What is up family!! First off I am so sorry
mom for scaring you. I
guess that did come across a little nerve
racking. I am doing great!!
So I will feel you in on what has been
happening with me. So for the
past couple of months I have had these
random sharp pains deep in my
head. It is not like a headache. I have
asked my comp for a blessing
and he has given me one and it really
helped, but I felt after the
blessing if it happened again I would ask
the mission nurse what she
thought. When the wave comes of sharp pain
it lasts for a little bit
and then goes away and then it comes back.
When it happens it first
off, really hurts, then second it is hard to
focus and is a little
sketchy. So when I asked her she asked me a
bunch of questions and she
has an idea of what it might be, but to be
sure and to find out a
diagostic she wants to send me to a
neurologist. So Sunday when I
wrote home it was because she needed to get
the info with my insurance
and I don't have a card out here with me. So
she asked me to get it to
her as quick as possible so she could get me
cleared and then into a
doctor. So mom I am really sorry if i scared
you. Just know I am doing
completely fine! No worries about me I
promise. :) I am trying to set
up an appointment for this week so after I
go I will let you know
everything about what the doc says.
Well it sounds like you all had a marvelous
week! I am pumped for
that! Jacque good job with the tennis. That
is such a huge honor and I
am very proud of you. You and Jane are going
to be soo good! Jaycee
good job in all of the performances! I wish
I could be there to watch.
All the other little ones keep up the good
work! That is awesome the
house is moving along really well. They put
that up fast! Send me some
pics of how torn up our yard and driveway
is. Are you going to have to
put a new driveway in now? Oh yeah I know I
already told you that
Elder Gosch is getting transferred! That is
pretty crazy. I am sad to
see him go that is for sure. I now have to
take over an area that I
barely know since I have been out of it half
of the time with
exchanges and all of that. Oh well. Come
what may and love it! I think
my new comp is going to be just as hard
working. I will fill you in on
who it is next week.
Alright when I read the opportunity David
has and how he turned it
down that completely made my day.. But tell
him if he wants to go then
go for it! But he is the man. I am so
excited for lake powell and
getting burnt!! Speaking of that... I went
golfing today for the first
time in about a year and a half and it
wasn't too bad except for the
fact I got totally fried..... I played
pretty well actually. My timing
was off a little so I was late with my hands
on all of my iron shots,
but the driving was great as usual. My
putting on the other hand....
That went out the window.. I will have to
practice hard when I get
home if I want a chance to play at Weber
State. 2 of the coolest
members out here took us and paid for us.
Brother Burch and Joe Stock.
Brother Burch's wife is the one who sent the
pictures the other day so
you will have to text her and tell her
thanks and then Joe Stock is
probably my favorite member out here. He was
down in Houma when I was
down there so I knew him when I came up
here. It is funny, but he
actually lived in Logan and went to logan
high school and knows Jackie
our cousin! Last time we were over at his
house we found that out and
I think he either texted her or something
and they were just getting
on the plane to go down to AZ. Pretty crazy!
Joe is a good golfer so
it is a ton of fun. We are going to try and
start going more often.
Well tell Jane good luck this week with her
farewell talk. She is
going to do so great. I am so excited for
her to get out on her
mission. And hey if she doesn't get her visa
right away and gets to go
somewhere else for a little bit then tell
her to enjoy it because she
is one of the few who gets to serve in 2
different missions. There
have been a lot of visa waiters here in
Louisiana. Remember one of my
kids was a visa waiter. Elder Jenson. Also
Elder Gosch my comp right
now was a visa waiter for Brazil, but he
decided to stay here in the
states instead of going. He absolutely loves
it and where ever Jane
goes she is going to be right where the Lord
needs her. I am glad they
had a good time in AZ! Tell that family
hello for me.
Well this week was another great week as
well! We challenged one of
our investigators to stop smoking. It was
really cool. it was like one
of those ensign stories. So we went over to
his house and we planned
on teaching the Word of Wisdom to him. Well
as we were going and at
the end of the lesson I really felt the
Spirit prompt me to ask J. to
completely stop smoking by Sunday and to
fast for help and then also
for Elder Gosch and I to fast for him. Well
we did it and he did so
good, but fell a little short and had just 1
that day. Which is a huge
improvement! He knows he can do it now. So
it was a pretty cool little
story. Then yesterday while we were out
tracting on 1000's of doors we
found a new little friend. A little puppy
without a leash came running
up to us and just stuck around with us. So
we decided to try a new
tracting approach. Knock on someones door
and ask if this is their
puppy. If they said no then we said oh well
we are missionaries and we
would love to share a little message with
you. It actually worked
really well! We named the dog Brooklin. But
at the end of the day we
had to end up taking her to the pound. It
was a sad day, but it is
alright.
Well this week was pretty much the same as
last week. Just pluggin
along staying super busy! This mission has
taught me so much about
myself. I am loving the D&C challenge. I
have already learned so much
and man it is awesome. Well take care
family. I love you all and lets
just face it... We have the best family
around! Thanks for all of your
examples and love. I love you all so much
and I hope you all have a
great week! Peace from LA
Love Elder Smith
PS mom.... Those cookies were soooooo goood!
And I love the CD! Thanks for it!
Sent from my iPad
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