Saturday, August 1, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Hey! Thanks for all the pictures of the weekend. I'm not going to lie, the lake Tahoe pictures made me a little trunky. Looked fun, especially with the sobrinas y familia. We had a really good week last week. Many appointments and got in contact with many good people. Manuel y Manuela came to church and Eduardo also. Anet didn't come but she is still going good. We've been feeling that the less actives know how to get back to church, so instead of trying to help them we'd just do the same with all members and have them do missionary work cause that is what will help a lot. I have some baptismal interviews I have to do for the other elders tomorrow. I'm looking forward to them. A mother and her two kids. Almost like the ones I did before. On Monday we began getting calls from different members of a non-member that needed help and wanted a blessing. We went by and talked with them a little and I guess she has been really depressed lately and she was just crying and so before doing the blessing I read Alma 7:11-13 and there was a lady from another church there and she had a scared look on her face when I said "it wasn't in the bible", and the members say that this lady is trying to get this woman to follow her but we'll take care of that. But anyways I read the scripture and that invited the spirit and also to help her realize that Christ suffered these things and you can turn to him for help. Gave her a nice blessing and we are going back today. Hopefully all goes well and that she feels better. Manuel and Manuela are good. Their kid just has a bruise now. They are cool kids. This past week went super fast! Probably one of the fastest weeks ever. I really don't know what happened. I'm falling behind a little on keeping up with journal entries so that's one thing I need to improve on to remember all this stuff and time.Thanks for everything. Take care! Later!
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Thanks for this blog. I randomly found it while searching for my mission boundaries. I am going to serve in this mission shortly. I will be getting into the field probably the day of tranfers (around Dec 7) when Elder Smith leaves. Who knows maybe I will meet him. Its cool to read about the area I will be serving in. Brian I have one question. How much Spanish and English do you speak on the mission? Do you only teach lessons in spanish?
Hi Tyler. This blog seemed like a good way for me to keep Elder Smith's family and friends up-to-date on his mission by posting parts of his letters. I'm glad you've enjoyed it. He was called as a Spanish speaking missionary so I believe he teaches quite a bit in Spanish, but his English doesn't seem to have gotten too rusty. :) Congrats on your mission call.
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