it's beginning to be a wee bit nippy outside now. we haven't had any snow yet. i hear you got some. thats super lame. this week went really well. we were able to set another baptismal date with one of our investigators (another girl) for dec 22. super exciting! the work is picking up!!! obedience is key in this work thats for sure. i admit that i haven't been as obedient as i should have been these last few months but now i see that and am picking up the slack that we left behind. we are having so much success now i love this work for the reason of helping someone on their way and leading and guiding them to the waters of baptism. i can see the lords hand in my life everyday as he is mindful of the lesson we teach and the people we are teaching! these people have been prepared for this exact time in their lives. the things that they have gone through play a key part and go right along with what we have to say about this restored gospel! amazing are the mysteries of the Lord.
yeah there is supposed to be an influx of missionaries. it is supposed to be an 471% increase of missionaries sending in their papers and almost half of those are women of the church! so super awesome! we here in the iowa des moines mission will be recieving about 60-70 missionaries here in the next three months with that increase! so steven and lance are going to be with 18 and 19 year old men and women who have joined the construction team of building the Lords kingdom here on the earth today.
i want to share a scripture that has hit me about Gods love and repentance. it is in alma 17:15 it reads....Thus they were a very indolent people, many of whom did worship idols, and the acurse of God had fallen upon them because of the btraditions of their fathers; notwithstanding the promises of the Lord were extended unto them on the conditions of repentance.
i love this scripture cause it says that all those who have sinned in their lives no matter who it is, no matter what they have done, the arms of our loving Father in Heaven is waiting to recieve us back into his arms once again! how amazing is that? God still cares about us even we don't care about ourselves! awesome!
haha yeah i tried to dress up as a nerd and did so up until we went to pick up the sisters and they weren't dressed up at all. just in normal missionary attire. i felt rediculus! so needless to say i went home before service and changed. kinda silly to think of a missionary dressing up on halloween.
haha i miss that dog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
kinda weird that cristin is have a baby already but hey all the more power to her and brennen! haha when is she due?
well thats about it around here! i love you and miss you tons and tons!! i miss that dog!
love
Elder Smith
It's the beginning of a new month...are ya rich now?
i am sooooo rich now!!!! shopping spreeeee!!!!!! woohoo!!!!!!!!!....no im just kidding. i have decided that im going to try and not spend as much money as possible this month and see how i do.
What'd you do today?
well we are going to have our zone P day today! we are going to be playing frisbee, bollybol..."chu godda be kidding me!" "everything you just said, ees my favoreet thing to do, EVERY DAY!
What'd you do for service this week?
we were able to help more at the adult daycare center this week and serve soup and pie to a lot of old people. twas nice. :) i enjoyed it.
I love you..sooooo much..hope you know that! You are fantabulous!
oh you kids...i love you too.
How come you wouldn't ever beat the sisters with numbers? Is it not possible?
well we can beat the sisters. we are actually trying to right now. they have 4 baptismal dates set and we are going to try and have 5 here coming up soon so we'll keep ya posted on how we do with that!
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