The 4th of July
sounds crazy! But yet, so much fun! Mom I am way proud of you for
actually playing capture the flag! Solei and Sierra always kick butt! So
good job! (: That sucks it started raining on you guys though hahaha
that must have sucked! Reminds me of that time that Jordan and I slept
on the trampoline and it rained during the night so we came inside! But
hey, fun memories! Shoot I am sorry Collin! I hope he is doing well! At
least it will be a good memory to remember after all though!
Our branch is getting stronger.
They have a hard time knowing the importance of things and welcoming new
people, but yesterday there was so many people there and 5
investigators came (: (Jose Torres and his daughter , Ruelas Family, and
another lady that called me the night before and asked me when it
starts because she felt prompted to come). It was such a neat testimony
meeting and a lot of people bore their testimonies!
Well as I said we went to a pizza
place called Venezias Pizza. 2 people need to eat a 26 inch pizza under
an hour to win a picture on the wall and a t-shirt! Elder Duff and I won
and it was so hard because the taste got so old! But it'll be fun to
come back and see the picture when I'm older (: Then we went to Ross and
Burlington and got sweet ties!
Tuesday we went and taught the
Ruelas Family but the dad wasn't home so we just taught the mom which
was good because she is the one that is investigating anyway! We read
the scriptures with her and then after she told us that she is so happy
to be learning because she said that she never wanted to listen before!
She then gave us tons of food to take home! She has grown so much!
Wednesday I gave a talk about the
Gospel of Jesus Christ in Spanish in District Meeting. It was hard
because i was called to do it on the spot but I felt it went well! Later
that night, the Ruelas Family and us attended the Visitor Center and we
watched the Joseph Smith movie in Spanish. Every time it is so
spiritual and I can understand more and more each time! But after, they
all had smiles on their faces (: We just need to get them married! The
dad actually told me yesterday that they are planning to get married
soon so that I can see them be baptized! I am soo excited (: We hope
maybe in a couple of weeks! But transfers are next week so who knows if i
will even be here! We will get the calls this Saturday and the change
will be next week.
Thanks for so much of your advice Dad. I will definitely look
at the romans scripture. I got some sweet
mission stories to tell you all when I get home! People are wacko here. I
actually cast out a devil this week Dad. It was so crazy and I was pretty scared.
But it just made me realize how important the priesthood is. We saw a crazy
lady walking down the street, yelling at her side like someone was there and
she kept pushing it and pushing it. We pulled over the car and Ii asked her if
she needed help, but then she grabbed some rocks and started throwing them at
us and swearing and I felt something was wrong. So I raised my hand to the
square and commanded the spirit to leave and instantly she got all scared and
ran back in her house. crazy...
Thursday for the 4th we had a
meeting with President Jenkins and his wife! He is seriously so funny
and a really cool guy! It was a 3 and a half hour meeting but it went
pretty fast because he teaches very well and I learned a lot! Later that
night, no one was really home so we just mainly drove around all night
but no one was there! Here in AZ, they suck at celebrating the 4th haha
it was so boring everywhere and I missed Utah that day! But thanks
Allison for drinking a cup of root beer for me (: Oh and I got your
package mom and thank you so much! It came the day of the 4th so good
timing (: I love you and it was so nice to receive something that day!
Friday afternoon we got a
phone call from a member of our branch and she said that her mother is in
the hospital because she had a heart attack and so we went and gave her
a blessing. It was a really neat experience and spiritual as well. That
night Carlos came and taught with us but no one really answered. We
taught a lesson about prayer to a person on the street and Carlos bore a
really strong testimony! Then he but us shakes at DQ and we taught him
baptisms for the dead and he is so excited to do that in a year!
Saturday, Elder Armstrong (our ZL
from New Zealand) got transferred to be A.P. so his companion didn't have
a companion so we went with him that day and did English work. His
investigators pretty much all smoke and so it smelt really bad in their
homes! But we were able to set a baptismal date for one of his
investigators so it was a blessing! To be honest, i am so glad to be
learning Spanish!
Yesterday was amazing! Elder Duff
and I gave a talk about prayer in Priesthood and it was one of the best
talks I have given. I shared my experience about the answer I received
about my mission papers and the spirit was strong! After church we
taught Felipe the Lesson of Joseph Smith. He was crying the whole time
and he told us that lately he has been feeling alone in his life. He
asked us how we feel about our lives. I bore a strong testimony of how
we are all children of God and that he loves us very much. I bore
testimony of you guys, my family. I said that I am so grateful to have
the knowledge that i will be with you forever. He then told me, that he
wants a life like me. I said that I am not perfect, but I can promise
you that you will become happier if you become baptized! We set a
baptismal date with him for the 11th of August! The spirit that was
there, was so strong and that was the first time I felt the spirit
testifying of what I was saying and I just felt so peaceful. I started
tearing up when I talked about the first vision, and bore my testimony. I was
just feeling so sad for him, because he said his birthday was the other
day and it felt just like any normal day! After when we walked out of
his trailer, I just felt spiritually drained. I couldn't say a word! I
told Elder Duff that we need to pray and give thanks to Heavenly Father
and we did. I am was so humbled and so happy. I am excited to see the
blessings start coming into his life. I love this gospel. It is the only
true church on the face of this earth. How blessed we are to be apart
of it!
I hope you all have a great week and I love you. He loves you.
Love Elder Smith
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