Weekly

September 24th, 2018

Dear Mom,

We don’t have internet right now, so this’ll probably get to you in a few hours or tomorrow. Or Wednesday, haha. There is a general strike in Buenos Aires starting today that goes through the next day or so. There will be a stoppage of buses, subways, trains and other miscellaneous things. We’re not sure if the internet is related to that (not sure how it could be) but there is a chance.

How did your week go? Everything here went fairly smooth with transfers and the new missionaries coming to the mission. My new companion is Elder Stokes:

(LtR: Elder Cameron Stokes – Layton, UT, Elder Bradley Mitchell – Nampa, ID, me)

He has a lot of desires to work! He’s been in Capital for most of his mission, so the quiet streets of San Fernando are a little different for him, but he’ll do great! This’ll be a great transfer.

Hermana Rosa Meza met with us this week. We taught about the family and the importance of marriage in God’s plan for the families. She told us that she’s moving to Italy in one month (what?!!) and is unsure about whether to get married with her boyfriend or not, because he’s not going with her (hmm). We challenged her to pray and ask God how He wants her to follow His commandments. We’re praying that she continues forward and remembers the spiritual impressions that she has received.

This morning I looked over emails from you and dad that I have printed out. I was reminded that the most important things here are following the Spirit and ministering to others one person at a time. I hope that in the time I have left that I can learn to love the people more and help more of them receive baptism.

How are things going with the new school year? Is Dad’s new clinic up and running? Did they find a new therapist to work there? We ate with the Izquierdo-Maldonado family on Sunday and their oldest son, Nico, was asking me about dad’s work. He’s studying to be a PE teacher.

Tell Sadie happy birthday for me! I wish I could be there. I can’t believe that she’s already 15! That happened way to quickly.

Update for dad: I ate Seco de Carne today with Chicha Morada to drink. I loved the seco. The chicha morada tasted like Hubba Bubba so drinking it was rather strange. Did you have a favorite drink or desert from Perú?

I’ll write more next week! I love you!

Elder Smith