Week 1

Hello people!


Welcome to the very first official email of Elder Smith!!!!

Wow I cannot BELIEVE that I'm already in the MTC. I'm sure you guys get that a lot but man, It's crazy. It's all completely online, so I've been on my computer all day long. I play my guitar a lot, and chat with my district as well. There have been a lot of small world things so far, such as one of my teachers having gone to my high school, some of my district elders and sisters knowing my friends, and I'm sure they'll keep coming. I've already had a cool blessing come as well. Me and my mother were driving to a guitar place to fix up my old guitar a little bit, and as we were going down the freeway a pretty big piece of plywood came shooting around a car and completely demolished the drivers side mirror. Now I say this is a blessing, because it could have been much much worse. Basically, appreciate the little things, even if they may seem bad on the surface.

A cool spiritual thought I've had recently is to be super grateful for the other religions. They help keep people on a kinder and better path, even if it's not our church. And I mean, pretty much all of them have some piece of the gospel right? So don't judge others for being in their religion, because it might be helping them either way.

I'm sure I'll have more stuff to say by the end of the week, but what I wanna say is pray a lot, try to do service and inspire others to do service as well, and love everyone always. :)

quote of the week is "Be mindful of the future... But not at the expense of the moment."
(bonus points to whoever can tell me who said it ;))

Peace out girl scouts,

-Elder Smith


pictures: (sorry not sorry there are a lot ðŸ˜¬)

1. the aftermath of the mirror, somehow it took off the end and the mirror, but not the middle??
2. me and LEGO me that i set up in front of the camera
3. my awesome super soft kimono robe
4. my district!! love these dudes already. my comp is Elder Jorgensen :)
5. my awesome drawings of the plan of salvation
6. picture of the view from my last night on my car
7. Idahoean friends
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