Week 62 (July 24, 2017)

Me and my comp :)

An attemp to take a zone pic for pday as a zone

The sisters in the zone :)

Our house. We live on the 4th floor. but we are also moving this week to another house... The sister in the area next to us live in our area, and so they are moving to there area, and we are moving to there house because its bigger and better. and there landlord is a member.

Well, this week was actually a really good week. We had apartment clean checks from Hna Godfrey, and interviews with President Godfrey on Tuesday! Those are seriously always so great.  We talked about how to serve more with all our heart, might, mind, and strength (D&C 4:2).  And putting it into practice this week, I can really feel the difference. As we focus on our love for God, and all our many blessings, and the way we live our life is a way we can show our gratitude for those blessings and recieve even more. Which means we will alwasy be in debt to our heavenly father. So we must always be obedient to his commandments, but not just a basic obedience, but go above and beyond. Do the extra work. For example go early to church instead of on time. Or read a little bit long in your scriptures everday instead of just a brief reading. Being more sincere in your prayers instead of just praying. And as we do this we will see even more blessing in our lives :) Well, this week week we have been walking to place to place a little faster, using our time more effeciently and continuing to contact and we are using the list of members in our wards to find less actives and part member families. and we have been able to find a lot more new investigators! Which has also helped me have a little less stress.

Well, we are continuing to work with Aylin, who will be baptized August 12! She is 14 and comes to church every week and now her little brother (8) came yesterday too! Her mom doesnt care if they get baptized, but she doesnt want to participate. Hopefully down the road she will have a change of heart. But Aylin already has a testimony of the Book of Mormon and is reading everyday!

We also visited this less active family who is the mom, and 3 daughters! (ages 19, 15, and 13 (Cielo, who isnt a member) and it totally reminded me of our family :) but this sunday, for the first time in 4 years, The daughter all came to church with there grandma! We were so excited to see them all walk in with there skirts and everything :)

Anyway, my comp is amazing and we laugh so much :) we have had some really fun moments together as we continue learning and growing. Also, my comp and I have started eating a little bit healthier, well what we can control, and we have been working even harder, and as a result we feel a lot better too. The stress from the mission will obviously always be there but right now, I am so happy and so happy to be here! I know this church is true! And I know that God loves each and everyone of you!

Keep reading the book of mormon EVERY SINGLE DAY!! and praying and going to church and you will see a Huge difference in your lives.

I love you all and I am praying for you. And for little Kali Pae :)

Love, Hna Smoot