So good to hear from all of you! You all look great in the pictures! Especially Alex, what a stallion. I’m so proud of him! And you all looked good on your first day of school! Los guapos! Hope your loving school! It’s good to see Chan back! I feel like the only time I get pictures of him is when he wants to show off the pretty girl that he's dating. You'll have to fill me in boss! Thank you all for your emails and everything you do! I love you all a bunch! Tell the grandparents I say hello and that I love them! Jay as well and all the friends and family!
So this past week was nuts! So I’m gonna start with my testimony of fasting! I have never experienced such an obvious answer to prayers and fasting as I did this week. We had been working with a few families and all had fallen off. Elder Stott had gotten here and we decided to do a special fast so God would provide us with a prepared family that would get baptized in September. It was the last week to find for September so the pressure was on. We fasted that day and worked super hard and . . . nothing. That night we came back here to the office to finish up somethings and Elder Hill was here with his comp Elder Grant. They are the ZL’s in Hidalgo and they ran over to us super excited. They told us they had been teaching a family that moved into our area and they had already been to church and been taught like half the lessons. They handed them over and we have had some of the most amazing lessons with them. The cool thing is it is the son of a member and I had been working with that member (the mom) when I first got to this area, so we could baptize her son when he got here from Mexico! Well, he got here and they are gonna be baptized on the 15! They literally are one of the most prepared families I have ever taught. It’s the Cantu family! Please pray for them!
So, on Wednesday we had MLC and it was super good! Man I feel like my mind just gets blown by Pres Maluenda. Every time he takes us aside and teaches us, I feel so blessed. It’s funny, but he always talks about being great fathers and husbands, more than great missionaries. He has made a HUGE difference in my life, I can’t even explain it.
Yesterday we went up to Robstown with Pte. to do a special zone conference. It was REALLY good. I got to see some members too and I saw Sabrina! She's doing great, and so are all my other converts! I love that place!
I really have been reminiscing a lot on my mission and all the great people I have met and miracles I’ve seen. It’s amazing how big a part of me it all is. It really has changed my vision. I know exactly what God expects of me now :) Thanks for giving me up ;)
I love the mish! And I love you guys! Thanks for all you do! Be safe and smart and don’t get too trunky!
Love Elder Smith
