Hi friends and family!
Just another wonderful day
on Temple Square. We just had conference, amidst many other events and exciting
things! For starters, I will finished training Sister Cano this transfer. How
fun! The no moving part is even more fun!
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| Angelique and her companion - Str. Cano from Peru |
On Tuesday and Wednesday of
last week, Sister Cano and I were able to cover for Welfare Square tours. For
those of you not familiar, Welfare Square is the main location that the Welfare
program of the church was established. It has a bishop's storehouse, an employment
resource center, a Deseret Industries, a Cannery, a Grainary, a Dairy, and a
Bakery. I was proud of Sister Cano for picking up the information on the WS so
easily. One of the tours we took was with 2 families. One was a mom with her
children and brother in law, and the other was a couple and their sister. We
had 2 members of the Second Quorum of the Seventy in that tour! One Elder was from Ghana, and the other Elder
was from Nigeria. That was pretty intimidating, but it was also a wonderful
experience to share with them what we are all about. Another tour that was
touching was with a family of 3 children and their mom and grandma. The oldest
daughter was 14, was almost blind, and she carried a stuffed animal. During our
tour, we asked, "So you are in high school? How is that going?" She
responded, "Not very well."..."What? Why?"..."I think
the other kids think I am weird because I like stuffed animals." Well we
told her that everyone is kinda weird in their own way and that there is no
"normal" person. Thank goodness
for being weird! At the end of the tour, she gave us a super big hug and didn't
want to let go. I hope she knows how valuable she is!
Our fun week didn't end
there! Thursday, the day after transfers, Sister Cano and I, along with 2 other
companionships, had the incredible opportunity to help the Church Office
Building Catering Company with a lunch for the Apostles. My BYU catering skills
came in handy after all! So we helped set up the many tables for all the 70s
and the Quorum of the 12 Apostles, and then we helped to serve and clear
plates! I had Elder Cook and Elder Perry at my tables. I have to say, that was
a nerve-racking experience serving nothing but Apostles of the Lord!! I went to
one of my tables, and a member of the 70 was doing my job! He went around the
table filling up everyone's water glasses! It was like a room full of charity.
As I picked up Elder Perry's plate, he asked where I was from. "I am from
Texas!" ...(Leaning over to the apostle next to him)"Does she sound
like she is from Texas???" Hah, what a character. After the lunch was
over, they let us take home all of the extra cookies, and let me tell you,
there were a LOT. Apparently, a lot of apostles aren't fond of chocolate chips!
So conference: We had the
privilege of attending the Saturday morning session of Conference. I quite
enjoyed Elder Holland's talk, Elder Rasband's talk, and Elder Anderson's talk.
They focused on power and having a firm foundation. Wonderful! As we were
talking a picture in the Conference Center, Sister Elaine S. Dalton *(the
former General Young Women's President) walked by and said, "Just
beautiful!!"
We talked with many
wonderful and many interesting people. Probably 8 non-members, and 1 in
particular who just was NOT interested. He perplexed me because in the most
relaxed fashion to our questions of, "Don't you want more happiness in
your life that God wants to give you?" Just responded, "Eh, no not
really..." I have never come across
someone like him! But I know God will definitely help him know this is the way.
We talked with a man who
wants to run for president. He told us he wants to run for life. I'll be looking
for him in the next election. We talked with a Young adult who we told to go on
a mission. His papers should be in by June first.
I also ran into Sister
Davis, who had moved to Perth Australia, and the Uldroyd's from Houston. It was
wonderful seeing so many familiar faces!
The weather was super odd,
but that didn't stop the many members from listening to a prophet of God speak!
Something I loved that I had heard in a tour was that we need prophets to
interpret scriptures for our day. Just as we read scriptures many times
throughout our life and get different meaning, so should our prophets and
apostles in behalf of the world.
Love you all! Let me know
of your favorite talk in conference, or a favorite insight you had.
Sister Steenhoek
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