Hey mom and dad! It sounds like your vacation to Florida was awesome!
I am glad you got some good weather. It has been raining like crazy
this week. We have had some flash flood warnings and lockdowns due to
the weather. It is getting pretty crazy! Oh and today is officially
the first day of Hurricane season for LA. But I am glad the girls did
so great in Florida. It sounds like everyone has their eyes on them
and is looking forward to the future. I know I am! Your hotel looked
amazing! I am excited to stay there one day. And man the house is
looking good! I love it! The fireplaces look soo good. You sure have
done a great job with that mom and dad. I am excited to see it all
finished. Great job on the missionary work you guys. Keep it up! You
feel so much better after doing missionary work.
Well I am going to get right to it today. I have to be out of here
pretty quick today. We have got some fun plans! :) This week was by
far our busiest week together here in Harahan. We had some great
lessons with our investigators. And we even found a new investigator!
It has been a while for this area with finding new people to teach.
The way we found him is we went over to a former investigators house.
Romero told me that he is always drunk or high. I'm kind of used to
that now haha. But when we went over it was completely opposite! He
has been sober for a month. He started an AA group and is doing great.
He also invited over one of his friends to listen to our message. They
both have made huge changes in their lives. They want us to start
teaching them both the lessons. It was really cool because you can see
how they actually care and how they were able to pay attention. So
that was really cool!
This week we also had 4 member present lessons. The most this area has
ever had i think haha. We had a member invite us over for dinner and
they actually invited someone over for us to teach. That is the first
time that has happened while I have been in NOLA. It was a great
lesson. The only problem is that he is moving this week so we probably
wont get to teach him again. But it is okay because we were able to
plant the seed and that is all that matters. We had a lot of great
member visits this week as well. We got to know some of the different
people in the Ward. Elder Romero had one of the funniest visits ever
with the M. family.. elder Romero and I just couldn't stop laughing.
Everything we did just made us laugh. It was a great visit! Then a
member took us out to a great Mediterranean restaurant. It was soo
good! It might be a place we go when we all come back as a family. It
is a little whole in the wall place. I think Jen and Dave would love
it!
I have been loving the D&C reading challenge like all of you. It has
been so great being able to learn about the early development about
the church and how God still works the same today. I also love it
because it is starting to hit me with how close I am to the finish. It
makes me want to work harder everyday and give it my all. I am
thankful that to this point on my mission I have no regrets and now I
want to finish strong and continue to have no regrets. I love my
mission and it has been the best 2 years for me. I have grown a
testimony and learned how to love the people. I could go home right
now and be soo happy because I know with out a doubt the Book of
Mormon is true. Therefore everything else is true. It is just that
simple and easy!
I was very sad to hear Elder Perry passed away this week. He was a
great man and a great apostle. I loved his talks and I am going to go
back and start reading some of his previous talks. I am thankful we
have living Apostles today who continue the work forward. I know they
love us and will never lead us astray.
Well family I know this letter is alittle shorter than normal, but I
can't really think of anything else to say that I haven't said in the
past. Just know I am doing great! I am happy and healthy. The work is
moving forward. It is going to move forward with or without us so we
might as well be apart of it and help. I am so excited to see you all
in 52 days, but I mean who is counting?? Definatly not me... haha just
kidding. Time is marching on. Well I love you all so much! Keep up the
great work. you all are in my thoughts and prayers. Keep reading and
keep praying! I love you all!
Love Elder Smith
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