Week 23: The tan lines are getting worse!
Hey guys! This week has been pretty good! We have been putting many fechas bautismales (baptism dates) this week which has been awesome. We had Hermana Manuela, Hermana Francisca y su hijo at church this Sunday. All of them have fechas bautismals (baptism dates) and I hope that I will be here to see them be baptized. It is a pretty good chance that I will leave this area and go to another but I am very happy that we have people preparing to be baptized. La familia Flores is una familia that I found when I was with Elder Sosa but we hadn't taught them for a long time. One day, Elder Graus and I were riding on the bus and we saw her there. She asked us if we could visit her and that she was thinking of us. We have been teaching her and her family for a couple weeks now. Now, she has accepted to be baptized and her children too! Her son is very interested in the church and is SUPER into saying prayers. Its pretty amazing to see. Hermana Francisca has told us that he wants to be a missionary like us to help other people. That was so cool to hear. I have really enjoyed teaching them and they are pretty awesome. One crazy that happened this week was when we were waiting for the bus and the guy came up and started talking to me like a foot away from my face. He was speaking some hard core spanglish and was definitley drinking a ton of grandpas old cough medicine. He was saying ERES GRINGO Y CONOZCO TU FATHER DONALD TRUMP. I cannot tell you guys how much I have heard about our President jajaja. After that when he was walking away he told me GRINGO TE VOY A MATAR (I am going to kill you gringo) which was a pleasant experience. That makes 2 times when people have said that they wanted to kill me jajaja. Other than that it was a pretty normal week. We are continuing to teach many people and preparing people for baptism. I AM SORRY GUYS I DONT HAVE ANY PICTURES THIS WEEK
Espero que podemos tener una semana muy buena y quiero decirles que les quiero mucho! No necesitan preocuparse porque estoy vivo todavia jaja. Espero que ustedes pueden encontrar mucha ayuda de mis cartas cada semana y que yo puedo ser el misionero que Dios quiere. Quiero llegar a ser como Jesucristo cada dia. Yo se que el nos ama y nos confia. Les invito a hacer las cosas sencillas (el libro de mormon y oraciones) para encontrar la paz que necesitamos en esta vida. Tengan una buena semana y hasta luego ciao
(I hope that you all have a good week and I wanted to tell you I love you a lot! You don't need to worry about me because I am still alive haha. I hope that you can find help from my letters each week and that I can be the missionary God wants me to be. I want to become like Jesus Christ each day. I know that he loves us and believes in us. I invite you to do the simple things ( like reading the book of mormon and praying) to find peace in this life. Have a great week..until later! Ciao!)
¡Giddy up!
Elder Smith