Hey!!
I love you guys and the work is really progressing. I LOVE IT HERE!! What more can I say?
Thanks for all that you guys are doing, and thanks for your prayers. There isn't anything more that I can ask for.
Can I know what is inside the package because I won´t get it for about 5 weeks? This is because when you send it to the mission home we only can get it at zoko´s(zone conference) and that is not until next transfer.
Elder Smith
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
What Happened Last Week?
Written July 14, 2009
Hey I am truly sorry that I did not reply to you I knew that I forgot to do something. It is really crazy what is going on here, the work is really progressing, and I will tell you what I have been up to lately.
Lately Elder McCurdy and I have ben meeting with about 4 investigators and that's a lot for me. It really has taken a lot of our time. I would like to tell you about them. Our first investigators are Maria and Astrix, yes Astrix it is her real name. They have really come to love us they always want us to come over and I think it is because we are filled with the spirit, and that we are happy all the time. Anyway, Maria has really had a rough life. She is from Armenia and has two kids, she was married, but got out of the relationship becasue it was an abusive realtionship. She really is an example to me of someone who has really trusted in the Lord with all that she has. She is awesome.The next investigator that we have is named Igor. He is from Russia and he loves America and everything about America,hence us Americans. At first we would just hang out then I really had a strong impression that I needed to tell him about the restoration and he really liked it. We gave him the Book of Mormon and we usually ask them to read, but as we gave it to him he said that he would read it that night. That was just amazing. I really didn´t know if he would be interested , but the Lord works in miraculous ways.
Our next investigator is named Roseline. She is really awesome. She is from Africa, Kenya to be exact. I really don't know how to decribe her. Whenever I think of her I just think of a God given gift to us, it makes me tear up every time I think about her. She is really an angel to help me through everything. She loves us and she loves the gospel. I have just got to tell you a story about her. We gave her the Book of Mormon and she began to read about a chapter a day and I think that is way sweet because its hard enough to get some people it even read a verse in the Book of Mormon. She is reading a chapter, wow. Well anyway, we took Roseline to an FHE activity (she loved it by the way). Sorry I forgot to tell you, she went to church the day before, so as we were headed home she said that she could not put down the Book of Mormon and she finished 1 Nephi and almost done with 2 Nephi. My heavens! When she told me that my whole body got filled with tingles and I almost cried. That's is what I have been up to and it's been crazy becasue everyone wants to meet with us everyday so you can see out dillema, but I LOVE IT!
So fam, I love you guys. Thank you guys so much for all of your prayers. I would like for you guys to do something for me and that is everyone in all of your prayers ask for a missionary experince and report back to me in a few weeks to see what has happened.
Elder Smith
Hey I am truly sorry that I did not reply to you I knew that I forgot to do something. It is really crazy what is going on here, the work is really progressing, and I will tell you what I have been up to lately.
Lately Elder McCurdy and I have ben meeting with about 4 investigators and that's a lot for me. It really has taken a lot of our time. I would like to tell you about them. Our first investigators are Maria and Astrix, yes Astrix it is her real name. They have really come to love us they always want us to come over and I think it is because we are filled with the spirit, and that we are happy all the time. Anyway, Maria has really had a rough life. She is from Armenia and has two kids, she was married, but got out of the relationship becasue it was an abusive realtionship. She really is an example to me of someone who has really trusted in the Lord with all that she has. She is awesome.The next investigator that we have is named Igor. He is from Russia and he loves America and everything about America,hence us Americans. At first we would just hang out then I really had a strong impression that I needed to tell him about the restoration and he really liked it. We gave him the Book of Mormon and we usually ask them to read, but as we gave it to him he said that he would read it that night. That was just amazing. I really didn´t know if he would be interested , but the Lord works in miraculous ways.
Our next investigator is named Roseline. She is really awesome. She is from Africa, Kenya to be exact. I really don't know how to decribe her. Whenever I think of her I just think of a God given gift to us, it makes me tear up every time I think about her. She is really an angel to help me through everything. She loves us and she loves the gospel. I have just got to tell you a story about her. We gave her the Book of Mormon and she began to read about a chapter a day and I think that is way sweet because its hard enough to get some people it even read a verse in the Book of Mormon. She is reading a chapter, wow. Well anyway, we took Roseline to an FHE activity (she loved it by the way). Sorry I forgot to tell you, she went to church the day before, so as we were headed home she said that she could not put down the Book of Mormon and she finished 1 Nephi and almost done with 2 Nephi. My heavens! When she told me that my whole body got filled with tingles and I almost cried. That's is what I have been up to and it's been crazy becasue everyone wants to meet with us everyday so you can see out dillema, but I LOVE IT!
So fam, I love you guys. Thank you guys so much for all of your prayers. I would like for you guys to do something for me and that is everyone in all of your prayers ask for a missionary experince and report back to me in a few weeks to see what has happened.
Elder Smith
Friday, July 10, 2009
Last Week
Written July 7, 2009
Hey, I thought that last week I wrote a pretty fair amount. That is pretty awesome that Brother Derrik is back. That is so crazy. Well life here is kind of crazy. Could you ask Alex what language he speaks Aunt Mary's husband. We have an awesome investigator that is from Kenya and I told her that I have 2 uncles from Africa. What I am getting at is that it would be nice if he could write her an encouraging letter in his native tongue. I think that would make her feel awesome.
This week we have ZOKO (Zone Conference). I love it we get to see how the mission is doing as a whole and how we can do better as missionaries . I just love learning how I can do better. It is really awesome how much I am learning about myself. Also how and why I cope with others so well.
Guess what a very important person in the family has a birthday coming up, who is it?
Elder Smith
Hey, I thought that last week I wrote a pretty fair amount. That is pretty awesome that Brother Derrik is back. That is so crazy. Well life here is kind of crazy. Could you ask Alex what language he speaks Aunt Mary's husband. We have an awesome investigator that is from Kenya and I told her that I have 2 uncles from Africa. What I am getting at is that it would be nice if he could write her an encouraging letter in his native tongue. I think that would make her feel awesome.
This week we have ZOKO (Zone Conference). I love it we get to see how the mission is doing as a whole and how we can do better as missionaries . I just love learning how I can do better. It is really awesome how much I am learning about myself. Also how and why I cope with others so well.
Guess what a very important person in the family has a birthday coming up, who is it?
Elder Smith
Life after transfers
Written June 30, 2009
Well there is a little miracle that I would like to tell you about:
It starts out last week on Monday Elder McCurdy and I were out finding people around where we live. While we were doing that we ran into this lady, this African lady to be exact. We started talking with her and we just gave her the basics of what we believe, then we gave her one of those blue pass along card that tells about our church. After that we asked her if we could meet her again and she said that she is always on this street because she works near there. She told us that we could meet her at her work on Saturday. Saturday came and we went by where she worked, but we did not see her. We decided to ask someone there if they knew a lady named Roseline. It turns out that they did, but she was already gone. After that day Elder McCurdy and I asked ourselves if we were ever going to see this lady again. As it turns out she called us on Sunday and wanted to meet with us the following day which was Monday. We taught her and it went really well. She said that she wants to be like us, then she came to FHE with us. It was just a miracle that the Lord blessed us with this week.
I wanted to feed you spiritually before i just talk to you regularly. I mean that is what missionaries do. That is way awesome. I love that song that you have shared with me. Thank you so much for that. As for me, I am staying. What is the name of that city that I am in? I will just tell you, Mönchengladbach. All is well here and I am actually loving it here. That is cool that Caroline came down again. I bet that is a real treat for Brandon. I love you all.
Elder Smith
Well there is a little miracle that I would like to tell you about:
It starts out last week on Monday Elder McCurdy and I were out finding people around where we live. While we were doing that we ran into this lady, this African lady to be exact. We started talking with her and we just gave her the basics of what we believe, then we gave her one of those blue pass along card that tells about our church. After that we asked her if we could meet her again and she said that she is always on this street because she works near there. She told us that we could meet her at her work on Saturday. Saturday came and we went by where she worked, but we did not see her. We decided to ask someone there if they knew a lady named Roseline. It turns out that they did, but she was already gone. After that day Elder McCurdy and I asked ourselves if we were ever going to see this lady again. As it turns out she called us on Sunday and wanted to meet with us the following day which was Monday. We taught her and it went really well. She said that she wants to be like us, then she came to FHE with us. It was just a miracle that the Lord blessed us with this week.
I wanted to feed you spiritually before i just talk to you regularly. I mean that is what missionaries do. That is way awesome. I love that song that you have shared with me. Thank you so much for that. As for me, I am staying. What is the name of that city that I am in? I will just tell you, Mönchengladbach. All is well here and I am actually loving it here. That is cool that Caroline came down again. I bet that is a real treat for Brandon. I love you all.
Elder Smith
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