Hey family and friends,
How is everyone doing?? I hope all is
well with everyone and everyone is enjoying their lives! I hear that it is
pretty hot out there is good old AZ! It is a nice like 85 degrees here with
some wind. It is super nice actually.
Well this week has been pretty awesome. This
week I actually went on trade off with the Sister Training Leader! She is
awesome. Her name is Sis. Kane and I love her. One thing about a mission you
really learn to love people so that's why I say love a lot. She and I ate at
the place called The Italian Oven and boy did it have fantastic bread!!!
Together we ate 3 loaves don't worry though I worked out the next day! Haha!!
On Wednesday we had a wonderful, amazing zone conference. I learned so much it
was awesome!!! We learned how to plan and how to work with ward members. The
elder who is serving in Mesquite ward is right (his name slipped my mind)
Member really are the most important. Missionaries leave members stay. Speaking
of leaving transfers are coming up, but I should be staying because of
training, but that means Elder Webb might be leaving which is a bummer because
Sis. Hunt, Elder Hamlin, Elder Webb and I have good relationships with one
another and we have good unity. But if he leaves it is for a good reason. This
week Sis. Hunt and I have been blessed with talking with Less Active members
which is totally awesome. There are so many Less Active people in the ward so
when we get a hold of one and set an appointment we get so excited!!! On a
mission the days really start to blurr.... I'm not exactly sure what happened
on Friday, but I bet it was awesome! So Saturday we talked with the elders and
ward mission leader about getting the ward excited about missionary work which
is actually a lot harder than it sounds. We really want to get involved with
the members because that is really where the work starts. MEMBERS ARE
EVERYTHING! True statement. Oh also I got to do a bit of canning at Sister Lori
Martins house and I get the opportunity to do more service which is always
wonderful!! So on Sunday Robert came to church!!! Woo-Hoo second time! He is so
awesome! I love teaching him with Sis. Hunt. We are so happy we knocked into
him! See door knocking isn't all that bad! He is really moving forward and we tried
to set a baptism date with him, but he just wants to be really dedicated to the
church and make sure he sticks with it, which is really good. We're hoping it
won't take too long. Also I gave a talk on Sunday on gratitude. It was my first
bullet point talk and I'd say it went pretty well.
So I want to talk to you about gratitude. There
are 4 ways we can show gratitude for what we have been given. 1) Acknowledge
God's hands in all things 2) Thanking him for all that he gives you 3) Keeping
His commandments 4) Serving others I really enjoyed giving a talk
on gratitude because I realized how blessed I am and how much I need to thank
Heavenly Father for. There is always something to be grateful for. I would like
to give you a challenge. (missionaries love giving challenges) Will you commit
to saying a gratitude prayer, which means saying a prayer where you only give
thanks to god. It really helps you realize how much you have and how blessed
your life is. I know that as you do this you will be happier and will want to
share those blessings with others.
Well that's about it! I love you all and hope
you enjoy your blessed lives because we truly are so blessed! Keep moving
forward and also accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, hold on the the
affirmative and don't mess with mister in between. (song I learned in Zone
Conference )
Love Always,
Sister Smith
