Week 68 (September 4, 2017)

These are the pics of our house that I finally took. (Our new house from 1 month ago.) We like it a ton more!

All cooking in the kitchen

Lunch is all ready

Gringas vs Latinas :)

Stake conference was this week and with Elder Espinoza (from the 70)

Wow, time is just flying by so fast.

This week was a good/normal week.  We had interviews with president which are always amazing!! and he told me I only had 2 more interviews with him.. So crazy.

But last week for pday we had Pday as Hermanas! (sister missionarys) so all the sister missionaries in our zone and the zone next to us got together and we went to the store and bought all the stuff needed, and went to a members house and all the Latinas made Lomo Saltado (a dish from peru) and all the gringas (americans) made tacos..and yes we know that that is a dish from mexico haha but they hardly make it here and for some reason we eat alot of mexican food in the states, so we made that :) Then we watched The Errand of Angels movie. Which was fun to watch because its about sister missionaries :)

This week none of our investigators with baptismal dates (4) came to church this week. We were really bummed, and Cielo (age 13) wont come to church if her gma doesnt go, and her gma is out of town for 2 weeks.. so her baptismal date fell, and we are going to pray for guidance on what to do /how to help her. And the others were sick or with family.. so we are praying for Carmen, Cythia and Nancy as well.  

But we did have a family, Marta and Javier, with there 2 kids come to church!! They were old investigators we had wanted to visit forever ago but finally went this week. and when we taught them they seemed really interested. Just days before we had walked out side of our house (they live on the same street as us) We saw a women (who we found out later was Javiers sister) with a child in her arms unconsious, screaming HELP ME HELP ME! A man rushed to help her and they rushed off to the hospital. Apparently her son had fallen of a balcony stairs in beetween the 2nd and 3rd floor. We said a prayer for this little boy Juaquin and the family and 2 days later passed by for Marta and Javier. They said that the little boy lived and after surgery is recovering nicely! I know that it wasnt just our prayer, but many prayers of family and friends that this little 5 year old boy is ok. But we came at such a time where they needed peace and were able to find it. I know that God really does anwser prayers!

I know that the church is true and that god loves each and everyone of us!

Keep doing good things and serve someone every day!

Love,

Hermana Smoot

Ps, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!! August 31! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!