Hey there family! How is everyone doing this
fine day? it is crazy it is already December! Only 25 more days until that
amazing phone call! :) Well It sounds like you all are doing great and having a
great time down in Arizona. Tell Jane and Jacs good job on the great tennis and
please let me know how the match goes today for Jacs. Hey by the way Happy
Thanksgiving! I'm glad you were able to get together with some family and go to
Little America and play a bunch of card games. It sounds like fun. I'm sorry
the food wasn't the best.. That is unusual for there. Usually it is so good! I
am surprised you didn't go down to Scottsdale for Thanksgiving at the Country
Club down there. That is always so much fun and easy because there is no
preparations there! :) SO is anything else new going on back home? I am excited
to see some more pictures of the house. It is really coming along fast. And I
bet Dan and Brit are so excited to be in their new home now. Hey she is almost
due! That is so weird to think that that was already almost 9 months ago. Time
is just flying by. It is weird how some of my friends are already coming home.
Like Nate Erickson he got home this past week. Same with Emily Sheffield.
Pretty soon that will be us! But we won't wish this time away. It is too much
fun being a missionary, but I am excited to see you all again! :) Well I hope
this next week is a great week! Keep up the good work all of you and remember
the true meaning of Christmas. It is a great time to stop thinking about
ourselves and turning to Christ and also serving others.
Well this week was a great week as usual! :)
It all started out Monday when I got a concussion... haha yup you heard me! SO
you know how we went to New Orleans for Zone P-Day? Well while we were there we
played some football and frisbee, but that was nothing. It started getting
intense when I started playing Soccer! First off I have been practicing like
crazy for soccer and have become a lot better. So when we started to play I was
the forward since no one else really was good. I probably had 15 good looks and
good shots, but none of them were going in and the goalie was freaking good. He
might play college when he gets back. But anyway the ball was in the middle of
the field and I started sprinting to it, well the Goalie for their team decided
to come out and play as well and I didn't see him. So right when I got to the
ball he was there too. Both of us sprinting. Well the sad thing was is this kid
probably has 70 pounds on me so right when we hit I went flying! I landed on my
side and got some mad whip lash. After I caught my breathe again I jumped right
up because you know how competative I can get. Well I ended up getting the ball
back and dribbled down that time and freaking scored on that kid. Upper right
corner. Best feeling ever! haha then we ended up winning 1-0 after playing for
a good hour. So yup i'm going to go pro in soccer when I get back haha. It was
a ton of fun and made me wish I would have played soccer in high school. Oh
well. So that night I was just not feeling too hot. Had a massive head ache and
my neck hurt pretty badly. So once I got home I crashed for the night. The next
day I couldn't move. It was so hard getting out of bed. But I just forced
myself. I told myself I had to get better by Thursday since we had a turkey
bowl and then a soccer tournament afterwards. So Monday was a pretty good day
haha! :)
The rest of the week was very solid though.
Not as many lessons as last week, but still way higher than average. This week
was very nice with it being Thanksgiving. I had a great time visiting some of
my favorite members. We had a really fun service project we did as well. It
brought back memories of home. We washed some cars! :) Speaking of that how are
your cars looking? I hope they are in tip top shape! If not make Ry and Dan
clean them! haha. I am excited to do that again. Then we were able to see W.
again this week and he came to church again this week. He is a stud. He has so
much faith. He loves church and always makes sure to bring his son. He wants
his son to go on a mission and do what we do. That was pretty awesome when he
told us that. I totally agree with him on that one! :) Then on Wednesday to
open up our stomachs so we would be able to eat more food the next day brother
Kennedy took us out for a big chinese buffet. It was soo good that we are going
back today again! :) Then this week also we were at the hospital a ton again. I
feel like I work there. There are 3 members right now in there. We go over
whenever an appointment falls through since no one likes to be in there and
they get lonely and love to have a spiritual uplifting experience. I love
visiting people. It is so nice to be able to brighten someones day. I would
encourage you all to go and visit someone this week. It doesn't matter who, but
just go visit someone and tell them you are thinking about them. You never know
how big of an impact it can be on someones life.
Well now for Thanksgiving! It was a great
day! We started off by getting to the church at 8 in the morning. It was a
beautiful day. Probably in the 60 then got up in the 70's later that day. WE
had about 20 people show up for the Turkey bowl,. We started playing and the
very first play one of the members busted his pinkie while trying to catch the
ball.. Poor guy. It looked gnarly. But anyway we were getting destroyed and it
was the first team to 10. Well it was like 5-1, but then we made a huge come
back and tied it at 8's. Then at 9's. I scored a couple of those! Well we
had a chance to win the game. I was wide open in the inzone and I had some mad
butterfingers. The ball was a perfect pass. It hit my hands and bounced right
out of them... SO we could have won the game right then and there.. Well I blue
it! since it was our last down it was turn over and the very next play they
threw a bomb down the field and a kid caught it... So we ended up loosing... I
was pretty sad, but oh well! It was still fun! Then after that we had a good 2
hours before we were going to go play soccer so we decided to do a little act
of service. We cleaned the whole church since it hardly gets cleaned. I was
incharge of the bathrooms and man do they look good now! haha just kidding.. I
think I need to start working on Humility this month hehe just kidding! :) But
anyway we did that and got the church looking great. It was really fun! Then
after we went over to the Voisins house to play soccer with a bunch of hispanic
guys. Well we didn't know it, but she had made a huge feast! So we ate our
faces off and it was some of the best food I have had. She owns a oyster
company so she gets the freshest fish ever. She had fried oysters.. Man mom and
dad you guys would have died with how good they were. Then we had the
traditional turkey, but we also had queso. WE need to start that up because it
was soo good! Then we all just sat and talked for a good little bit and then
played soccer. That was a bad idea! WE all felt sick from how much food we ate
and then going non stop in soccer. It was fun. They showed me up though that is
for sure. At least I scored twice :) then after we had to hurry home and shower
so we could get to our next appointment at 3. We went on to eat there as well..
It was hard, but so good. We had some great Pineapple Ham. Then after we ended
up staying there all night with the Marlatts and some other members and played some
fun games like killer bunnies, Bang, and some other fun board games. I am
excited for next Thanksgiving and having the best food ever and being able to
watch football! :) So that was pretty much our thanksgiving. Really fun and
relaxed. The rest of the week went well. A few good lessons. This week flew by
just like every other week. So that was good.
Today we are going to just hang out as a
district. Probably go to the mall after we eat and then to the church to play
some games. It is a good day. Not too much else is new. Church was really good
yesterday. Oh they did ask me to prepare a talk on Gratitude so if you have any
ideas I would much appreciate it! It is going to be a back up talk incase no
one shows up the next couple of weeks. Which Happens a ton! Then on Friday at
ZTM I have to give a 20 min instruction on the missionary purpose. So that
should be fun too. Oh well! You never can get too comfortable in Life because
that is when things get through into your life! :) And Next transfer is in 2 weeks
and I have a feeling I will be leaving. I would like to stay 1 more with Puefua
for Christmas, but who knows. Come what may and love it! Well I hope you all
have a great week this up coming week. I am sorry there was nothing too
spiritual this week. I will think of something good for next week! Just know I
am doing great! Striving to be the best I can. I am loving life and loving
having a car! ;) I love you all so much and am so thankful for each of you in
my life. Love ya!
Love Elder Smith
ps So I wasn't able to bring any of the
decorations with me. It was hard to take them. But if you do send me some don't
spend too much! :) Because I probably wont be bringing them home with me haha.
I don't think I will need to with how many decorations we have at our house!
Are you guys doing christmas lights this year? Just think! It is the last one!!
:)
pss Hey dad how is your foot feeling? I hope
a lot better!
PSSS Love you guys! :)
( B Day Party)
( Poison Ivy )
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