Hey this week has been amazing and rough at the same time. This week i learned how low Satan will go to get us. Its really sad how low he has to go to break us down. Hes working on me, tries everything i can feel it. He just attacks with thoughts of home like family stuff. Thursday i was on an exchange with elder Price and he helped me out he has been struggiling to, he was my mtc comp so it was funny 2 new elders out in a area not really knowing what were doing but it was so fun. He gave me a blessing to comfort me and we just talked it was good to be with someone that understands. its the mornings that are rough cause its early and im tierd and we dont do much we wake up at 6 exersice i just work on my foot. then we eat and study till 10 but once i get going i get better but in the morning i just wanna go home and im basically miserable but once i get going and start teaching people i get better and have a desire to be here its just hard at times, cause i just miss being with you guys and doing family stuff. i try to make the members my family and talk with them the ward is incredible here they help us out so much! and feed us all the time and sometimes even lunch. i eat anything now like i dont have any foods i dont like anymore i guess its just part of being a missionary. but sometimes i still wanna come home but i know i will regret it and stuff i wont come home.All your letters and packages make it so much better i like run to mailbox when we get home to see if anything came so thank you SOOO much for the packeges i got all 3 of them with everything. i know you guys have spent alot of time and money on them so really thank you for them it means alot and thats a nother reason i wont come is you guys have invested so much on me. so thank you!!! i got my insoles they work pretty good there really nice ones. so thanks for everything you guys send and say.
So we have alot of investigators we have that lady who is getting ready to be baptized but satan is working on her shes not sure about baptism in our church but she knows she has toget baptized somewhere. she came to church sunday which is huge. so we teach her like 3 times a week. Then we have an single mom who is like bible scholor and just has these huge questions but she is starting to read the Book of Mormon. Then we were tracting and a older guy let us in and we just started to teach him yesterday and are going back again. Then theres family were teaching and we had an FHE with them last night with a member family and it went really good they are progressing so good its fun to see the change in them.
I bet have knocked 200 plus doors and fianlly 1 let us in saturday it was the first time i have been let in haha. we get alot of doors slammed on us and angry people. but when you meet that one that will talk it makes it all worth it. we ran into a guy on the street and hes like im Atheist dont bother and we just started talking about life and he was way nice and hes like heres this for you and gave us like a pep talk and i was having a crappy day that day and it really brighten my day and after we got invited to a bbq by a nonmember family the dad is a marine and just hard headed hates the world but loves my comp and i and i guess he usally just scares the missionaries away but for some reason loves us even his wife was like i dont know what is going on he is never like this so we had a fun bbq with them.
I have been studying Hope and its pretty amazing hope is defined as putting are abiding trust in the lord. so think about it and see what happens when you put your whole trust in the lord and see what he can do for you. i have been trying this to help me get through this and its hard to put full hope and trust in him but it takes steps
Alma 7;23
Alma 34;41
DC88:3
All is well and im doing good just some days are rough but you guys are why i am here it was good to hear mal had her baby congrats that is cool she looked so cute and has grandmas name thats amazing! thanks for all you do for me it means so much and i promise i am doing good and just trying to get through this it takes time and patince. i love you all so much and miss you so much thanks again for the packeges it means so much!
oh and btw we have zone confrence tomorrow and Elder Zwick from the seventy is coming to meet us and talk to us it should be amazing!
thanks again and love you so much!
Elder Smith
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