savannah will be the only one left in Provo until the twins go to college. Have Rose and Rem started their aplications yet to BYU?
The package arrived here along with a few letters. My LD has them in his area and I will get them all Thursday.
Will send you the photos next week.
Love you all,
Élder Steele
Everything's great here in Osório. We had a baptism last Saturday. Everything went well. We have been looking for ways to find new investigators still. This Friday we are going to do a training for the branch to see if we can get some more references.
How is the Fall going there? Have the leaves all changed color yet? Right now it's entering Summer. We are starting to get some pretty hot days now, but nothing like last year when it hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit a couple of days.
It sounds like Savannah will be the only one left in Provo until the twins go to college. Have Rose and Rem started their aplications yet to BYU?
The package arrived here along with a few letters. My LD has them in his area and I will get them all Thursday.
Will send you the photos next week.
Love you all,
Élder Steele
Thursday, October 14, 2010
12 October Email
Everything's going great this week. Don't have much time to write. Today is a holiday and I am at a member's house using their computer. Happy Columbus Day. Vou sendar ums photos next week. Tá ligado?
Tchaù!
Amo vocês!!!
Abrações
Élder Steele
Tchaù!
Amo vocês!!!
Abrações
Élder Steele
Friday, October 8, 2010
5 October Email
Subject: Carta Semanal
Hey everybody,
Everything is going great here in Brasil. We have a baptism this Saturday and we should have a few more towards the end of the month. Hopefully we will be able to reach our goal of 4 for the month of October. Conference was great, we only got to watch the 2 sessions Sunday but I'm sure that in about 6 months we should be getting the Ensign Conference edition at the rate the Brazilian postal service works. São Paulo elected a comedian as their federal deputy (under the slogan "Does anyone know what a Federal Deputy Does? Neither do I, But if you vote on me I'll find out and let you know"). Maybe it has been passing on the news there. Some of the elections here will move into the second term term now since they didn't manage to get at least 50 percent of the votes. Not too much else has happened this week. Hope you all have an excellent week.
Love,
Elder Steele
Hey everybody,
Everything is going great here in Brasil. We have a baptism this Saturday and we should have a few more towards the end of the month. Hopefully we will be able to reach our goal of 4 for the month of October. Conference was great, we only got to watch the 2 sessions Sunday but I'm sure that in about 6 months we should be getting the Ensign Conference edition at the rate the Brazilian postal service works. São Paulo elected a comedian as their federal deputy (under the slogan "Does anyone know what a Federal Deputy Does? Neither do I, But if you vote on me I'll find out and let you know"). Maybe it has been passing on the news there. Some of the elections here will move into the second term term now since they didn't manage to get at least 50 percent of the votes. Not too much else has happened this week. Hope you all have an excellent week.
Love,
Elder Steele
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
28 September Email
Hey family,
Everything is going great here in the windy city Osório. They have about 70 wind turbines here on the outskirts of the city because we get so much wind here. It's pretty nice. Your suit coat always stays flying in the wind behind you as you walk. My new comp is great. He is from São Paulo. He's been on the mission for only 4 months. He is a pretty good worker and doesn't have fear of talking to people which is good. We get along great. We have a few people with baptismal dates but I don't really know if the dates will hold. Hopefully we can reach our goal of 4 baptisms in the transfer. I know that President would be happy if we did that.
Not much has happened this past week. I'm still waiting on that package. Our apartment has been pretty dull lately without any sound. Hopefully the package will arrive safely and on time. I am still the professor for the youth here. The branch president told me that he would call someone soon to fill my place. We haven't had a ward mission leader, but I pushed the branch president and he finally called one last Sunday. Hopefully we can start getting a little more help from the branch with the missionary work here in Osório. Knocking on doors hasn't helped at all last transfer, so we are going to try some different things this transfer to try and get more references from members and to reach out to the people that would have and interest in our message. This Saturday and Sunday will be world conference. i think we will get to watch both sessions on Sunday at another branch about an hour from here.
How are things at home? Anything new happen? Maybe you guys can start planning the next hunting trip for 2012.
Let me know how everyone is doing. It's been a while since I've heard from Zach and Liz and many of the rest of the siblings. Thanks Savannah, Matt, Erin, Mom, Dad, and Grandma Edie for always writing to me! =D
Hope you all have a great week.
Love you all
My testimony
(In request by Erin)
Joseph Smith Jr. restored the true gospel of Christ here on the earth, all the keys of the holy priesthood were restored to the prophet Joseph Smith, and he sealed his great testimony with his blood like a lamb at the slaughter as he fell from the window of the Carthage jail exclaiming "O Lord, my God". This gospel that Joseph restored is the same gospel that Christ taught in Jerusalem and to the people that lived here in the Americas long ago. Because of this great man and many others the restored gospel is readily available to all who accept to live its teaching and principles. We can feel the truth of the gospel as we read and study the book of Mormon and the early history of the saints as they moved across the plains to find safety and relief from the heavy persecution that raged against them. As we study and apply the gospel principles in our lives we can feel our hearts being changed by the powerful atoning sacrifice of Christ.
-Elder Steele
Everything is going great here in the windy city Osório. They have about 70 wind turbines here on the outskirts of the city because we get so much wind here. It's pretty nice. Your suit coat always stays flying in the wind behind you as you walk. My new comp is great. He is from São Paulo. He's been on the mission for only 4 months. He is a pretty good worker and doesn't have fear of talking to people which is good. We get along great. We have a few people with baptismal dates but I don't really know if the dates will hold. Hopefully we can reach our goal of 4 baptisms in the transfer. I know that President would be happy if we did that.
Not much has happened this past week. I'm still waiting on that package. Our apartment has been pretty dull lately without any sound. Hopefully the package will arrive safely and on time. I am still the professor for the youth here. The branch president told me that he would call someone soon to fill my place. We haven't had a ward mission leader, but I pushed the branch president and he finally called one last Sunday. Hopefully we can start getting a little more help from the branch with the missionary work here in Osório. Knocking on doors hasn't helped at all last transfer, so we are going to try some different things this transfer to try and get more references from members and to reach out to the people that would have and interest in our message. This Saturday and Sunday will be world conference. i think we will get to watch both sessions on Sunday at another branch about an hour from here.
How are things at home? Anything new happen? Maybe you guys can start planning the next hunting trip for 2012.
Let me know how everyone is doing. It's been a while since I've heard from Zach and Liz and many of the rest of the siblings. Thanks Savannah, Matt, Erin, Mom, Dad, and Grandma Edie for always writing to me! =D
Hope you all have a great week.
Love you all
My testimony
(In request by Erin)
Joseph Smith Jr. restored the true gospel of Christ here on the earth, all the keys of the holy priesthood were restored to the prophet Joseph Smith, and he sealed his great testimony with his blood like a lamb at the slaughter as he fell from the window of the Carthage jail exclaiming "O Lord, my God". This gospel that Joseph restored is the same gospel that Christ taught in Jerusalem and to the people that lived here in the Americas long ago. Because of this great man and many others the restored gospel is readily available to all who accept to live its teaching and principles. We can feel the truth of the gospel as we read and study the book of Mormon and the early history of the saints as they moved across the plains to find safety and relief from the heavy persecution that raged against them. As we study and apply the gospel principles in our lives we can feel our hearts being changed by the powerful atoning sacrifice of Christ.
-Elder Steele
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