Week 22: Estoy vivo todavia
YOOOOOOO EVERYONE HOW ARE YOU ALLLLLLLL. This week has been really great. I have some wonderful experiences to share and some funny ones too (shocker). I think the funniest experience was when Elder Grans and I were in an appointment. He was teaching a family a trick you can do with an egg. He told everyone that he was going to squeeze the egg a certain way and it wouldnt break (some fancy science stuff who know's). While he was demontrating the trick (RIGHT OVER ME I DONT KNOW WHY) it CRACKED AND SPILLED OVER MY PANTS IN FRONT OF EVERYONE. Everyone was dying laughing. Meanwhile, I was looking at Elder Graus with my "Bro we have 4 more appointments after this and I am going to sit with wet egg pants the whole night" face because I was so mad jajaja. AND THEN, one of the kids tried to do it and splattered egg (huevos Jugosos-juicy eggs) on me AGAIN. I was the clown. Also, something crazy that happens (I dont know if I have said this yet) is I do magic occasionally, but not a lot because there isn't time and LITERALLY EVERY NIÑO (kid) IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWS. Every time I pass by a park like 476 kids Yell "¡ HEY GUERO UN TRUKO DE MAGIA PUES!" (do a magic trick) or "HEY GRINGO UN TRUKO CON UNA MONEDA PUES"(do a trick with coins). I don't how everyone knows.
One of the coolest things that happened this week was when we had a lesson about the restoration with Hermano Luis. When we entered his house, I instantly felt the spirit so strong. He had read the entire pamphlet that we gave him and had questions. We said a prayer, and after he told us that he felt something very different and beautiful. We explained to him that we were all feeling the Holy Ghost. I feel the spirit strong sometimes with investigators but, not as strong as when we were with him. I think he was very grateful for the message and felt something that he had never felt in his entire life. I am so grateful that we have been able to teach him and he has been able to feel that peace. Later this week, he was at church! We taught him about the atonement which is probably my favorite topic in all the doctrine of the gospel. We all felt a deep spirit of gratitude for Jesus Christ and his atonement. My closing thoughts, when my companion and I were teaching the class, were very spiritual for me and I would love to share them with you. We all wrote on the board how the atonement could help us in our lives and we all wrote different things. I bore my testimony in spanish more or less in these words: "One thing that I think is very interesting in this activity is that we all have written different things down on the board. It makes sense because we are all different. But the thing that is so amazing is that the most amazing act of love that has ever been given on this earth can bless every single person, even though we are all so different. It is applicable to every single person. I am going to be thankful my whole life for the sacrifice he gave for us. I know this is true and I know he loves us. I know he lives and understands us perfectly. He is willing to bless us only if we let him." This is the testimony that I wanted to share with you guys and I hope that it is spiritually uplifting in some way. UNFORTUNATLEY I DON'T HAVE PICTURES because I have a virus on my drive so I need to buy another one for my camera or try to fix the one I have hahaha. But this was the stuff I wanted to share with you guys this week I hope all is well and GIDDY UP
Elder Smith