Week 61 (July 17, 2017)

We wanted Mayumi to write about her baptism experience and she came up with this. We thought it was so cute!

FROM ALLY: 

Translation of the letter (rough because her grammar is from a small child and it's a little hard to read) :)

The letter says: I felt happy and peace and cold and content. I also felt the spirit. The brother baptized me. I was nervous and when he gave me the spirit.  I was happy because the missionaries helped me a lot. 

Pizza and cucumbers lol. HAPPY 1 YEAR HNA PARQUI!We used the sign from my 1 year mark :)

Cooking french toast again! But we had to do it on chairs because the outlet. haha

Wow, well to start off, I would like to congradulate my sister Ashley and her husband Derek for having there first baby! Im officially an aunt! Kali Pae Thompson 

This week was pretty interesting.  We had a lot of problems with the house. and this week we had people come and fix some stuff.  For example they added a water filter to our sink so we can now drink filtered water instead of using the water jugs every month and they fixed our very leaking toilet in our bathroom and when they were installing a new shower head to put in a different system of hot water (before would kind of shock us haha, kinda dangerous. dont worry we would just avoid touching the handle with our hand) they were drilling a hole into the wall to set it up and they acidently drilled through a water pipe! and it started leaking water all over our bathroom and appartment and it was basically a flood! We ran down stairs turned off the water, and they changed the pipe and fixed it all but didnt have time to install the hot water again. so for 4 days we had cold water. ouch. But I heated water up and used the bucket system to have hot water haha. 

and they came back and set up our old system.. this is when we just laugh and smile and remember that this is all part of the adventure of the mission haha.

Well, this week Cythia and Carmen (her mom) (investigators) came to church! They were references from a member that my comp found with her other comp and Cythia (25) works in the middle of the night and sleep during the day. So we were so excited when they came to church because we know she is so tired.

We are also teaching Edison. (19) who was also a reference from a member, his friend, and he doesnt have a phone. So it was kind of hard to get of hold of him. But we passed by the Market (he sells veggies) and he was there and we were able to set up another teaching appointment.

In all, Im still getting used to my new area. Our ward mission leader is amazing and so is the rest of the ward. My area is HUGE and so we walk and take motos a lot more.  But that just means there are more people to teach. :)

I love you all and I am so greatful for your amazing example to me!!  Thank you for your letters and support, because they mean the world to me.  The mission is a rollercoaster. or as my comp says, a garden of roses. Sometimes its a little rough but in the end its all worth it. I know this church is true and that the book of mormon is true!!  I love my new companion and my new area.  And even though lifes not perfect, keep enduring, keep smiling because I know everything will be ok :)

I hope you all have a beautiful week!

Love, Hermana Smoot