Hey Family and Friends,
I hope everyone is doing well and that they enjoy the
holiday festivals!
Monday: I wrote letters and I was able to spend some
time with my district cause we are all in Midland which is totally awesome! It
is super fun serving close in our area cause it makes the district
closer!
Tuesday: Sister Whipple and I have been doing tons of
finding this week which has been a different experience. We have been trying to
find ways to work on our Door Knocking skills. We are really just trying to
stay positive and keep moving and doing the Lord's work in the Lord's
time.
Wednesday: We had dinner with a family and they
invited a friend over which is awesome! We were able to teach her about the
restoration! She isn't really too interested but that is okay someday she will
be! Also the food there was great! The members here in Midland feed us so well
it is crazy!! I am totally going to need to exercise more! Haha!!
Thursday: Happy Halloween!!! We had interviews with
President Hess! I love when I get to see President! He always helps me feel
better about things and he is so great! We also had district meeting!! I love
learning from other missionaries because they know exactly what we are going
through! My district leader is awesome also! He has only been a member for 2
years! He has been a full time missionary for more time than he's been a
regular member! So cool!!! Also we made homemade pizza for dinner which is
awesome! Oh and we raked leaves which has actually been like the first time
I've raked leaves and they were wet which made them heavier, so it was a great
work out!
Friday: We went and saw Eulene. She is our
investigator and she is awesome! Missionaries have been working with her before
I even went on my mission and she has had like 3 baptismal dates, but I have
faith that she will be baptized! She has a 17 month old and a 2 month old so
her house is very busy. Our lessons are usually short because she has to be
moving around with her kids, but she is great!
Saturday: We attended a wedding and a baptism!!! Ben
was able to come to the baptism which is great because it is always good when
investigators get the chance to see a baptism before they are baptized. The
wedding was for our investigator Robert! It was actually the first time I met
Robert and he seems like a great guy and that he really wants the gospel. We
have really been blessed with such great people to teach.
So for my spiritual thought! So I love the story about
Christ asking Peter if he loves him. Elder Holland talks about this story in
one of his talks and he tells it wonderfully! So the reason I love this is
because it says "If ye love me feed my sheep!" If we truly love
Christ we will feed his sheep. Every single time I hear this phrase I think
about how much I want to show Christ that I love him and how much I need to
work at being a better missionary. I know I have much to work on and improve,
but I love my Savior and I want to show him that I do by feeding his sheep! The
story is in John chapter 21 and you can hear Elder Holland talk about it. I
just love that story so much!
I love you all and I hope that you are doing well and
enjoying life! Keep being great member missionaries!!!!!
Love Always,
Sister M. Smith
