Hey
Family!
It
was great to hear from you this week. I miss you guys tons. It was
fun to have a visit from Dave this week.
I will have to tell you about that story later. We are working
hard and giving it our all right now. I love this area, but I am scared
that my time is short. We have transfers next week, so P-day will be on a
Monday. I am finishing training, and I don’t know if I am going to stay
or what. I love it here like all my other areas, but there is just
something about ABQ that I love. It is an amazing city, and I truly love
it here. It is unique, and the people are as well. It has a good
feel to it, and it is just a fun city. I am kind of scared that I am
departing, but we will see. This week we had a lot of success. It
has gotten colder so it’s a little bit harder to contact people. But that is ok. We are having success
with less-actives like usual, and that is awesome. It was a good
Thanksgiving week, and for the first time ever I didn’t have turkey on
Thanksgiving.
Our
investigators are doing really good right now. We haven’t set any baptism
dates this whole transfer, which is a struggle to say the least. We have
been striking out on that. I hope we will be able to set some dates this
week. That is my hope. We were able to get members out with us this
week, and that was awesome. We took a member out to the boonies with us
to see Maria and her family. It was a short lesson because they don’t
have any light out there. We were sharing a message under flashlights, so
that was kind of cool. She has been having problems with her sewer
system, so she asked if we could help her with it. We had the member look
at it, and it just drains out into the desert.
So from what I understand it’s been freezing. We are trying to get
the ward into doing a service project, and we are hoping it goes through.
Every time we go out there I get this weird feeling in her house. I think
there is something fishy that we don’t know about, and I hope we dig it
out. We haven’t been able to see Jamyll in a while. I don’t think
he has gotten back from Mexico. I still hope he comes back with good
news. We are continuing to work with Osvaldo. We have been teaching
him and teaching him. I am just hoping that he will say yes to a date,
but he keeps telling us that he wants to work things out with Magda and get
baptized together. My companion and I think he should just get baptized
and lead the pack. It is a struggle. We weren’t able to see the Fam
Ramos this week, and that was a real bummer. They called and canceled on
us, so that was a bummer. They told us that they would call us next week,
so we are planning on just going by tomorrow if they don’t call. That is
pretty much an update on the investigator end.
We
are having pretty good success with less-actives. I think my companion
thinks I am nuts because I love going by their houses. We found a new
less-active this week, and that was cool. His name is Hno
Escobedo. We stopped by on Sunday to see him. He told us he
is somewhat of a new member, but he now is going to the Catholic Church and
really likes it there. He told us he is in a group over there with all
the guys, and they talk about Jesus or something, and he is enjoying it a lot.
I walked out of there just thinking how hard it’s going to be to get him to
come back, but I know that the Lord can do it. We are going through
the ward list right now and calling all the people we don’t know. We have had some success with it. We
found another guy last night. He asked
us to call him today, and he would tell us what days are good for
him. Aaron Gallegos hasn’t come to church in a while. I don’t
know what his deal is. He told us it has been a struggle waking up, but I
think there is something more to it. Hopefully he comes soon.
Other than that, all the less-actives are doing well. It has been hard, but it’s all good.
I
was funny to run into Dave Hildebrand this week. We were pulling up to
our house, and we were driving by the mail box to check the mail. Our
mail box is just off the side of Gun Club, and we share it with our
landlord. But we noticed there was a car
in front of the mail box. We checked the mail, and we didn’t think much
of it. We pulled into our parking spot, and then the car pulled up behind
our car, and then this man got out. We were like what is going on?
We kind of live in the ghetto, so we were like something is about to go down.
He walked closer and closer to the window. I rolled down the window and said,
“Hi, I am Elder Smith!” He responded, “I am Dave, I know you!” He
grabbed my shoulder and looked back to the car and yelled, “We found him, WE
FOUND HIM!” I was trying to figure out in my head where I had seen
him. I realized soon that is was Dad’s really good friend. I got
out of the car, and we started talking. His wife got out of the car and
gave me a hug, and she was like this is from your mom. His son also gave
me a hug and told me it was from mom as well. They gave me the package,
and we talked for a minute. He told me he lives out in Paradise
Hills. It is just a little bit over from me in ABQ. It’s probably a
20 minute drive from me. He gave me his business card and told me to call
him whenever I need something. He is a really nice man. He was
talking a lot about you, Dad, and how you are such a great friend to him.
Thanks for the package and the surprise visit from Dave. It was nice to
meet him, and he is a great guy.
Thanksgiving
was good out here, and we had success. We had one of our dinners with the
bishop and we had pazole. It was a good meal. The other one was
huge, and it was Guatemalan food so it made me think of Scott. We have a
member who is Guatemalan, so she makes Guatemalan food when we come over.
I think I like Mexican more, but it is still good. It was a good Thanksgiving.
That
was pretty much my week for you. We were able to see a lot of people, and
it was a really successful week. Funny thing is that I got attacked by a
dog for the first time with my companion. I guess his good luck charm ran
out. Life is good out here. and it will be interesting to see if I get
transferred or not. I will let you know Monday.
It
sounds like everything is good at home. I am happy the Pack won this week.
It made me excited when I read that they
won. I hope you guys have a safe trip next week, and if it is too much of
a hassle to email me don’t worry about it. My life is the same, and
you’re having a blast. Get me something
good from Green Bay! I hope you guys have a great week, and it is full of
fun! I miss you guys tons, and give Beary a scratch for me! I am
excited to see you guys in a couple of weeks over FaceTime. I am looking
forward to that! Love you, and you’re always in my prayers!
Love,
Elder
Smith
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