That was one of the best days of the mish for sure! I loved being able
to talk to you all for a little while and to be with you all on
Christmas. It looked like a beautiful Christmas day full of fun gifts
and being together as a family. You all looked so good. Happy and
Healthy! My prayers have been answered! I love you all so much. We
have the best family! Thank you everyone for making my Christmas the
best Christmas ever! Now lets all do our best to Keep Christ with us
always. Not just Christmas.
able to talk to just you two for awhile. Dad you were cracking me up!
Thanks for always making me laugh! I must say I have the best parents
in the world! You both are so kind and loving. So thoughtful of
others. Thanks for your examples. I hope one day I will be able to be
half as good as you both. I am glad you made it safe and sound to AZ.
Dad mom told me about the golf incident... That sounds like it really
hurt! I hope your head gets feeling better, but you did have a
point... Who stands behind a player when they are about to swing?? ;)
Next time stand in front! :) I hope you get feeling better from that
though and I hope you all get feeling better from your colds. It is
that time of year again though. Everyone down here in Lousiana has it
too. I for sure do. Today I am feeling a little better though. Hey
well tell Jacs good luck down in her tournament. Go kick some trash!
:) I am excited to go to all of these sporting events when I get back.
4 days ago. :) I am just going to talk about what we did the last part
of the week and Christmas night. Oh it was the best!! :) So as you
know all of us missionaries got up early on Christmas and went to the
church. We all opened up our presents and then made Crepes. It was soo
good! Then we were going to watch the Grinch. We started it, but we
only watched 30 mins of it because we all couldn't wait to go talk to
our families! So elder Jones and I left and got ready. Then went to
the Jacksons to facetime first! First off Apple products are the
best!! I could see you all crystal clear. It was so nice so our next
and last time facetiming we are going to be on apple again. We hung
out there for awhile then ate with them. Right after that we headed to
the Marlatts and then the Skype kind of sucked, but oh well and least
we were able to talk. I loved talking to you mom and dad. It was the
best! :) Well after that dreaded goodbye I manned up and wiped some
tears of joy off my face and went in and ate another great dinner!
After our dinner we played some board games and hung out. It was soo
fun! The game was called Bang. We have got to get it! Then all of us
missionaries met up again at the church and we all watched the Grinch
together. It was a great night! Well then the next day every single
one of us woke up sick... It was the worst! I won't lie that day was
tough. I was a little homesick, but I think everyone was. So that day
we only saw a few people.
new exercise program called Insanity. It is pretty insane! haha. I am
going to do this for the remainder of the mish so I can be in good
shape for when I get back. Then we went out and saw some sweet people!
had a lesson with a new investigator and taught the Restoration. It
was one of the best lessons. We then invited him to come to church!
And he said yes! Then we called up our other investigators to come to
church and 3 of them said yes. So we for the first time on my mish had
3 progressing investigators come to church. One named B., Ms R., and
R. It was a great Sunday! It was keeping us busy though just going
around and introducing everyone to them so they would feel welcomed.
All of them loved it and said they will be back next week. It was a
great day at church! Then that night we saw 6 people. We crushed it
again this week with lessons. 31! Half of them were members though
because of the Christmas time and us trying to visit everyone. So it
was a great night! And it was a great week! Don't worry at all about
me being homesick. I was for only a little bit, but then I did what
you did mom. I got to work. We worked super hard to get back into the
swing of things. So that was pretty much my week!
Jones so when Transfers come up I won't want to be transferred. I am
going to set that today with him. It is going to be great! We work so
well with each other and get along great. I am thankful he is my comp
right now. He is starting to get more comfortable out here. He
probably hates me because sometimes I just stop in the middle of the
lesson and give it to him to take over. But I know he can do it so why
not you know? That is the best way to learn. But don't worry I always
got his back. Well I hope you all know how much I love you. I miss you
all so much, but guess what!! On Thursday we can say I come home this
year!! :) I am so pumped for that!! Last year Elder Willis sure did
rub that in my face haha! It is going to be fun! So I hope you all
have a great week and enjoy arizona! Keep up the good missionary work
and keep being happy! You all are always in my thoughts and prayers. I
love you! :)
Love Elder Smith
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