It was a good, somewhat interesting day. In the morning we went and did service moving stuff out of the Johnsons crawl space. That went well. After that we finished studies which were pretty good as well. After all of that, we got to go and work. We tried visiting some potentials in the area...as well were able to talk to some people that were out and about...it was definitely scary....but I have learned after you start...it doesn't feel too weird...typically. Which is a blessing I am grateful for.  

After that, we tried getting to the church...took a wrong turn or two...and wow...biking was really hard today especially after working out our legs most of the week and starting biking after not doing it for such a long time. It was good though. We got to the church, met with Brother England and he took us to his house for dinner. It was really good.  We had pulled pork and chicken salad sandwiches...both really tasty. As well their kids are pretty funny. We talked about some pretty cool things with Church history, Brother England knows quite a lot...it was cool to hear from him. They also are inviting people to the trunk or treat which will be cool. He helped me invite boldly and directly. Then we shared an interesting spiritual thought...after he gave us one....but it went kind of well..a little interesting though. He explained some cool thing about things that are passed through DNA to posterity because of certain events, which he related to our Heavenly Father which was cool. 

After that we went back to the church for our bikes and...We went to Fountain drive, we were both a little hesitant...but went regardless. The first two people were confused why we were knocking so late...we kept going while saying "4th floor last door!" was a little freaked out by the halloween decorations on some places...anyway. We met Marshall Tucker who was really nice and said he could read the Book of Mormon and compare and contrast it to the Bible. Which always reminds me of the story that I believe a general authority shared where he would read a chapter of the Bible for every chapter of the Book of Mormon....and was converted. After that the Spanish Elders picked us up, mainly because it is a little frightening riding our bikes on route 1 when it is so dark. It was definitely an interesting day...but good. Elder Davis says that I am always happy which is definitely not true...but I try to be.


One thing I learned, is that over the past week the idea and principle of family/group prayer has been reiterated throughout this week. As I tried to apply it this evening, it really helped me feel lots of Charity for the people...even if I don't know them very much. Grateful for that blessing.
-Elder GladForTVSubwayNightsWithDad
Elder Smith