Hey Dudes!
This week was a pretty good week. I love Elder Folsom
to death, and he is a stud. We are working hard together and just doing
work. I don't know what is going to happen next week. We get
transfer calls Saturday, and so our p-day is switching to Monday next
week. So I will let you know the news next Monday. I have a feeling
I am getting the boot, and my adventure here is coming to an end. It
makes me sad if I get the boot. I really
love it here. It has become my home, and it’s a great area. It’s
away from the city and is just out there. Hna Pavia, a less active lady
who loves us, was telling us all about the drug activity that goes
around. It's such a crazy town. I will be happy with anything that
happens. I am pretty sure Elder Folsom will train again. He is an
amazing missionary, and it kind of feels like the area is being prepared for a
greenie. We will have to see. I will keep you in touch about
everything that is going down here.
All our investigators are doing pretty well. Luis is
still a stud but really lazy. We think he is kind of scared to step out
of what he knows. He is having trouble coming to church and just
everything. We set up a tour of the church, and he didn't show up. It was sad. We drove to his house, which
wasted some of our miles, and he was just outside painting and restoring one of
his cars. This week we had something crazy happen while teaching
him. We showed up around 7:00, and his neighbors were hammered drunk. They are having this fire going. We went
and rang his gate. He lives in a compound. It’s pretty nuts. He came and let us
in. The neighbors started calling him for some odd reason. The
phone kept on going off like every 5 minutes during the lesson. It was crazy. We were sitting right by
the front door in this area where he has some couches. Luis was just
being polite and silencing the phone each time it went off. Finally the
door swung open, and this man appeared with a huge stick ready to swing. He was yelling, “LUISSS DONDE ESTA???”
Me and Elder Folsom were like what the heck is happening. The man pulled
out Luis and I guess he called the cops on us. I guess he thought that we
were breaking in or something. It was a
weird situation. I guess they worked everything out and everything
settled down. It was crazy. Jose Fernandez is doing pretty good as
well. He was in Mexico for most of the week because someone in his family
died. Fernando and Maria are doing awesome. They are super prepared
for the gospel and they love it when we come over. They told us that
every time we come over we are going to feed them spiritually and they will
feed us physically. They are awesome, but every time you leave the home
you smell like smoke and it never goes away. It’s going to be a struggle
to get them to stop smoking. All our other
investigators are doing pretty well too. Those are the ones that are
progressing the most.
Thanks for sending me a
package...I will be looking forward to it. I will for sure let you know
what my fate is next week. I think it’s my time to move on here. I
am really going to miss it here. It's a great area, and I have been super
blessed to be able to work in it. I know it’s going to be one of my
favorite areas, and these 7 months here have been a struggle but a
blessing. I love this time with Elder Folsom. He is a stud, and if
I leave I am going to miss him. I hope you guys have an awesome week and
just know you'll always be in my prayers. Thanks again for the letters
and the package. You guys are the
best! Have an awesome week!
With Love,
-Elder Smith
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