Hey Family!
Just another week down in Canutillo. Man, it was hard
but a good week. I saw the Lord’s hand a lot this week, and we
experienced a lot of miracles. It was
crazy to say the least. The Lord truly blesses missionaries who work
their butts off. We are also knocking a lot of doors lately which has
been fun. We are also talking to
everyone we see, and there are a lot of crazy weird people out there. I
got a new companion, and it is definitely a blessing to me at this time.
He is from Dillon, Montana and is a rancher.
It is Elder Folsom, Donald's ranch hand. He is a cool guy, and I
like him a lot. He knows how to work hard and is just nuts. We have
fun together but work our tail ends off. We found 7 news this week, and
that is crazy for Canutillo. He is definitely helping me get one more
push for this area till whenever I leave. He is a stud and reminds me a
lot of Scott sometimes. It sounds like your week was good at home. Mine was good as well.
One of the bummers this week was Jesus Luna gave us the
shaft. He told us when we tried teaching him that he was never going to
convert from Catholic to Mormonism. He also told us that we could stop by
but he doesn't want us to covert him. He turned out to be grumpy man,
stuck in his ways and not open to changing. It made me sad, but I
realized it’s for the better. He will
see that us talking to him blessed his life and also that the priesthood
works. I was bummed about that one but, oh well, it’s life. I don't
really want to go back. We found a lot of news. We have this new
guy named Luis, and he is a pretty cool dude. He loves to ride road
bikes, and he also is a painter. He paints a lot and it’s crazy!
Let’s just say there are bikini babes next to Jesus. I was trying so hard
not to laugh but this guy just has painted pinup girls next to Jesus.
It’s a trip going to his house. He asked us to play pool with him before
we taught him. We did and the lesson turned
out to be awesome. I see a lot of potential in him. One of the
coolest experiences was the first night with Elder Folsom. We had nothing
going for us, and it was just straight up a hard night. We were knocking
trailers and we were running into people who weren't interested at all. We run
into a guy who straight up told us he was atheist and had a couple of drinks. He wasn't all there to learn and didn't want
to learn. I was kind of frustrated and depressed that our night wasn't
going well for us. Elder Folsom was driving and wasn't familiar with the
area. He just went up a random street, parked the
car and said we are knocking this trailer. We both were just hoping and
praying that someone would turn up behind this door. I was dragging my heels
because it was 8:15 and late. We knocked this door and this guy opened
it. He told us to come in immediately, and it didn't really click with
us. We proceeded to give our door knock approach and in Spanish he told
us again to come in. We were stunned. This guy proceeded to tell us
that he was reading something on Facebook about God. When he was done reading it we knocked, and he
felt like he should let us in. He is a super muscular guy from Honduras
and has tattoos on his body. We have had 2 awesome lessons with him and he
is progressing nicely. That was a cool experience. We also had a
weird experience at this apartment complex. This whole week we have gone
looking there for this lady named Barbara Lopez and she doesn't seem to exist. But every time we go there we find someone who
has heard about the church, really wants to talk to us, or is just
interested. It’s been crazy every time we go there. We are getting
our teaching pool up, and that's been good as well. I also had to do a
prayer circle with lesbians who were super old who were tripping balls in the
middle of the street. It was such a weird experience. Those were
the highlights of my week for ya. I love Elder Folsom a lot, and we are
doing work and having a lot of fun.
It was a really good week, and
it sounds like your week was good as well and everyone is in one piece at
home. Thanks for all your emails this week. It felt good to write you guys this
week. I hope you guys have an awesome week. It sounds like Mother is kicking butt in her
calling, and Tyler is luring in the ladies with some nice bait. Haha, I
miss you man. That's awesome you got your learner’s driving permit and
are listed as a female on it. Have a wonderful week in school and
everything you’re doing. I love you guys tons and miss you more than
ever. You’re always in my prayers!
Love,
-Elder Smith
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