Wk 31 - Back in the game!

Companion: Elder Brumfield

Area: Mansfield

 

pic with thee Tom Bauer.    Elder Roushe Elder Pantuso. 

Got to go to a baptism in Elder Brumfields 1st area.

801 squad Elder Brumfield and Elder Lamb

eye dr. had cool glasses for free.

Pretty solid week finishing with a BANG!!! Last week we started off pretty slow as in not much was happening. We had a bunch of return appointments and a lot of them fell through. There was even one lady that we tried to stop by twice because she "wasn't there" the original time we had set up to meet. So we came back that night when they said she'd be home. We walked right past her big glass door that we saw her and the first lady that answered sitting there watching TV. Stepped inside the apartment to knock on her front door. The dog started barking and she starts yelling shut up to the dog, never came to the door. We knocked again knowing she wasn't gonna answer and the same thing. So we walk back out and the blinds were shut! hahaha! Good ol' missionary work. It was kinda funny to be honest but whatever, we kept going. 

got soaked on a rainy day

Pdays are pretty fun as well, we started playing disc golf and it's a challenge but I'm finally getting the hang of it I think! haha we went down to Delaware, Ohio for a first zone activity! We played dodge ball and got to watch the "Best two years". One of my absolute favorite movies, and now I understand a lot more of it being on a mission which made it even funnier! hahaha gotta love it. 

Zone Activity!!
1 in dodge ball and a cereal bar!

Not sure if I told you guys but about 2 weeks ago or so we lost contact with Alycia and her boyfriend Andrew after sending over the word of wisdom pamphlet. It sucked, we were so close and she'd come such a long way and we thought we lost her but weren't sure because Layne their son was still coming to cub scouts and he was doing awesome! This last Sunday we both felt strongly that we needed to stop by that night. We hadn't seen her since then and didn't know how they would react. It was very nerve racking to go knock, which sounds stupid because we always are knocking, but we did it anyways. Andrew answered and let us in so we set up a time to meet again on Tuesday night. So last night, we brought a member and her dad who's a convert and we talked a lot about faith. One of my favorite scriptures is in Alma 32. It talks about just trying to trust the Lord. Being humble enough to just do it, "verse 27 But behold, if ye will awake and arouse your faculties, even to an experiment upon my words, and exercise a particle of faith, yea, even if ye can no more than desire to believe, let this desire work in you, even until ye believe in a manner that ye can give place for a portion of my words.

28 Now, we will compare the word unto a seed. Now, if ye give place, that a seed may be planted in your heart, behold, if it be a true seed, or a good seed, if ye do not cast it out by your unbelief, that ye will resist the Spirit of the Lord, behold, it will begin to swell within your breasts; and when you feel these swelling motions, ye will begin to say within yourselves—It must needs be that this is a good seed, or that the word is good, for it beginneth to enlarge my soul; yea, it beginneth to enlighten my understanding, yea, it beginneth to be delicious to me."

I love how it relates it to a seed. How such a small seed can make a very large tree. Then we talked about how they, having a desire to have faith in a relationship with the Lord, can just try to live the word of wisdom. Pray about it and see how the good Lord will bless them and their family. It was a powerful lesson and the spirit was strong. They seemed to have taken it in very well and we get to see them tonight at the church for a cub scouts banquet and show Andrew around the church because he hasn't been yet. We are very excited.

Anyways that was definitely the highlight of my week! Definitely finished with a bang, 

I love this work! I'm very grateful for the opportunity to be a missionary! 

The book is blue the church is true! 

love you guys! have a good week! 

Love Elder Smoot