day 54

well...this week has gone by pretty slow. it was weird not being able to email on monday cause of labor day and i think it just threw every thing off. it just seemed like an off week. we did some really good things but it just seemed slow. we talked to a lady this week about coming to church. she is a less active that we are working with and she has two daughters that aren't members so we are working with them and they are really cool. one of the daughters is about like 50 and is a heavy smoker so we are trying to work with her the most and have her stop that habit. the other daughter quit smoking a while ago but we are also going to try and have her sit in on our lessons with everyone. yesterday we had three investigators at church yesterday! it was awesome to see them there and have the members really sit down and fellowship them and welcome them to the ward. member work here is pretty hard. we have a lot of members that live in pella which is about 25 miles away from the church and from where most of our less actives are so its really hard to have a member present but we are doing better.

i really can't believe that its been almost two months that i've been gone! time really goes by so fast when your focused on what you need to be doing.

anyways...not much else has happened here so im gunna cut it short. i am loving this place and am loving the people here even more. i am going to miss this place when i leave here. i love and miss you guys so much and you are in my prayers every day! hope to hear from you soon!

love

Elder Jens Smith