- Zone Conference- We got to listen to some amazing counsel from Pte Carmack, make paper airplanes, eat a whole bunch, and see all of my favorite people in the mission. Hermanas I hadn't seen since the very beginning and now we are almost the oldest sisters in the mission!
- Divisions with Hermanita R- We have a girl in our ward who left for the mission today! Her mom is the rs president so last week we had divisions and my comp went with her mom to visit less actives and Hermanita R came with me to get some real life missionary, contacting experiences. She is a fierce little missionary! She didnt want to take no for an answer from anybody and when an evangelico started telling us he didnt want to hear about the book of mormon she pulled out the scripture that says wo unto those who say they have enough and basically told him he needed to humble himself. She will do great, bold things.
- Painting walls....badly- This week we painted in the house of a less active and in her own words we would go hungry as professional painters. But we had a good time and she really just wanted the company so it was fun to serve her. If anyone needs a wall painted with lots of love- We are your hermanas!
- RAIN!- Well the rain finally came and all of the water that didnt fall in these last few months fell in the last few days. We were hurrying from one appt to another and while we were passing in a little valley (quebrada...dont have any idea how to describe it in english) basically at the bottom of 2 hills the street was a foot deep in water and while we were trying to cross it 2 taxis came racing down the hill and it was just like the movies. A massive wave of dirty water came flying right at us and we went to our next lesson with our right sides completely drenched!
- Deaf Testigos- This week we found a whole bunch of Jehovah's Witnesses. One of them was literally deaf- he could speak but he couldn't hear- so he spent a half hour telling us about how wrong we are and how he wants to teach us the truth and we couldnt respond at all because he was deaf! how convenient for him, right? I told my comp that maybe I'll start pretending to be deaf so I can go around saying anytihing I want and no one can try and argue with me. But we also found a bunch of other JWs who were spiritually deaf. Whenever we find them we try and teach them about the BOM and they all reject it right away but none of them know really what it is! ¨ do you even know what mormon is teaching you up in the united states?¨ ¨ sam smith is a liar and a cheat!¨ and its so sad because they love the word of God! and there is more of it for them to read and love and they reject it! It reminded me of the talk by Elder Holland that says that if anyone is going to leave or reject the church they have to go over or around the book of mormon. That's why I try and teach the truths of the BOM to everyone we find- it contains the eternal truths and promises we need to reach exaltation!
love you all!
hna smith
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