Yo yo yo yo yo yo
How y'all
doin? Just sitting here in freaking RAINY TALAVERA where
when it
rains... IT POURS!!! It's been raining for like 2 days
straight
now and it makes for some pretty crappy contacting, so it'd
be nice
if it would stop! Other than that... I had a very fun week :)
here's
all about it.
So we
finally met with Lucy again... (Hallelujah, I've been missing
her the
last like 2 weeks) and we had to move her baptismal date.
Actually
right now, she doesn't have one :/ but it's okay, we still
have a
few more things to teach her and in the meantime, she can heal
and then
we will re-set a date for her baptism! We talked with her a
little
bit about the restoration again and I don't think any of us can
really comprehend
how important the restoration was. I never did until
I got out
on my mission and believe me, I still have a long ways to
go! But
that's what I'm here to preach, that the Gospel of Jesus
Christ
has been restored back on the earth in the exact same form that
Christ
had made. It's the key doctrine in this church, if we know that
it has
been restored by a prophet of God, then we everything else will
fall into
place! Lucy took it well :)
Wednesday
was one of the greatest days of my mission. I went to Toledo
for
intercambios with Elder Bataller, a native from Spain. He is
companions
with my good friend, Elder Gearig. We had been out and
about
contacting and had a little of success, and then we got a text
from some
friends or future investigators asking if we wanted to play
basketball.
Obviously I said yes ;) so we changed and went. Oh and
another
side note... Elder Bataller like does legit Rap/Free Style and
so I made
a goal that we would find a way to get him to rap. After we
played
for awhile, a bunch of Dominicans showed up and Elder Bataller
knew a
few of them, and one of them rapped too!! So needless to say,
we
whipped out the instrumental beats of 50 Cent and Cali Swag
District
and got to work. Elder Bataller just crushed this Dominican
kid and
he did it rapping about the gospel!! And then I cleaned up on
the
court, if you know what I'm saying. Yes, Elder Smith's still got
game!
Later that night we passed by a menos activa and shared a quick
scripture
in the door. It was short and powerful! I was super happy :)
all in
all, that day we taught 4 lessons and received 5 references,
which is
kinda unheard of down in Toledo. I was shocked and knew that
God
opened up a door for a little basketball, rap, and sharing the
gospel.
Miracles happen on intercambios!
Thursday
we had a Zone Conference in Madrid, and it was all about our
methods
of teaching and finding new people. Elder Bataller shared the
experience
about the rap and everyone loved it haha. Just gotta think
outside
the box a little :) Later that night, a new guy came to one of
our
English Classes named Jesus. He said the first time he came to
English
Class was in 1998 (18 years), and that the first Elders that
he ever
met were Elder Smith and Elder Johnson. YES, ELDER SMITH AND
ELDER
JOHNSON, YOU READ IT RIGHT!! I was absolutely blown away when he
said
that! I don't think it's a coincidence that he came back when the
current
Elders Johnson and Smith were here, hopefully we can open up a
gospel
conversation with him! Then again, Smith and Johnson are 2 very
common
names, but I guess we'll see :)
On
Saturday morning, we had a branch mission activity where the
members
literally left and went to contact. I was so impressed because
I've
never really heard of that before, but then again these members
are
incredible! We also ate with members 5 times this week (that's my
new
mission record) and during this activity, they came back with a
handful
of references and one guy even came to church on Sunday to
pick up a
Book of Mormon! It was a huge success! And then later that
day, we
met up with another one of my most favorite people on the
planet,
Adelina :) we went to another bar and she bought us a coke and
we just
talked gospel for a good hour. She always loves to talk about
her
family, so we felt inspired to give her a "The Family : A
Proclamation
to the World" pamphlet and she was so happy! She
continues
to read in the Book of Mormon every day and says she loves
it, but
she is pretty set in her own religion. Even if she doesn't
change, I
have a dope new friend :)
That's
all I have for this week! Pretty eventful and really fun. I'm
so happy
out here on my mission and Elder Johnson and I are learning
and
growing together more every day. I love my Father in Heaven and
his son,
Jesus Christ. These truly are the best 2 years of my life and
I'm
excited for another week of work here in Talavera :) thanks for
the love
and prayers, I'll talk to you all soon!
Con Amor,
Elderrrr
Smithhhh
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