Where You are Supposed to Be

Hey everyone!

It has been a good week. We were really busy and it was pentacost on Monday so that is why my Pday was moved. Well I will see if I can remember everything. 

I got Elder Hamp on Monday and it has been great getting to know him. He is from Logan, Utah and has been here for about 4 months. He is really funny and we get along well.

On Thursday we made an apple pie for a cake night we had at the church. It didn't look very pretty but it tasted delicious. 

On Friday we met with our investigator Anja and she said yes to get baptised! We set a date for August 19th so she will be preparing for that day. I am so excited for her and it was really awesome to see the smile on her face and see that she is also excited and so ready.

We played some volleyball with members on Saturday. I was pretty terrible at it and there is still sand in my hair I think, but it was a ton of fun.

We have had some good stuff this week so far but I will save it for next week.

A cool thing that happened this week is that we had a lesson with someone we met recently and went to teach her but she answered and she said she wasn't very interested but she would listen anyways. We taught her and she was like "yeah that's nice but I don't believe that" So we left and the lesson ended up being way shorter than we expected so we stopped by some people in the area. We stopped by a lady who missionaries had found a while back and she let us in. She said she would read in the Book of Mormon and we made a new appointment. We don't know what will come of her but it was still good. Sometimes we wonder why we are where we are or why something didn't go as planned, but the Lord works in ways we don't always understand, and he put us in the right area at the right time to talk to that lady. Always be ready for a change of plans and God will always put you where you are supposed to be. 

I hope you all are enjoying summer. Have a good week! 

Love, Elder Smith

Hey dad,

Things are going really well. It has been a good week. We have been busy. I have been trying to be really diligent at finding people and not wasting any time and it is going great. I like my new companion a lot. He is kind of weird but in a funny, goofy, way. He is a really funny guy and cracks a lot of jokes. We get a long well. His Danish isn't very good so I need to figure out the best way to help him with that. I haven't ever had a companion who hasn't been here as long as me.

Cooper said he got a car, but he didn't say anything else about it. His emails are usually one to two sentences and very vague haha. That sounds like a fun car though. How old is it? Hopefully he doesn't every completely finish off any vehicles like me. No fun.

I ran a couple times this week. But one of the times we ran to a bakery and got pastries. Maybe not the best thing to include with excersize but it tasted great. Haha you say you don't like running but your runs always go longer than planned.

Keep working hard with school. I'm sure it will be worth it.

I don't have any super good stories. We have just been working hard and it has been paying off. We found 3 new investigators this week and we haven't gotten more than 1 for weeks. I haven't gotten more than 1 for a few transfers. So that was good. Sometimes it feels weird that I am halfway done and it doesn't always feel like I have done that much. No one I have taught has gotten baptised yet. I really want to do more and I have been trying really hard to find people and to be a really good teacher. Maybe I need to rely more on God and let the Spirit teach more than me. That is hard sometimes. 

Well I love you lots. I hope you have a great week. See ya!

Love, Elder Smith

Hi Mother!!!

I am doing pretty swell. And there are always good experiences. We have pday on wednesday because monday was super busy and a holiday so the libraries and grocery stores were closed.

That sounds like a fun hike. I miss the mountains. You are super cool for picking up garbage. :) You are a good citizen.

That is exciting. I hope you have a super duper good time at camp. I am excited to hear about it.

Did you get a fancy small one for backpacking? Are you all gonna sleep in hammocks or bring tents with you?

It has been going okay. My diet always gets wrecked by members, but I buy healthy food. I usually do some sort of exersize.

My comp is a lot of fun. He is goofy and has a lot of jokes. He is from Logan. I think we will learn a lot from each other.

My bike is good. I hate it though. I am always self concious that something will go wrong again and cost a lot of money. I just want to get rid of it.

Life is good. I am super happy and finding a lot of joy in the work. :) Denmark is good. People have been pretty nice.

The study is going well. Slow but really good. I usually just spend some time on it most days and then also read and study other things, but it is my main study project.

I love you tusind gange. I feel them! Can you feel how chubby I am? I hope not. Have a good week.

Love, Elder Smith