Area: Dublin
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| Mitch Adios! |
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| Adios Olsen! |
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| Bathroom pic |
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| New Year's Eve shopping lol |
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| Selfies |
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| Marriott bathroom break in "New Dublin" |
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| Selfies on the top level of parking garages. We went there Friday but no one was there to learn about Jesus!! |
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| Chasing geese |
Howdy howdy!!!
Besides being a little sick for the first time in my mission this week, it's been awesome!!! Pretty eventful with New Year's Eve and Christmas all in the same week!! It was super good to talk to everyone! I loved it! After the call we were all starving and had no desire to cook, so we made what ended up being a terrible decision and ended up going out to find some where to eat! Not really thinking, of course we headed straight to taco bell, then to ihop, then realized that probably the only places that would be open are Chinese and Indian places. The first Chinese place was open but looked like a WAY expensive place so we passed it up and were like of the Chinese buffet, said it was cheap and good on Google maps so we went there. We walked in and were super excited. The chicken was basically dog doo-doo and was super soggy. Dessert was even worse. Our waiter spilled my water all over Elder Collier and didn't seem to know how to say sorry. So by the time we were done eating we were like well hey I guess we can't complain too much it filled us up and its cheap.... JUST KIDDING!!!! They brought the bill out and it was $18!!! HOW RiDICULOUS! They took the sign down and put the price in small writing on a white board. They jacked up the prices for Christmas and didn't even warn us!! Needless to say that sucked! But we made the best of it! haha Even though they wouldn't stop pointing at us and talking in Chinese! It was a bad experience but a great story!! I'll never forget 2018 Christmas on the Mission and getting robbed by a Chinese buffet.
Wednesday morning we had to go move some couches in our suits from a member's house before we headed to district council! District council was here in Dublin and it was awesome! We watched one of my new favorite GC talks! April 1979 "Following Christ to Victory" Hartman Rector Jr.! Such a good talk! Give it a read some time and let me know what you think!!
So we started teaching a deaf lady later that day! She is so prepared to receive the restored Gospel. She has been searching for it for 25 years! Her Dad was a member of the church and taught her when she was young but her mom didn't want anything to do with the church. They split up when she was young but she remembered the things her dad taught her. She was doing family history one day and she found out that a ton of her ancestors were pioneers that came to Utah from Kirkland! It finally clicked for her that the church her dad belonged to and the one she was looking for was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints. We have a missionary in our district named Elder Thomas that is basically fluent in sign language and he interprets for us. When we were teaching the first lesson we got through the first couple points and she stopped us and asked "is this called the restoration?" And we pulled out a pamphlet and showed her what it said and she responded "this is it! This is what my father taught me." It was such a cool experience. She accepted a date to be baptized and is now working with us toward that goal. She is the best. The Lord has been preparing her for quite a long time. I am thankful for the opportunity I have to teach her. That night we met with Daylon as usual and still just can't seem to figure out what it is that's stopping him from eternal happiness. We ended watching the mormon message, if thats what you call it, with Elder Holland giving the talk "The first great commandment" where Christ asks Peter if he loves Him three times and asks him to feed his sheep. So we asked Daylon after if he Loves Him and asked him what it is that's stopping him. He said he'd think about it so we will see this up coming Wednesday. Great day.
Thursday was pretty funny, it was pretty boring other than a guy that we found last saturday, when we stopped by he didn't answer so we called him. He answered then hung up. Then he texted us and said that we creeped him and he just said what he needed to say so we could leave him alone, and that we needed to delete his number and delete all of his information that he gave to us. Darn satan.
On Friday we had the usual planning and emails and calls! That's always awesome, but then we had another awesome time with Melissa!! We met her at the church and gave her a church tour with our relief society president which was sweet. It was sweet!!
Saturday we had exchanges, it was Elder John, Elder Olsen and I! It was awesome! Elder John is a stud. We played ball Saturday first thing at 7! There were 17 of us! Only Three of which were members! After we got to move someone out of our ward. The rest of the day, we had all the lessons fall through so we just found. We ended up having a best two years experience like when they go to the grocery store and find someone. We went to Chipotle cause that's what Elder John wanted and we found someone there!! hahaha It was a great exchange!!
Sunday was the last thee hour church!! That is crazy!! Daylon came for the 28th time! haha It was a good meeting. We ended up coming home and since I had been sick all week and working through it I decided it's time to relax for a sec and try to get over it so I took a small nap and felt much better. After we went and stopped by a less active and went for a walk with their 15 year old. We had a way good talk and he is a stud. He is definitely gonna start coming every week. He is a stud. Then we had to say bye to Mitch! He's going to Brazil tomorrow morning for his mission, He's a stud and one of the most prepared missionaries I have ever met!! Love him and his family!!
Today was good! We got to move a bunch of stuff into an area that was opening up so some sisters could move in! We went with the assistants and helped move them in. Afterwards we came home and hung out for a bit then went and Elder Olsen said bye to a family from one of his previous areas, the Greens! They're awesome and I hope I get to serve in their area some day!! Tonight we're just having a blast! Its been a good New Year's eve!
Well I just wanted to also give a quick shout out to Elder Olsen! Man, I'm not really sure where to start but I love this guy! He's been such a good example to me ever since I met him. He's always been a real homie no matter what. He's definitely a huge blessing that has come from serving a mission. I'm sure gonna miss him for the next six months after we send him on his way on Wednesday. Can't wait to live it up when we get home!
Love you all and Happy New year!! It's crazy to think my black out year is gone tomorrow!! Time flies when you're having fun and it goes even faster when you're having fun serving the good Lord!!
Love Elder Smoot
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