Hello
Familia Eterna!
Hope
everyone had a wonderful week, I sure did! Matt I am at the extreme level of
jealousy of that picture you sent me. I will probably go back to lifeguard training
just to ride in a helicopter. That is pretty incredible. And KK thank you for
the picture letter! I loved that.
Yesterday
we had interviews with President Markham. WOW I learned so much and I sure do
love my mission president. He read with me in John 1 41-42 and then asked me
''Have you found Him?'' I replied that I am finding Him. I love those kind of
introspective questions that make me want to be better and to also recognize
the progress I’ve made. Also as a mission we are focusing on baptizing
families. He asked me what I was willing to give up to baptize a family of 5 in
November. Alma 22:18 immediately came to mind. He really pumped me up and I was
ready to find a family.
And we
found the family 2 hours after the interviews were over. Elder Guzman and I
went home and decided to go to a place in our area called El Mango. It is a
really big community with a lot of prepared people, the only thing is that it
takes 20 minutes by bus to get there. So that makes things hard to get people
to church and manage our time wisely. But we went and decided to visit some
really positive people I found last week in divisions. We knocked on all the
doors of those people and....zippo no one was home. We looked at each other and
decided to travel to another colony about a 10 minute walk away to find other
people that Elder Guzman had found in divisions. As we were leaving this little
street to get out onto a main road, we saw a family struggling to carry like
half a tree to their house so that could have firewood. We immediately asked if
we could help. They accepted. When we got to their house, they invited us in.
We called like the whole neighborhood as well but only the old grandpa could
come. As we started the lesson....wow I have never felt the Spirit so strong.
Just incredible. We testified of eternal families and I pulled out the picture
of the Guatemalan temple that you guys sent in the box. They were completely mesmerized
by the picture. We found out that the grandpa was a widow of like 20 years. He
told us that he always wondered why he would be with his wife for 50 years and
then all of a sudden God would leave him alone. A remarkable observation from
an almost 90 year old I would say! We then continued with the lesson and
challenged them to get married on the 21st of November. They accepted without
hesitation. Then we invited them to be baptized on the 22st of November. They accepted
without hesitation. It was one of those moments I think I will remember
forever. So if you guys could pray for the Caceres family that would be
awesome. I gave them the picture of the temple. If you guys could send me some
more of those that would be awesome! There are so many people in Guatemala that
just want to be baptized. When I was with them I felt like I had known them
before. I think I did. I love being a missionary!
In other
news. This week was dia de los santos! It just happened that it fell on a
Sunday so no one went to church! Yeah! It was funny because our whole area was
just crazy on Saturday and Sunday. The chapines like their beer.... I also got
to try ''Fiambre'' twice this week, look it up. It is just basically a grand
mixture of all the type of hot dog you can imagine with vinegar, olive oil, and
eggs and vegetables. It was delicious.
Dad to
answer some of your q's.
1. just
an internet cafe. the computers here are pretty nice but can give you a
good virus if you’re not careful
2.
Fiambre!!! With the stake press parents and with recent converts
3. I love
serving and being able to exercise charity.
4. Monday
pday / Tuesday district meeting and divisions / Wednesday divisions / Thursday weekly planning or leadership
council / Friday divisions / Saturday baptism interviews / Sunday Sabbath day.
5. Yes I
do! Sometimes I just shake my head and wonder how old they are but then I just
try to be patient!
6. The
lesson I told about.
7. I
spilled a hot soup that my companion had just made 1 minute before all over him
at 7:30 in the morning. Then yesterday he spilled a plateful of salsa all over
my front. That was pretty funny.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE
Elder Smith
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