Singing in the Shower

Hola, Mom,

It has been another fantastic week in the CCM. The next time you hear from me (which may be in 10 to 14 days) I will be in the field with a new companion. We were just informed that we will be with our trainers for a minimum of 3 months! Wow. I hope that I like him.

Mom, I laughed when I read about your braces and bands situation. I know you can do it! You just have to gut through til the end. Tell Dr. Weeks and Sis Price hi for me.

During our physical activity time, we play massive games of volleyball. The teams usually have 10 players each. After playing, we all head to the shower room to prep for class. The shower room has about 12 separate showers. Each shower is enclosed in three 8 foot tile covered walls. The tile walls provide prime acoustics for projecting your voice into the rest of the shower room. This last Monday, a Latino Elder was humming the tune of "I Feel Good" in the shower. I decided to join in and starting singing the words to the chorus (in a very reverent, missionary manner of course) To my surprise, I had a backup choir of 11 Latino Elders singing "waoo waoo waoo wah!"

I feel good!

Waoo waoo waoo wah

I knew that I would

waoo waoo waoo wah

etc.

I'm not even sure that I sang the correct words but nobody else can tell the difference. We sang the whole chorus and then laughed. Ever since then, Latino Elders will sing that song to me every time I pass them in the hall. It's great.

Elder Pratt and I had a great experience tracting. The morning before we went tracking, we studied in Mormon chapter 9. I remember Dad teaching us out of this chapter at home. We read verse 19 and decided to have faith that God would provide a miracle as we tracted. Jorge was our miracle. Jorge was the last person we talked to on Saturday. We shared a short thought about the plan of salvation with him on the street and them were surprised to be invited into his home. Jorge sat us down at his kitchen table with his three kids and gave us each glass of Coke. After using all of the conversational spanish that we know, Elder Pratt and I taught a short version of the Plan of Salvation. At the end, we invited Jorge to be baptized. He accepted! We honestly had no idea what to do. We took down his name, address, and phone number and told him that other missionaries would come soon. Before we left we taught Jorge and his daughters how to pray. Kneeling on his dirty kitchen floor and hearing him pray with his family was the most powerful experience I have had in weeks. I could feel the spirit there so strongly. I hope that other missionaries go and teach Jorge.

Other cool experiences from this week:

Studying Spanish every night with Elder Sotar, an elder from north Argentina. We have become good friends as we study and play volleyball together.

Singing with Elder Kane. Elder Kane is an Elder in my district who is an incredible musician. He was accepted to the Julliard School of Music and plans on majoring in trombone performance. He is a good singer.

Room prayer at night. All 8 of the elders in my room gather to pray together every night. One of the Latino Elders, Elder Valencia, always does the chicken dance before we pray. No clue why. I love it.

Finger fencing. The new favorite game during physical activity time. Most of you probably played this game when you were in middle school. It is still fun when you're 19.

Have faith! I know that Jesus Christ is the living Savior. He is the Son of God.

Love,

Elder Smith (Cameron)