Hey Mom and Dad! And the rest of the family! How are y'all? From the sounds of it y'all sound great! I'm pretty jealous you all got to go to Florida and check out those sweet tennis camps. I'm glad the little tennis stars did so well! Hey you probably got to experience some of the heat I have had for awhile! It's pretty nice right?.... (not really) haha its been a super hot and extremely humid week. Oh well! I'm getting so used to it. It's nice.
Alright so transfer calls came in yesterday and I am staying in Algiers!!! :) With my same companion training me. He will probably be gone next transfer. Elder Provost is getting transferred and probably going to become the zone leader for our zone. He was district leader, but now we don't know who it is going to be for a little bit. We should find out tomorrow. Elder Mellor is going home tomorrow. That is crazy to think. It has been pretty hard having a missionary in our apartment leave. It was a little tough for Elder Andrews and myself because we are just at the beginning. Oh well! He is excited! So since he is going home this week we have been fed so much... We had dinner appointments every night this week. And lunch 4 times. I have never ate so much food in my life. I have felt sick! haha We had hamburgers, lasagna, Gumbo, Crawfish atofay, lamb chops, chicken, Spaghetti Bolognese, and so much other stuff. It was really good! I loved all of it!. Last night was tough though... I thought I was going to explode! It was really good!
Alright so this week we did a lot of service again. On Saturday we went up to Medory and had a training again. There is a play coming to LA and it is called the Book of Mormon Musical. It is made by the people that created south park. It says the F word like 20 times. It is a story about 2 missionaries and it is just bad. It really talks bad about the church. So we had a training on what to do with this situation. In a way it can be good, because it will open up teaching opportunities. That play is coming in October so we will see what happens. We are the first stop it is making and then it is going to continue to go throughout the US. Hey this is a chance to teach people the truth! I'm excited!.
Alright so with my bike and all the flat tires. I have had about 5 flats already. It is not me going of jumps or anything the roads down here are just horrible! There are nails everywhere and really uneven spots. So that has kind of been a problem. On Sunday I was riding to church and it is about 5 miles away or so and I got a flat right outside our apartment... We had to call and get a ride. So lets just say I can fix anything on a bike now! haha It's been a good learning experience. Tell David I would let him ride my bike, but i want it in one piece when I get home! haha. That's good that Dayton did a good job on his farewell. He is such a good kid! I've looked up to him for awhile! I'm glad Riley did a good job too! Man it is crazy that everyone is leaving back home now! They are in for a big surprise! haha just kidding! I loved the MTC. It was really fun.
Alright so I have a story to tell y'all.. So this past Wednesday we were taking our lunch break and I had to go to the bathroom.. #1 everything was going fine then all of a sudden a sharp pain hit me. I thought I was passing a kidney stone. It was horrible. I could not move. I called sister Wall and told her all of my symptoms and she called the doctor. In the mean time I was laying on the couch because I could not move and drinking so much water. She called back and he thought I had a bladder infection. I was a little nervous because I could not move. So I took it easy for about an hour and then went again and everything was fine. It was so weird. I may have been a little dehydrated. So all is well with that. Nothing else has happened and I am doing great! I hope that doesn't happen again though! So that is my crazy story for the week.
This week we went and checked on a lot of less active members. It was good to talk with them. We always leave people with commitments, but they sometimes don't do them. That is always tough. We just keep on being there for them. I haven't heard anything from the guy from Dick's Sporting good. Hopefully I will that would be awesome! I love how the Spirit gives all of us promptings. Sometimes it is hard to go through with those promptings because you are nervous or scarred to talk to the people. I haven't let that stop me though. It was cool my comp and I both had a prompting to go over to Bro Johnsons house. We didn't know why, but we did it anyways. When we arrived there was a less active member at his house and she wasn't doing good at all. She asked us to give her a blessing and we did. Heavenly Father had something special to say to her and she needed it at that time. I was so happy we listened to the prompting. She thanked us so much, but we told her it wasn't us at all. We have been giving a lot of blessings out here. I am really thankful for blessings. They truly do work.
Well my testimony is growing so strong every day. Some days are really tough, but there are other days that are just the best! I have really been studying the Book of Mormon a lot and I am gaining a stronger testimony of the truthfulness of it. Us members of the church need to have a really strong testimony of Joseph Smith, because if he truly was the prophet, which he was, than therefore the Book of Mormon is true and everything else about the church is true. This Gospel is so amazing and it is the answer to all of our questions. The Atonement is the only way we can make it through this life. I love the Atonement. I love the people here in LA. A lot of them aren't receptive of the Gospel, but they see a difference in us members of the church and they like it. People do change and that is the greatest thing ever to see. We have a less active lady that we mow her lawn and she hasn't gone to church in over 15 years and we were able to get her to come this past week. It was so amazing. She loved it and she said she wants to keep coming back. That is what us missionaries are here to do. Love Serve Teach and Rescue. I love it here in Algiers! It has been hard, but I am enjoying the Journey.
Well family I have go to wrap things up. I am headed to New Orleans again today to celebrate Elder Mellor going home! I hope everything back home is going well. All of you are in my prayers and thanks for all the prayers of support for me. I love you all so much! Dad I love you. Thanks for being the best dad in the world! I loved your letter you sent me. I will write you one this week and send it off. Mom I love you. You're the best mom in the world! Dad is right when he says I have the best mom in this dispensation! :) The rest of the family and friends I love you all! Keep up the good work! Remember that the church is true, the Book is blue, and I'll see y'all in 22 Months! haha :) Love you All!!!
Elder Nick Smith
PS. I went and printed off a bunch of pictures last week so I will send them off this week! :)
PSS. Could you send me some cooking ideas of some simple snacks that are healthy! I need to eat more healthy foods. Maybe Jen can help me out with that!
I think that's about it for now! Thanks so much! I love you! I'm doing great down here! I love you all!
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