May 17, 2016 - Morcaff

Have I ever told you guys about Morcaff? It is one of the best inventions ever made and it is how we help thousands of coffee-addicted souls to stop caffeinating themselves. Its basically a mix of corn, wheat, cinnamon that smells and looks like coffee. I honestly don’t know if it tastes like coffee because I’ve never tried it but my converts say it is similar. The reason I am telling you this is because we did an interesting and fun activity last Friday that got us a lot of attention. We set up a booth/table with a couple of pots of Morcaff to give samples to all of our friends in Chimaltenango. Elder Garcia made a big sign that said ''WHY DONT MORMONS DRINK COFFEE? DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY? COME AND ASK!'' We did it in front of a supermarket (permission may or may not have been granted...) from 11 to 12:30 in the morning. It was hilarious because it really quite is a controversial (though true) point in what we teach here and we got all sorts of reactions. Fun to do things like that instead of knocking doors. I wish I had always had that initiative to not knock doors.

This was a good week and it was mainly a week to set up the week we are in right now to prepare our investigators for Baptism. Please pray for Jacquelin, Herlindo, Rene, and Kimberly. This Sunday will be epic. They are all so ready. I feel so blessed to be able to teach so many prepared people. Seriously, we find someone to baptize EVERY SINGLE DAY. So amazing.

We are reading the BOM as a mission in 120 days. Today i read 1 Nephi 18 and I like something I saw. I thought it was interesting that when Laman and Lemuel starting being disobedient and rebellious on the ship, the ship didn’t just stay put where it was. It moved BACKWARDS because of the storm that they had brought upon ourselves. It reminded me of a teaching that I learned from Brother Mckeon in freshman year seminary. That in our eternal progression, we moved UP or DOWN. There is never an in-between state of rest. That is why Elder Maxwell said that the path of discipleship is always uphill. So let’s keep moving forward! Dad, I loved those 4 things you said you changed in your scripture study and daily prayers. That is moving uphill! I will commit to do the same.

Really love you guys, you mean a lot to me and I love you a ton!

Elder Smith