ok so things are going well. about three weeks ago i got transfered from punchana and now im back in the heart of iquitos. My ward is the ward Castañas... it borders the 28 de Julio ward that i was in about a year ago. its been really cool to see a bunch of people. i saw Victor, a convert from 28 de julio ward, today in the mornng. he was wearing the byu hat i gave him and he has now baptized 4 other people into the church with him. he is a stud! So ya my new companions name is elder Yauney. he broke the streak because hes another gringo. But he lives real close by back home. Hes from Fullerton and went to Troy highschool. Hes a monster. An absolute rock in the gospel. we live with 2 other missionaries. Elder Higbee from arizona and elder Varner from las vegas. We have a washing machine in our house so we have to do our own laundry. its really hard... also we cook our own breakfast. also hard... i will be acepting anysort of breakfast foods in packages from here on out. (thats a joke) But ya life is good. We are teaching a family whose kids were all baptized about a year ago by their mothers consent but the dad doesnt want anything. Everyone told us theres no use but we went i found him one day sitting outside. All we did was answer his questions about the book of mormon and read moronis promise. he commited to read and pray. we came back another day and told us he had a dream and knew the book of mormon is true. I think ive written about this question i have before but it always astounds me how the Lord answers some people so quickly and others take time and a whole lot more effort. Now this answer does not mean Romer has got it and can now just stop searching and be baptized and all is well. But it has had a profound impact on him and has boosted his desire to read and obtain a real testimony by the power of the Holy Ghost. It will be a joy to work more with him. i wanted to leave a little thought about the training i gave this last week. I talked about the word RECONOCER- recognize. i showed a youtube video called "the awareness test" which says at the end "its easy to miss what you are not looking for" We read a few scriptures in Proverbs 3:5-6, Alma 26:12, and 1 cor 3:6-7. i tried to explain the difference between recognize and acknowledge to the missionaries which was difficult considering that both words mean reconocer in spanish. But we talked about acknowledging the Lords hand in every day of our work. I commited the missionaries to take time to reflect and write in their journals every night. As we do so the spirit will REMIND us of the ways he helped or touched our labor that day. As i reflect each night i recognize things that i didnt recognize during the day and i feel my faith and gratitud grow for the Lords unceasing help in this glorious work. I love this work and love Him who makes it all possible.
con mucho amor
Elder Smith
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