Hey Family!
This week was a pretty good week. It was hard, and
it’s been hard out here, but you just got to push on and not let the hardness
bring you down. It’s missionary work, and it’s never easy, but I sure
love it. We got Denice and Alejandro confirmed this week. We had
something crazy with that happen to us, but I will tell you the story
later. It rained super hard on Sunday. That was a miracle, but it
was super humid after. All these crazy bugs came out, and I caught a wild
turtle. That was pretty tight. Also it’s tarantula season out here,
and they are just everywhere at night. We saw 3 of them during the week,
and it was crazy. They were all in one night, so it was gross. They
are hairy suckers. I am loving life though.
This week, like I said, was hard. We are having
troubles finding people to teach lately. A lot of people were gone this
week because I think everyone is trying to get one last vacation before school
starts. Most of the members this week were gone, and so our member
presents lacked. I feel like sometimes I am doing most of the work, and
that's hard, but what effs. Denice and Alejandro got confirmed this week,
and that was rad. They showed up to church, and that was super awesome.
Sacrament meeting started, and we were waiting for them to call them up and
confirm them. The meeting rolled on, and they weren't doing it. It
got to the last part, and that's when I shot up to the stand and asked the
Presidency if they could confirm them. It was a whole miscommunication
thing because one of the counselors thought she wanted a member that was out
of town to confirm her. But I just
told them I don't care who does it - we just need to confirm them. Presidente
Portillo did them both. It was super
rad, and I was happy we got them confirmed. It was a relief. They
are doing well, and it’s cool to see a new light inside of them. I hope
they progress even more. Also this week we found a less active who
I've been looking for since I got there. Her name is Nelly Macias.
And old less active ward missionary put her name up on a board at the church,
but the address spot was empty. We have been asking her brothers and
sisters about her, but they told us a street and the color of the trailer, and
that's it. We got a call this week from a member who has been in
Chaparral since the ice age, and he asked us to come over. He asked us if
we could get the mail for him this week because he has to go to a clinic up in
Las Cruces for his Parkinson’s. We told him we would, and he came out
with a slip of paper and gave it to us, and it was her address. I was
doing backflips in my chair, and we later contacted her and set up a time for
us to come back. I am super happy we found her, and it was a miracle from
the Lord. So that was pretty tight. We saw Presidente Ramirez this
week, and he is doing good. I saw him on exchanges this week with another
Elder, and we just talked with him. He told us up front when we walked in
that he just wanted to talk. I love him so much and it’s sad to see that
he has family problems and just won’t let go of the past and come back.
But he is a stud. Other than that, not much happened this week. We
are struggling to find new investigators, so hopefully that will change this
week. It’s such a great area, and it just needs some hard work.
But ya, other than that, life is the same out in the
desert. It was weird this week to hit my 13th month mark. I was
thinking about how 13 months ago I was in the MTC, hitting my one month mark
and being so happy. Time has flown, and it’s scaring me how fast it has
gone. The mission is great, and I love helping people and just
serving. Time never slows down, and it’s weird but God always will take
care of us. I read a scripture in 3 Nephi 31 & 32: "Therefore take no thought, saying, What
shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? For
your heavenly Father knoweth ye have need of all these things." I
liked that a lot this morning because no matter what we need God will take care
of us when we do his will. I thought I would share that with ya!
It sounds like everything is
good a home. I miss you guys a lot, but it’s all good. Thanks for
the package. Everything in it was rad
tastic, and you didn't have to do that for me! Thanks for
everything. Tyler - keep being a stud with everything dude. You’re
such a stud, and just hit the grass hard in football. You deserve the QB
spot more than anything, and you have the mind and mentality for it. You
are a great leader, and that's what the team needs. Just keep being the
duder you are, and it will pay off. I will be praying for Scotty and for
everyone. Hopefully Scott gets in!
I love you guys tons, and I am jealous of Ella! I can't wait to see
her! She has the best parents! I love you guys, and you are in my
prayers always! I miss ya! And happy 32 years mom and dad! I
couldn't have asked for better parents, and it’s been a fun time with ya. There are a lot more memories to come!
Love ya!
Con Amor,
-Elder Smith
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