im a Dad but the second time. dad² #33

salam orang! welcome back to the semi-half-monthly email of Elder Smith, who has 26 minutes to write this and 3% left on his phone. wish me luck boyos

This language is brought to you by my friend who got baptized on saturday. woohoo for m!!!! also cuz bealer didn't get back to me in time -.-

This week's summary! (for my TLDR folks)

☆ transfers!

☆ first 3 hours in the area had police knocking on our neighbors door, then the next day as well

☆ the basement

☆ i have the best son ever - his uncle is fetching napoleon dynamite

☆ fat tie friday

☆ taco friday

☆ zede poopoo

☆ lost a gym, and gained a carpeted one

☆ the mystery peppers i found in the fridge

Stories

- so, we got transferred! super sad to leave Elder Hassard but now im training! i have a son, his uncle is literally napoleon dynamite, and yeah. it's a good time! We washed an area, so we started from scratch basically, and chased out Elder Hunt and Elder Jorgensen, two of my past companions! so that's fun :)

- our area is very sketchy. like the updates say up there, we had police knocking on our neighbors door a few times, and one of our members who works for the police knew our area right away. very comforting, dontcha think??

- we have 3 very small levels in our apt, some very steep stairs, and the basement is very unfinished and super creepy.  Only got a washer and dryer and some very weird toys. whacko.

- if you haven't heard, there's a few things that happen on fridays. fat tie friday, monke friday, and now, taco friday! i made some tacos. that's it for that one 

- zede poopoo. infamous among missionaries. We got a call Friday morning, from a california number and a man who identified himself as, i kid you not, "poopoo". he was dead serious too. asked for some other missionaries numbers, if you come in contact with him, stay away. pretty funny tho!

- i'm sad about leaving my awesome garage gym but hey, the gym in this church building is CARPETED. like what the heck???? i've never been more confused. anywho,

- don't eat mysterious peppers you find in a fridge. I love spicy things but not dripping in sweat with my face on fire spicy. Would not recommend. not even with a little ranch

Teaching Updates

 - it was super sad to leave all my old friends. I said goodbye to R, L, the H's, M, and G. Will love them all forever!

- we have two people in our teaching pool, N and C! C is in prison, so really am not sure what's going on with that. we haven't met him, just texted a little bit, but he seems promising!

- N. Wow. she's fantastic! super super cool, has come to church consecutively the past 15 times, pays tithing, but has some legal problems as well so she can't get baptized quite yet. but she's so great. We love her so much already!

- got some other promising perspectives, not too much, but yeah! i'll have more here next time, I suppose!

Spotlight

- Elder Storrs. just cuz i love ya :))

- Elder Bales! the best son a dad could ask for.

- Lysiane! grazie mille for the email, amica!

- Hermana Harmon, one of my best friends! you're awesome dude!

- my sister, who's due in a week!

- the sand creek sisters! they're awesome, pumpkin squares were FANTASTIC

- Chloe! my friend from Lebanon! Was just thinking about you dude, hope all is well!

some of these people, maybe all, maybe none, need a lot of prayers right now. so just go for all of em, im sure youll help out just right ;))

My challenges for you

- honestly, for today, just try to make your prayers this week more quality. truly think about what you're doing! Love you all!!!

Every minute, every moment...there was Jesus.

- recognizing the spirit isn't always easy. in fact, it rarely is! but if we take the time to LISTEN, we can find it. the voice is there friends, i've listened to it closely for a while. sometimes i don't. that's the natural part of me, which is hard to overcome. but if we work as hard as we can, we can receive blessings. listen to the literal member of the Godhead that resides with you. If you aren't a member of this church, you can still find and listen to Him. follow His guidance and see where it gets you ;)) and DON'T BLOW HIM OFF. don't let Satan get to you. He knows exactly how to distract you, perfectly.

God be with you till we meet again;

When life’s perils thick confound you,

Put his arms unfailing round you.

God be with you till we meet again

check the photos this week for some great new comp photos, last time seeing the butterfly, some very sleep deprived videos, and more!!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/FmjN3Y9ZJcisSKrz9

and at 1%, i bid you adieu

see ya on the flippity flip!

~Elda Kob :)