Start of Transfer 4

Hey Everyone,

Well i hope all is going good here, just living the life as a missionary. Well its the start of another transfer number 4 out here in the field, only 12 more to go. haha Hmm well I didn't get a new companion, because Elder Spear will be heading home tomorrow.

My new companion is Elder Dopp, he is another Cherry hill missionary that came here when the Cherry Hill mission was dissolved. But he seems pretty cool we will see how this transfer goes. But her is from Boise, ID and has like 1 and 1/2 transfers left so I most likely will be killing him too!!! haha i guess i just love getting put with the missionaries that are going home. But Elder Spear was companions with him before I heard some good things about him. I don't really know a whole lot a bout him yet although he does have a girlfriend that speaks Spanish to. (Ellie has got to learn haha jk) well he has two sisters and ya he went to BYU before his mission. That's about all i know for now.

Well this week is going to be super hard. As all of you we got hit a few weeks back and tommorow is when we ahve to take our car in to get fixed for a whole week!!! you know what that means we are without a car for this whole week! We luckily have bikes, but is going to be impossible to see all our our investigators becuase of how huge our area is. What a great way to take over an area right?? We will see what happens I am going to need a lot of water right? its super hot here and humid we are just going to be drenched with sweat. But we will see what happens right, maybe members will just help us out a ton.

Also this week we were able to work with members and our branch president because it has gotten to a point where the lack of member involvement is killing the missionary work. So we were able to sit down with all of them and told them what needs to be done, There is just a pride thing going on with a few members in the ward no biggie but still it's a great branch I hope to see the work grow and continue which I think it will. We really don't have any new investigators really just trying to work with the ones to get them baptised which could take some time. But love this work. We had Zone training this week and this lady came and spoke to us about how she works so hard to bring forth more people into the church and she knows like all the members she is an amazing lady. Her husband passed away last year she says that's her motivation for all her work and service. That's what right now is my motivation, my family and my eternal family that i can have one day. there is a definition of a missionary that says- A missionary is someone who leaves their house and family to help bring others that eternal happiness, or something like that.

Well love you all have a good week,

Elder Smart