Elder Smith has been busy so has only been send his journal and is a little behind here's some of the latest news of Elder Smith in Virginia still in Charlotteville but now is doing the YSA ward and a Family ward until the students
come back to UVA
Well we did weekly planning for most of the afternoon, so that was pretty simple. Then we went out with Robert for some time, we stopped by Ernest and were going to look in his area for a bit. Then it turns out we talked with his daughter Misha, who was really nice, and intersted. Actually got a card from the YSA sisters a few days before. She has a few interesting ideas, and is studying Egypt of something. However, she is really intersted and willing to look into the Book of Mormon. It was a really great lesson. Robert invited her to come hear him sing in the choir haha. He is awesome. After that we sang in the car with Robert for a bit...none of us sing super well, and not really sure if we even sing the right notes. However it was still really good. After that we went over by Inglewood drive area...tried talking with some people. We knocked on Jay's door haha, he was busy, but made us eat some watermelon first haha. Then we checked his number...and it was Liu's number...so we were really confused. We may have talked with Ahkiya a bit...don't really remember. If so her friend was there who doesn't think authority or any of that is important in any way for a church and stuff. She didn't like us very much, and I don't think Elder Schellenberg appreciated her very much. We talked with Ahkiya a bit afterwards though. It was good, other than that nothing much. It was pretty decent though.
-ElderJayLikesToForceWatermelonOnUs
July 16-Saturday
Well, service went well.(we went to Loaves and Fishes) I was a client guide this time...I don't enjoy it very much. I was scared someone would ask for more food than they can have...and it happened. Only once I think...but she squandered me for some more food...however I messed up on her applesauce as well....hopefully it will go well. Then we taught Chen, he is funny. George couldn't meet today. We were able to meet with Ernest, he is super super nice. And noticed that we aren't as pushy as the Jehovah Witnesses. Other than that nothing much. We met with Jackie at Four Seasons, rained a little bit. Then we tried to meet with Illuminee, she wasn't home...went up to Roy's neighborhood for a bit, then we were able to meet with Roy again! We met with Brett Parker one of the newer recruiting coaches or something(he is really young and from Texas) he is really cool though. We had another really really good lesson with Roy. She read 6 chapters too! It was great. Then, the Spirit gave me really good idea of how to teach. Our plan was to focus on the Plan of Salvation, but also read from the Book of Mormon. So instead we mixed them! Taught the Plan of Salvation through the vision Lehi has of the Tree of Life. Again, it was really, really great. She loved it all, the time flew by. Wow, is she ever wonderful. Also super grateful for the awesome idea the Spirit was able to give me to teach in that way. it was such a blessing. She is again excited to come to church, is getting extra sleep so she can for sure make it tomorrow. It was great. Oh one more little tidbit, we mentioned making baptism a goal...and she was totally willing to do that! We set a date for July 30th(kind of selfish looking for a baptism on my birthday, however I was corrected with that pretty quick...wait and see.) she is going back to her home country for vacation in a few weeks. So we decided on August 30th instead. However still super great news.
-Elder ManNoIdeaHowToExpressTheMiracleThatIsRoy
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