"But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves." ~James 1:22
Dear Friends and Family,
Elder Bednar came to our Mission! Since we're on the islands we had to skype him, and due to connection problems, we only got to hear about 75% of it, but it was still awesome. He opened it up to questions about half way through, and a couple of us here on the islands had some questions, so we texted someone in the meeting so Elder Bednar could read the questions and respond, and he actually ended up responding to my question! He didn't even know if i was an Elder or a Sister! But it was still really cool! haha
So the question i asked him was how he applies the atonement in his life, which i thought would be kind of a stupid question, obvious answer, i was almost embarrassed to ask it, but i did, half hoping he wouldn't read it. But my question was the only one he read, and after reading it, he thanked me for asking that question, and answered me specifically! he first let elder johnson (some gen. authority that was travelling with him) answer and he said we apply the atonement by keeping our covenants. then Elder Bednar gave me a great answer. what he does, is that he gets a cheap copy of the book of mormon and finds wherever it says "strength in the Lord" or something similar to that, and studies it and marks it up. then when he's done, he writes a one page paper of what he learned about the atonement, then he puts the paper in the back of the book and along the spine of the book writes "atonement, strength I" then he does it again and compares his papers and writes on the second book "atonement, strength II" and he repeats it and repeats it, and he learns something different every time. and he invited ME to do the same thing :) so i will! it was so awesome!
So the question i asked him was how he applies the atonement in his life, which i thought would be kind of a stupid question, obvious answer, i was almost embarrassed to ask it, but i did, half hoping he wouldn't read it. But my question was the only one he read, and after reading it, he thanked me for asking that question, and answered me specifically! he first let elder johnson (some gen. authority that was travelling with him) answer and he said we apply the atonement by keeping our covenants. then Elder Bednar gave me a great answer. what he does, is that he gets a cheap copy of the book of mormon and finds wherever it says "strength in the Lord" or something similar to that, and studies it and marks it up. then when he's done, he writes a one page paper of what he learned about the atonement, then he puts the paper in the back of the book and along the spine of the book writes "atonement, strength I" then he does it again and compares his papers and writes on the second book "atonement, strength II" and he repeats it and repeats it, and he learns something different every time. and he invited ME to do the same thing :) so i will! it was so awesome!
I love being here! I love being a missionary! I'm super happy and I love sharing the Gospel! I hope you are all happy at home and sharing the gospel as well!!
I love you all!!
Sister Steagall
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