Hope
everyone is gearing up for new years and just having a blast! Sometimes I start
to think about how that would be to do nothing for a whole week! That
seems like a sin ha ha but everything has its time and place.
It was so
fun to call you guys. I wrote in my journal that night (I’m going on three weeks’
straight mom!) ''todays call was a success because I didn’t cry''. Its true!
But I loved talking with each one of you and Dad I love you so much for doing a
short-distance prayer on a long-distance skype chat. He is always close to us!
I loved seeing you guys and seeing KK all grown up and Matty boy with his huge
deep voice. Mommy and Daddy I love you guys so much. I was filled with
gratitude afterwards for the family I have and I really just want to make you
guys proud of what I am doing and who I can become by the time I come home. Thanks
for all your support.
We didn’t
baptize this last week but we have one prepared for this next week. Story time.
His name is Jose. He goes by Fito in his neighborhood. He is literally the
funniest human being I have ever met. He’s an older guy, about 50 (funny joke
dad?) and has the biggest belly I've ever seen. Every time he sees us from 50
feet away he yells ''Hermanos Elderes!'' in this hilarious 'ho ho ho' Guatemalan
Santa Claus voice. We really judged him at first and we were not too keen on
teaching him. But Heavenly father put him in our path one day and my companion
and I just had a very distinct impression to teach him (we had seen him talking
to the bishop 2 days earlier). You would have to know him, but he is not
someone we would just be seeking to teach. We taught him on the side of the
street, left him a Book of Mormon, told him to stop drinking coffee, and the
rest is history. He went to a sweet family night last night and he was so
pumped. I have been able to be a part of another change in a man that has been
part of the world for all his life. I always think about the question from the Savior
in 3 Ne 9:13 when I teach him. He heals!
I really
love you guys and I thank you forever for everything.
Happy new
year!
Elder Smith
3 Ne 9:13 ....will ye not now return unto me, and repent of your sins, and be converted, that I may heal you?
A photo we took from our Skype call on Christmas day- Awesome to see and talk to him!
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