Hey
Family!
This
week was a really great week out here! We worked hard and, of course, it
was great to see you guys on Christmas. That was a great blessing to see
you and talk with you. It made me feel like I was right at home just
chilling with the family. I can’t believe the New Year is upon
us. It is kind of scaring me how fast time is going and how the mission
just doesn’t last. I never thought that 2014 would fly by, but it did,
and it’s scary to think 2015 is upon us. I love the mission and what it
has taught me, and I am not ready for it to end. I still have
time, and that is alright. I am going to
enjoy the time I have left.
My
week went well. It was pretty much what I reported to you on
Christmas Day. We ate more food than I could have imagined, and that is
alright. I never have eaten so many tamales and everything in my
life. It was by far my favorite Christmas out here in the mission, and I
am always going to remember it. I was happy to see you guys also. That was a great highlight and my favorite
part of the week.
Our
investigators are doing well right now. Claudio is still seeking for the
answers and trying to decide whether or not he should get baptized.
He is seeking, and that is a good thing. We found a new investigator this
week named Jorge. He is married to a member, and we have been teaching
him a lot lately because he has no work because of the Holidays. He has a
problem with drinking and with drugs, but he has a sincere desire to change and
to become a better person. He came to church this week, and we went by
yesterday and he told us how he wants to go again. That was super
cool. We have been having really spiritual lessons with him, and it is
great to see him progress and become a better person. He has a baptismal
date for Feb 14th, so we are praying super hard that he makes
it. I know he will if he just gives his whole soul to the Lord and looks
to him always.
Our
less actives are doing well, and Aaron is progressing the most. I talked
to you about him a lot on Christmas, and he came out with us caroling. He
has a great spirit about him right now, and he needs to ride that for the rest
of his life. If he does that he is going
to do great things. We are trying to get all of them to progress and come
back to church. That is our goal all the time with them - to get them to
church again.
Other
than that life is the same for me. Sorry this email is kind of
short. I don’t know what to write
because I just talked too you a couple of days ago. We have MLC come up
this week and we spend all day planning for it and getting our presentation all
set for it. We are excited to present how the Zone did this month because
we killed it this month, and it was great to see that. Something I
remember is that on Friday I had the craziest baptismal interview of my
life. The guy was Navajo, and he thought I was a jerk, so he did
want to open up to me. I don’t know how I made him mad, but he just
didn’t want to be there. I asked him the questions, and when I asked him
about Joseph Smith and if he believed in him he told me not really. I also asked him if he wanted to be baptized,
and he responded that’s what the missionaries are telling him he had to
do. I was kind of done with him and his childish responses, so we
finished up the interview. I felt like
my companion, Elder Chamberlain, should interview him once more to see if he
could pass. He opened up a lot more with
him, and he passed! So it was a miracle, and I guess people just don’t
want me to interview them. We also had to make a drive down to Socorro,
which is 1 hour away, to correct missionaries. They were making a movie,
and a prayer room, and they were just being bums. We drove down and fixed
everything. But when we left we felt
like there was something fake about the situation, so we called President and
talked to him about it. He told us to go
back and that he was going to talk with them one by one with us right
there. Man, that guy knows how to do it. He was super bold, and it
was a really humbling experience. He talked to us on the way home and
told us how great we did and how much he loves us. It was a crazy night,
but I sure do love President Miller.
That
is my week for you. It sounds like
everything is good at home, and I miss you guys tons! I hope you have a great
week, and you guys have some fun for me this New Years! I can’t believe
2015 is upon us. I miss you guys and pray about you guys
daily. I realized that I need a calendar. If you could find me a Packers calendar on the
internet and just send it directly to our house that would be great! I
want to have some Packers photos to look at every day! If you could do
that, and also put some more quotes together from all different people you find,
that would be great! Sorry to ask for things. I hate doing that but that would be great if
you could do that! I sure do love you guys and I miss you tons!
Have a great week!
Love,
-Elder
Smith
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