Well, not sure if I told anyone, but I don't really get transferred
being a Mandarin missionary here, however things have changed!!! I
didn't get transferred, however my companion did, he just went to the
other ward here in C'Ville, and Elder Snow came over with me to the
YSA ward. So things are kind of different. I moved over to the other
side of our apartment! Other than that...not much change....also one
of our Zone Leaders that is a great friend(Elder Albrecht) got
transferred and is now an Assistant. Real sad to see him leave....but
that is the story of transfers.
The week was real good, we talked to lots of sweet people, it was a
little slow because of Spring Break...but still really good! Met this
really cool guy named Mike, he doesn't have any belief in God, but he
is super willing to look into it! We is willing to put in the work to
be baptized April 9th!! It was super cool...met with him twice this
week, he has a lot of questions seeing he doesn't have a background
with God, but he is super sweet!
Other things that happened during the week...were filling up our water
in a library, some guy stares at us and says..."you know you could
come back to reality" Elder Snow:"why would I do that?" Guy walks off
without a word....comes back stares at us...says "ever find an
arrowhead?"...."No"....."Ever find a sword?"...."No" man walks
off.....so that happened.
Also were about to stop two ladies on the street they say "oh,
hey....well we won't try to convert you today...." Yeah weren't really
sure what that was about. But one of them Used to be a Mormon...then
changed her mind I guess...it was weird.
But other than that it has been a great week! One cool spiritual thing
thing, President Wilson came to our sacrament meeting and said
something like "The way we eliminate the unnecessary distractions in
life defines who we really are" James E. Faust said "We need to learn
how to filter out the static generated by Satan." In this modern world
so many voices compete for our attention. However, because we can have
the Gift of the Holy Ghost. This Gift can always lead and guide us in
our life, if we are listening. And one suggestion I have found that
helps us hear that voice, is setting aside specific time for Heavenly
Father each day, through prayer and scripture study. As we set aside
time for the Lord, we feel the Spirit more abundantly in our life,
which can lead and be our guide in decisions in life, that we need a little
extra help on. The power of the Holy Ghost is real, this Gospel is
real, you can feel the power of it in your life ever day. So grateful
to be a missionary right now, spreading this message here in C'Ville
Virginia.
Love you all, keep doing good things!
-Elder Smith
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