On Monday, we had members feed us and the Hermanas some enchiladas that were super good. Tuesday was Elder Bradley's birthday, but he didn't make a big deal out of it. However, we were meeting some eternigators (they're basically members at this point) that night with the Hermanas, and they fed us posole which is a Mexican celebration soup thing. Elder Bradley was super happy, and he thought someone must of told them that it was his birthday since the chances of them making posole was fairly low. Wednesday we had weekly planning during the day, and there was a stake pioneer activity that night. The Cortes family that we've been teaching actually came to that and were hanging out with the members. It was perfect. Things just seemed to be falling into place with them. On Thursday we had Zone Conference which was pretty great. The craziest day was probably Friday though.
Starting Thursday night we had exchanges with our District Leader, Elder Truman. So Elder Bradley went to Wapato with Elder Coon while Elder Truman was with Elder Clay and I in Spanish. The day started out normal with studies, and then we did service with the zone like we usually do every Friday. Afterwards, Elder Truman had to do a baptismal interview for the Chambers Creek/Cambodian Sisters. So we went and did that which was pretty interesting since the sisters were translating for us. Later that day we were up in northern Tacoma and got lost in all the crazy streets and construction. Graham Spanish (Elder Williams and Elder Atkinson) also came up that day for a doctor's appointment, so we split knocked with them.
After 5-7's we get a text from the Hermanas about how they needed us ASAP. They were meeting one of their investigators for the second time and found out that their mom was pretty sick and was deteriorating rapidly. They offered for us to give their mom a blessing in the hospital which she immediately accepted. However the mother lived up in Gig Harbor which is over the Narrows Bridge. So the Hermanas got permission from President Leishman for all six of us to go up and give the mother a blessing. When we got there, the family was already there, and from what we could tell, there were some Catholic priests giving the mom her last rites. After this we gave a blessing of comfort to her since she was going to pass away soon, and then we left. It was a crazy night. Especially since it was all in Spanish and I could only understand half of what was happening.
Saturday we had interviews with President Leishman. He told me that this next transfer we would be getting two more Hermanas and two Spanish Elders as well. And it seemed to me that he was implying that I might train one of the Spanish Elders, so I'm kind of nervous about that but I guess we'll see what actually happens in a couple of weeks.
On Sunday morning we had another lesson with the Cortes family where we put all five of them on date for baptism for the 17th of August. It was a super great lesson. We taught them the Plan of Salvation and went over all the baptismal interview questions with them and they answered them perfectly. Their only hold up is that they feel like they need to know more before being baptized. We told them how we got baptized when we were 8 years old and we didn't know everything, but that baptism is the beginning of the path, not the end. From then on we start to learn more and more with the guidance of the Holy Ghost.
So I think that covers everything for the week. There was a lot. Love you all!!
-Elder Smith
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| Our at home garden of raspberries and peppers. |
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| We ripped out a bunch of blackberry bushes for some lady during 5-7's |
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| Going up to Gig Harbor |
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| Exchanges with Elder Truman |
Awesome license plate I found.
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