Area: Dublin
Howdy Howdy!
Well geeze that was a quick week!! Time flies when you're busy!! Dublin has been a blast! Its very weird being in a city for the second time! Lots of rich people here and mansions that blow me away!!! I love Elder Jaster, there seriously hasn't been anything close to a dull moment!! We've probably laughed 24/7!
Starting with last Wednesday in Jackson! We just ran around saying bye to some of the best and my favorite members of the branch, it's hard cause you don't have time to get to all of them! We got to go say bye to the Pariseaus, Ralph Poetker, Griffiths, Plymales, Cruses, and the Maquindangs! I loved Jackson so much, it'll always have a special place in my heart!
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| Saying good byes |
Thursday woke up early and finalized packing and loaded everything up! We headed up to transfers which was about an hour and a half drive! Then before you know it, I was with Elder Jaster! We got to ride back with some dope members! Sister Thomas and her Son Mitch who is a year younger than us and has his mission call! He was supposed to leave last July but he broke his ankle! Then he was supposed to leave again then broke both wrists! So now if all goes as planned he leaves in December! He's so sweet! Well the first night was kinda rough because I had a raging head ache! But once I got some sleep it was all good!!
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| planning and unpacking |
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| Elder Jaster playing with roller blades we found at service for a member! |
Friday was a great planning day! Theres a lot of administrative stuff we had to get done! We got to do some calls with all the District leaders in the zone and talk about some goals and all that good stuff. That night we got some finding in and were supposed to have a lesson but he rescheduled! But not much else happened besides that!
Saturday, holy smokes General conference!! That was incredible! Obviously the big announcement of only two hours at church but not really! haha Elder Bednar's talk was awesome!! When he said that church was not shortened, it was moved to the home with more responsibility! How cool is it that the Lord is trusting us more and more!! I love it!! We got to watch the first session at the Williams and let me tell ya, they were cool and all, but very interesting to say the least. haha Then the second at the Thomas's and had dinner with them too! They're huge into cross fit and mountain biking so it's a good time there, we have some good talks!
Sunday morning was probably the most legit Sunday morning I've ever had on my mission!!!! We started the morning with one of the sweetest first lessons I've ever had! We went to a lady named Patty. Her daughter referred her. Her daughter goes to byu provo and served a mission. She got converted at 18 so her mom doesn't know much about the church!! But we got her to FaceTime in to the lesson!! She helped out so much! We also brought Mitch! We're helping him get ready to go on his mission! He gave one of the most spiritual first visions it was awesome! He's such a stud!! Then we had a blast at conference! Got to watch the first one at a less active members who live in our apartment complex. They're hilarious and they fed us Burgers! They also have a dope dog I was chillin with! Then the second one we watched again at the Thomas's! We had dinner at the Smiths that night with another member family! It was a good time. The members here are pretty awesome!
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| Watching Conference at the Nagys! |
Monday we had mlc which took most of the day and that was really cool! Filled with the spirit and was pretty motivating!
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| We saw this guy sitting by his door so we knocked and knocked again because he was right there and he finally looked so we sat there for like 10 minutes and he never opened up!! haha We died laughing after we got in the car!! We couldn't believe it! |
Tuesday we had exchanges with the Mansfield Elders, Winn, who I was with, and Lowery. It was awesome! They're studs and they both came down here. Elder Winn and I found an Indian family who was awesome! Very open to learning more! It was a little hard to communicate but the Spirit was definitely strong!
Today we went disc golfing and met two guys there and just played a couple games with them!! Never met them before but they were pretty sweet!! Not interested in our message though sadly!! We played some pig and now we're emailing!
Miracles don't cease! Being a missionary is awesome!!
Love you all so much! Have a wonderful week!
Love Elder Smoot
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