[from October 10]
Hello friends and family,
We had a fun couple of weeks. I didn't have time last week to send a group
mail as I was getting back from the temple, and I had a more important matter I
had to take care of.
When we finally got back to do everything it was almost 5
PM. But the temple was a wonderful experience. I learned a lot and I made a bit of personal
progress. And we have had a lot of fun
in our companionship study. I've learned more here with Elder Santos than I can
explain here.
We had some fun events in the last couple of weeks that have
messed with my head: one of these is
finding new people. Just when I think
we've found everyone who there is to teach here who are ready to hear the
message of salvation, we find and mark a day to baptize another. And we have
found some that literally fell into our laps. This has been a lot of what has
kept me going: finding the
"one". And then trying not to get abused by the other 150 churches
that exist here. That's the problem with people, they aren't exactly the most
logical when it comes to the topic of religion.
Any way, we are happy; we're teaching people with so many backgrounds
and problems that I can't keep all the people straight some days. But that's
why we have a day planner. We also live in the middle of a hole that’s a long
way from the rest of the city, so we spend a lot on bus trips and eating out
while we're here. And as it's a hole, ALL the rain we get gets pooled where we
need to walk. I have had wet feet this last little while. Not a good feeling.
But I'm happy and all is going well. Sorry
for the lack of pictures. The computers might be have bugs, and I don't want to
ruin anything.
Until Next Week!
Elder Joel A. Smith
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