Hey Guys!!!
It sounds like everyone is in one piece at home. I am
doing good down here in Texas, just living the mission life, and its hard at
times but always good. This week was busy, and I have some stories to
tell you. For two of the days this week I was on exchanges with another
Elder in our District, Elder Barnes. We worked really hard when we had
exchanges, and I got to feel what it feels like to have a full day of work and
not just part of a day. We were on exchanges on Friday and
Saturday. I slept over at their trailer on a couch for two nights. By the second night I was ready for a bed,
but it’s whatever, I'll take wherever I can sleep at this point. Sleep at
night is the best thing ever. I could go to bed at 8:30 right now.
I never thought that would happen in my life, and I never thought 10:30 would
be late, but it is like 1:00 in the morning to me. This week was hard
with my trainer again, and I liked the exchange. We didn't weekly plan
this week, and we didn't even daily plan at all. I might mention to
President Miller that I need help trying to get us to weekly plan. I
tried to get us to plan, but it would never happen. I'll see how that
goes this week.
It rained really hard here on Wednesday. The rain was
nuts and flooded so many areas down here. Outside our house in Canutillo
there was a miniature lake. We pulled up at the end of the night, and we
were like what the. We stepped out of the car and ducks were quaking like
nobody's business. So we had ducks living outside our house for a couple
of days. The state water people came by and tried to pump some water out
but that didn't really happen. We went to mutual that night, and the area
behind the church where there is a volleyball court was flooded as well.
It was nuts, and the lighting that night was crazy as well. You should
see it when it rains down here. The streets were also flooded, and it is
so fun to drive through when they are. You have a wall of water go above
your car when you do. It’s crazy. We were knocking on a door on
Friday and there was a huge puddle behind us.
I was watching as I waited for someone to come to the door. This lady
came driving by trying to figure how to go about this puddle. Her window
was down for who knows why. I started hearing this engine that was super
loud coming closer and closer. Soon this truck came flying by and
completely shot water into this lady's car. She screamed and tried to roll
up the window, but it didn't happen. I was laughing when I saw it,
and no one came to the door, so we left.
On Friday exchanges we went to visit this guy who lives out
in the desert, and it was an adventure to get there. We pulled up and it
was a trailer and just desert, with a few more trailers around. We
knocked on the door, and this guy came busting through it with a big huge beer
gut and everything. He was holding a beer and cig in one hand just like Cousin
Eddy on Christmas Vacation. It cracked me up. He was completely
wasted. We sat outside in the sun teaching him. We were teaching
him, and it was fun. He pretty much was dropping F-bombs every sentence
in Spanish. He tried to say one in English but it couldn't come
out. We finished our lesson, got up to leave, and he was like, “Let me go
grab you some waters.” He came back with waters, we said “thanks”, and he
told us we are always welcome here and this is our house too. I went to
go shake his hand again to be nice and he grabbed me and brought me in for a
big, huge hug. So I got my first drunk hug in the desert this week.
The guy cracks me up and was way fun to visit. That night on exchange we
were teaching a guy. He asked about baptism and this was like the first
real lesson with him. We talked about baptism, and then I thought to ask
him if he would be baptized and follow Christ. He said he would, and he
would ask God. So that was my first experience with asking someone if they
would be baptized. It was a way cool experience, and I hope that guy gets
baptized down the road. Hopefully Elder Barnes keeps pushing him.
On Saturday, Elder Barnes wanted to go around to all the
yard sales and pass out our card. I was digging it for a bit, but it got
super old fast. I tried to get him off the whole yard sale thing by asking if
we could stop and get a drink. He said sure, and I thought my plan
worked. We stopped, and I got a Mexican Coke. It was probably the
best thing I tasted cuz I was super thirsty. After we left the small
store and got into our car he went right back to where we left - trying to find
yard sales. So my plan didn't really work out. But we only did it
for a couple more times. After we taught some more people, and then we
went to dinner. We switched back around 9:00, and I went back to
Canutillo. I loved the exchange because it showed me how missionary work
is really supposed to be. You need to work hard and not sit around.
I got to help in a lesson for the first time, and it wasn’t just one person
trying to talk the whole time. We both wanted to work hard.
Yesterday, on Sunday, we taught one lesson and that was with
Paul. We showed up to Paul's house, and his daughter was just sitting on
the porch. We asked if he was there, and she said to go inside. We
went inside, and he was like did you see the rattlesnake outside? We
went outside and sure enough there was a big rattlesnake chilling in the
yard. He called up some snake wrangle man, and he was on his way. Our
lesson was pretty much to watch the snake. The snake man showed up way
late, and we lost track of the snake. We had no clue where it went.
The snake wrangler dude started searching for him. He was kicking bushes,
getting on his stomach, and blowing into holes. This guy had no fear of snakes.
He could not find it. He went to the back, and all of a sudden he came
out with the snake. The thing was so long it was crazy. This guy
managed to put the rattlesnake in a small bottle. It was
nuts.
But ya, that was my week for you. Today I have to go
on exchanges with the zone leaders so hopefully that goes good. I am
doing great, and hopefully we can work hard this week. We are going to
stop by Jesus because he wasn't home this week. So hopefully he is good. I will let you
know next Monday.
It sounds like everything is good a home. That is good
Tyler kept the fort down while you guys were gone. That’s crazy all my friends
are almost all gone on missions. I can't believe Dane and Donald are
leaving. I miss all my friends so much. I got to run, but have an
awesome week with football and school. I can't wait to hear about
it. Just know how much I love you guys, and I miss you tons. I wish
I was in Portland with you guys! We will have to go back sometime! Have a
good week! Let all my friends know how much I love them and miss
them! Give Donald a big hug for me before he leaves. Keep it steezy
this week! Love you!!!
Con Mucho Amor,
-Elder Smith
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