A Man On a Mission

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Ok, I was humbled by Elder Darby's site. SO . . .

This is from Kevin today. June 7th 2011
You know what feels good?

A freshly pressed suit. Gotta love it. :)

Good Morning Dear Friends and family. Good to hear from you. :)

I'm doing well, life is good. Things with Elder Diaz are great. We've already checked out bus routes, started working out, I've learned a lot about cars and things like that, I've learned about farming, Spanish phrases, and slang, and I've learned a lot so far, and I'm excited for the future ( I love how I have to write something is Spanish now, then try to translate it to Spanish. Spelling is SOOOOOOOO much easier in Spanish. Futuro Fu-tu-ro... Awesome. )

Oh, I'm supposed to say this'll be a quickie, makes my letters better. :)

We had a really good lesson with the Vidrios this last week, and we've seen how the Lord is putting small trials in their lives to cause them to want to return to church. something simple as a fight amongst former family can do wonders about causing a person to re-think life. Even something as simple a re-hanging a picture of Christ shows renewed devotion to Him. It's pleasantly surprising, but mostly wonderful to watch.

We also did some really fun service this week. basically we cut down a jungle in someone's backyard. The grass was about 3 feet high around the entire place including a week that was 2 inches thick.... Absolutely crazy, but it was a lot of fun to do, and It looked REALLY good afterwards. I really enjoyed that, even though that was really hard work.

Well I'm rushed off so I'll close.

I lvoe you all ,even if I can never spell it ;)

Christ Lives! I'm doing His work, or at least helping with it, along with all Others that have made covenants to do so, and then follow through with them.

I lvoe my family, I lvoe my friends. I lvoe never having to worry about seeing my close friends again because I know that in the eternities they'll be there, but only if I keep my covenants. It's all about covenants.

Accept Christ, and live like him.

Oh, I almost forgot, I'm in the War chapters... like Alma 50 or so... Keep going yourselves.

Again, I leave with my love.

Until next week...

Bye

Monday, November 22, 2010

Ontario is in Oregon

Not in Idaho. even though I was called to the IDAHO Boise mission, I am still in Oregon. So is my Companion.

He's feeling better, but of course he gave it to me, so now I'm getting sicker and sicker ever day. That's alright though, it's just a few weeks and then it'll pass. No biggie. :) besides then I'll be clean all winter. :) Hopefully.....

So exciting news..... I killed a chicken this week. It was horrid. I almost couldn't do it. Basically you just tuck the chicken under your arm and twist the head until it's dead. Really it'd very sad. Then you cut off the head and.... we'll I'll spare you the details... But honestly the killing was the worse part. after that, we cleaned it out, and that was actually pretty fun. I got to pull out the chickens still warm heart. No it was not still beating, but certianly warm. So don't fear, if we ever get stuff in the country with only chickens to eat, I know hoe to clean them now. :)

Also we set two more baptsimal goals, and One of them, Aaron Rhinehart, had a very interesting expirence. Now think about the first vision while I tell the story... So I guess the he went over to one of his friends house and they were having a rough time with something... well he thought "hey I can pray for them!" so he bagan to say a kneeling prayer asking for help for his friend, when they attacked him! Like pysically attacked him! Well he got so scared that he kept praying, and eventually they let go of him. As he told the story he was almost shaking from fear at the whole thing. It was so cool! We set a baptismal goal for the 20th. He'll keep it, because he came to church! Him and his Less-active wife both came. :) It was soo cool! That day was such a cool day for people at church. we had like 8 people at church that day. normally if we have one I am happy, 2 I'm estatic. But 8!!! I was bouncing off the walls. :) That and one of our formerly dropped investigators (We stop visiting them) Well we may un-drop them. We'll find out tonight how everything went. :)

Halloween was pretty cool. We were forced to stay inside after 6, so we invited the English missionaries over and we played risk. I almost won, but got cocky and lost it. :( It was a cool night though. We had chips and music, and IBC rootbeer and eggnog. supriseingly out of 6 missionaries I was the ONLY one who actually enjoys eggnog. :) That's so funny.

Well, lately I've been reading my scriptures in spanish, because I really want to make my spanish more fluid and more gramatically correct. Well because of that I have to read them REAL slow. Honestly it can take the whole hour to go through 5-6 verses. I litteraly read them word for word, and analize them that way. it's a real treat to do it that way. I understand so much more of what they say, and even more of WHY it's said that way. It's really very interesting. i'm is Mosiah, and so I just finished the dicourse of King Benjamin. It's increadable. The docterine that he says in so few words. Absolutel blows my mind. from the very first verse to the last I was having very personal learning expirences with the spirit. It was AWESOME! Now that I move into the later chapters and it becomes more of a story, I wonder how the deep reading with change my persective THAT way.

Well I have again run out of things to say, so as Jacob says, I bid the adeiu... :P

Love you dearly

bye

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-Elder Kevin A. Steed

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

General Conference

Well this week was General Conference. And it was Wonderful, in the very truest sense of the world. Inspiring and uplifting. Educational and faith-building. A blessing, and a privilege, only begin to describe my feelings for this awesome (again in the TRUE sense of the word) Experience. My questions were answered, my prayers were answered, and my faith was strengthened.

Also on a good note, (I forgot to mention this) Two weeks ago we had a baptism here, in the English work we do in New Plymouth (If someone could look up the definition {Mom} I would appreciate that). That was a really cool experience, and I got to play for the service. Also this coming Saturday we'll have another baptism, again in the English work. Then the following Saturday, we're hoping to see one of our investigators get married and then Promptly baptized. :) So the Church is expanding. Even here in Ontario Oregon. :)

We got a sack of onion yesterday. I mean a SACK, likely close to 50 onions, all the BIG kind. :) We are so clueless as to what to do with all of them. Any ideas? besides Onion rings. We're already planning on that. :)

Also, it's getting pretty cool here so we're wearing jackets right now. The assistants called and told us that despide the regular rule to put on jackets after conference, we don't have to put them on until November 1st. But it's cold and so we put them on. :)

We had a cool faith-building experience yesterday, and of course it involved food! :) (Would you expect anything less from me?) Well we didn't get the meal calender passed around because of no church Sunday, so we are (so far) without food this month. Well, we've been without dinner for the last few days now, so we prayed to somehow get some dinner... :) Because of earlier experiences, I knew the Lord would answer Our prayer, and Lo and Behold, 5 minutes until 5, Hermana Diaz calls and asks when we were planning on coming over. LAst week we were supposed to have dinner with her, but she had to run, so we set up another time for this week. We never wrote it down, sowe forgot, and the Lord used the experience to strengthen my faith. :) Food and Faith... GOOD combination. :)

Well I must run, but I leave you with my love and testimony that I have no doubt that This Is the True Church of Our Elder Brother in the Spirit, even Jesus Christ. And that the Work I do here is blessing the lives of So many people, namelt Me, my investigators, and you,. :)

Thanks for your love and support.

Love you

bye
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-Elder Kevin A. Steed

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

From "Mom"

The Missionary is maturing, getting lost in the work. Here is his latest letter, perhaps others can be posted in time.

8/31/2010

"So I almost forgot to send out this email... I've been sitting here for the last 15 minutes waiting, and I almost forgot to send this email... silly me. :)

Well this week was a very slow week as far as teaching goes. But I blame the meetings. We had to go to Jerome Wednesday, then Twin Falls on Friday, exchanges that same day, so Saturday we had to drive down to Shoshone. Then Sunday we had a priesthood meeting in Carey, so we traveled a lot, but taught little.

In the Priesthood meeting, President Jensen gave us a challenge, than I am now extending to you. Go on a mission. He spoke mostly of the "expirenced" couples, or single sisters, but I feel impressed to extend this to all. :) Go on a mission. Yes that meas you grandma, yes Mom and Edward, Lora and Dad, Yes that means you, my unmarried sisters and friends, yes that means you esspecially young men. Go on a mission.

Now I have 5 minutes to tell you why.

I gained a firm, unshakeable testimony

I gained alove for all people

I gained a love for the scriptures

I gained an appreciation for my family

I am coming to know the Lord personnally.

I am blessed in sop many ways

I get fed.. .a lot :)

Think about a mission. The Lord is preparing people, he only needs people to teach them now. Make it a matter of prayer.

BEsides that... I feel great

My companion and I are gettign along better.

I am becoming more patient

I am learnign to play the piano better...

Oh! BTW I was asked to play ing Zone Conference, I played the EFY medley, but sense I only had 3 days to practice, we only did up until the men start, just before it. :)

NExt time i'll finish it. :)

love you...

bye

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-Elder Kevin A. Steed

9/15/2010

This week my companion and I had exchanges( Trade of missionaries) With the Zone Leader. We trades from friday until today. While we were together, I learned much about the power of the attonement to change a person's life. The effect one person can make. The value of a true friend. How to study deeper. and mostly hope to enjoy life while still being appropriate.

My testiomony of this work grows greatly, not outwardly, but inwardly. My new favorate scripture is DandC 64, 29-34, mostly 33-34. "Be not weary in well doing, you are laying the foundation of a great work..." That is my new motto, because not only am I a foundation for the lives of others, but truely a foundation for my own life. My mission will truely be a foundation of my life, and I love it.

I am sooooooo sorry that I have not written you all enough, Time is just so quickly spent, and will so much to concentrate on here, I forget you at times. Now I feel bad about it, but that's my calling right now, and when I return, it will change, and YOU will be my calling. Until then, sorry. I Lvoe you. Please forgive me..

Love

bye