Letters Home: Recessive genes

This week was great! Zarate is celebrating the annual festival of the tango and we saw some great progress in our area(s). I'm currently working with two other missionaries, Elder Deschamps (my companion) and Elder Cantero. Elder Cantero is waiting for his companion to get here with the next wave of missionaries so for now, we are teaching in two cities.

Little Answer to Prayer

I've recently been praying to understand why I'm here in Buenos Aires. I know that God wants me to be a missionary but at times I have felt that any missionary could do the work that I am doing.

This Thursday we were knocking doors in a neighborhood to find people to teach. As I knocked on a door, I heard someone behind me say "Elder!" I turned around and saw a man coming towards me. He introduced himself as Pablo and told me that I had talked with him two months ago in another city. He had gone on vacations for a month but now was back and was really interested in learning about Jesus Christ!!! We were able to go to his house and teach him about Christ and about the restoration of His church. Since then we have also started teaching his mother and older sister.

I am grateful that God made me so blond! I am confident that possessing the majority of the recessive genes available in the world made it so Pablo could recognize me. While I'm sure that God has sent me here for more than just to be blond, I am glad that this rubiocito has a role in God's work. I know that God knows each of us and knows where He needs us to be.

The Morel Family

We have been teaching the Morel family for the past two weeks. The parents are working on getting married in March and the kids are anxious to get baptized! Here are their names and ages: Hermano Morel-35, Hermana Morel-30ish, Elias-10, Eliseo-9, Ivan-7, Eugenia-4. They have questions about how to develop faith in Christ and how to have an eternal family.

Mission Conference

Tomorrow the mission will be visited by Elder Christofferson of the quorum of the twelve!!! We are currently preparing for the conference. My zone will be traveling by train to Buenos Aires to stay the night with other missionaries in order to get to the conference on time! I'll tell you about the conference next week.

Trust that God will give you what you need! I have growing faith that the Lord knows me personally and that "all things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things" (2 Nephi 2:24, Book of Mormon).

Love,

Elder Smith