Fammmmmily,
How we doing?! :) it's good to
be back writing the people I love the most :) I'm very much looking forward to
telling you all about my experiences in person rather than having to type them
up every week haha. At the end of every Monday my thumbs want to fall off from
being so sore. I have to ice them before I go to bed! But I'm swell just in
case you were wondering :) here's the review.
Tuesday we had interviews with
president. I. Love. President. He is one of the people that I most look up to
and respect on the whole earth. He knows so much about the gospel and seems to
find the perfect balance in life. That's definitely something I want to get
when I am at his point in life. We chatted for a solid little while about
mission life and the struggles and worries that I had and then he gave me some
great counsel. We finished up the interview talking about march madness and how
the seeding was looking for conference tourneys. Needless to say, it was a
great uplifting experience :) as we were walking out of the room he told me how
excited he was to meet my future wife and kids. I was pretty happy and told him
I was excited to meet them too haha! It was so good getting to talk with him :)
The Cuban Family passed their
interview last Saturday so they will be baptized this week!! I still remember
the first time going to their teach them and now to think that they are
entering the waters of baptism is just so awesome! We have a lesson with them
tonight and we're gonna get the program all figured out and the clothing
situation too. During the dad's interview, he started to cry as he talked about
his family and how bad he wants to be with them for the rest of his life! I
always kinda considered the dad a little bit rougher around the edges but this
just proved that he does have a soft spot like everyone else and the gospel is
changing him! Just a little bit more about the family... they are 5 people in
total and 3 of them will be baptized. They are the parents (Raúl and Yaniet)
and then the oldest son (Raúl Jr.) who is 14. The other little kids are Leandro
and Lorena who are 4 and 2. They moved from Cuba about a year and a half ago
(just like me) and have been in Ferrol the whole time. They have plans to go
back and visit their family this summer but I think they are set on living here
:) the branch has been treating them well. They already feel like part of the
family! We are very excited for this weekend and there will be pictures to come
next week :)
We have also started teaching a
man named Javier. He is Spanish and is very interested in our message but isn't
sure if God really exists. I like him a lot because he is willing to read the
Book of Mormon and pray to God to see if it's true. It's hard to find Spaniards
that will actually follow through with their commitments! We have had a couple
really solid lessons with him and poco a poco we are helping him learn more and
put aside his doubts and develop more faith. Hopefully things keep going well
with him! We have also been teaching a lady named Carina from Colombia and she
is super awesome too. She said she would be baptized when she knows that this
is the true church and she too has been reading the Book of Mormon and praying
to see if it's right for her. In the last lesson we had with her, she invited
her cousin Jessica over too so we were able to talk to her about her beliefs
and she loved the plan of salvation! So hopefully we can keep on finding cool
new people to investigate the church :) it's a good time to be a missionary in
El Ferrol :)
We have officially started the
last week of the transfer, so we'll see if there are any changes headed our way
this Saturday! I'm really enjoying my time with Elder Lowder. We get along
great and he is like a long lost high school friend haha! He's a bit timid but
he has good intentions and he's taught me a lot. Whether i stay in Ferrol a bit
longer or get booted out, I'm so grateful for all the people who have helped me
in my time up here! I love the north so much it's not even funny ❤️❤️
Hope you all have a great week,
more to come the next 😎 keep it real 💯
Con amor,
elder smit master flex (that's
for jed)
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