I have pictures this time!

Hey everyone! Well it has been a pretty good and busy week. Elder Hunsaker and I have had some good time to work and find people.

Nothing too exciting for Pday, we kind of just walked around Aalborg, but hey! I found some cool streets and took some pictures! Haven't sent many of those in the past while.

We have been delivering cookies to members and stuff like crazy these past couple weeks. It has resulted in a ton of biking and a lot of happy members! We tried something cool on Wednesday. There is a member who has been stuck at home for the past little while because she broke her foot. We brought by some cookies and shared a message with her about miracles. We invited her to pray with us and for us before we went out to knock and for her to help us exercise our faith in miracles. She agreed and we went out to knock and found 5 potential investigators that we are going to be visiting throughout the next week. It was cool! We usually don't find so many. After that we went back and told her what happened. Good experience. Others we have visited have been sick or have needed our help for a little task so it has been pretty cool visiting all these people.

Elder Maready who is in the other Aalborg area has been sick this past week so we went over on Thursday to help them out. Elder Hunsaker went out to work and go to some appointments with Elder Erickson and I stayed in with Elder Maready. I am really grateful I havenøt ever gotten too sick on my mission, because sick days are usually not very productive.

We were knocking on Saturday and met a guy who was willing to talk but not very open to try anything. We really tried to get him to try and read in the Book of Mormon, but he said he already knew it wasn't true. That was sad to me that he would jump to that conclusion without reading a single word of the book. I hope one day he might give it a chance. He was a funny guy and a nice guy so while he was getting something I slipped a Book of Mormon on his bookshelf. I don't think he will be too mad and he might get curious and read a couple pages. Fingers crossed.

Well that is about all for the week. Things have been good. I really enjoy working with Elder Hunsaker. He has kept me motivated and we have had a lot of fun.

I have started reading through the Book of Mormon again and marking power statements or direct instruction from the Lord or His prophets. It is amazing how much there is. The Book of Mormon is not just there for fun. It contains crucial instructions and guidance from our heavenly father. It lifts us and strengthens us through its strong witness of Jesus Christ. I challenge everyone to take an extra thought during their scripture study and ask "What has God asked me to do today?" then apply it. 

I love you all and hope you are surviving winter. Yesterday was really cold and Elder Hunsaker and I thought we were going to freeze to death, I am looking forward to things warming up. Anyway, have a great week!

Love, Elder Smith

Hey Mom!

Snow sounds like fun. It snows occasionally, but it never sticks. It has been really cold though. We thought we were going to freeze this last week.

I'm glad your wrist is healing up. I'm sorry it has been hard, but it sounds like you are taking it like a champ. You are such a great example. I will keep praying for you that it will heal quickly.

That is too bad that the US hasn't done too well. Denmark doesn't have anyone because they don't really do that much. There aren't any mountains here and they aren't too outgoing. I heard they had a curling team but that's all. It's a bit sad because the other Scandinavian countries do so well.

Fixer Upper sounds like a fun show haha I'm glad it helps you feel calm and happy. The sound of tv makes me feel stressed haha.

It's okay that you haven't been too self-reliant the past couple of weeks, because self-reliance isn't always doing everything for yourself. I'm glad you have had people to help you. I like your thoughts on the Atonement. It is hard yet wonderful when we get into hard situations, because although they hurt, we really feel close to the Savior.

I love you lots. I hope you have a great week!

Love, Elder Smith

Hey Dad,

I am doing well. The weather is cold. Waaayyy too cold haha. I live in a different apartment this time around, unfortunately, because the last one is much better. This one works though for what we use it for. We found a lot of potentials this week, but we are still working on finding solid investigators. It has been hard to do that which has been hard for Elder Hunsaker and therefore hard to keep it up. We are working hard though and I know the blessings and success will come soon. I haven't done much with my "My Plan" I should probably pull it out and set some goals, because I know President will ask about it in our next interview.

Sorry about the snow. We have gotten snow a couple times this past week too, but it never sticks.

Mom is awesome. I hope it heals up fast.

I feel the same way as Grandma and Grandpa. The time is going very fast. I feel like I am working hard, but I just feel like there is so much more I could do. We have been working really hard with members the past few weeks. I thought to myself if I want to do something for this area and ward while I am here I want to make it a missionary work focused ward. When I was in Odense the ward was so great at working with missionaries and they were enthusiastic and had a lot of baptisms. This ward has a lot of the same potential, but they aren't as excited about it. I want to help the ward become better in that way. It has been going well and now I just really wish we had more investigators so we could have members with us to teach them.

Well I love you lots. Thanks for everything you do for me. If you can help me figure out what I need to do when I get home that would help. I think I have to figure most of that out myself though. Thanks for being my Dad. I love you.

Love, Elder Smith