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Hey how is everyone! this was a good long week! How is everything at home? Hows the Summer treating you guys? it is a scorcher here. This could be my last transfer here but who knows i sure hope not things are really starting to take shape here and we have some investigators that are really progressing we are hoping to have 6 baptismal dates by the end of this week. But i really hope i do not get transferred! I really have enjoyed the time i have been with Elder Dopp too, we have had a good time and started up a lot of things here in this area! But all is good wherever the Lord needs me that's where I will be right

Well just want to start out this week has got me thinking a lot how i can better myself as a missionary! There is a lot. I get really impatient i figured out especially when studying it is super hard for me to study for such long periods of time. I need to find ways that will help me enjoy myself while studying! Still am looking for that way. But it will come soon. Also the hard thing is getting people to church here for the last few weeks. I need to increase my faith man its hard at times to have it but i got to work on that!

Well we have a really cool family we are working with named Laura & Osvaldo there are probably in their upper 20's great family! they three little boys way cool kids. So we have been kinda teaching them a lot and they show a lot of interest they are reading the Book of Mormon and everything the only thing that is hard for them is coming to church, since he works on Sundays. We told him of the story that happened with some members that asked to change schedules so that they could go to church, the wife's was able to change, but the husband quit his job but found another one that week that was better. Way cool story. But we extended the baptismal date to them this week they said they will be baptized once they get to know the church more. So we are praying that he will be coming to church soon. Also we have Benjamin the guys that is a "member" but we have to re-baptize him since we cant find his records or anything. We should be baptizing him hopefully this week so that should be exciting. Also working with a lady named Viviana Monte, we are only able to go over there when her husbands not home because he wont allow her to listen to the missionaries or go to church. So frustrating why are people so hard like that they don't get it, what would it harm? but anyways her little nine year old committed suicide 2 years ago it was so hard for her she had no belief in God or anything. Then her aunt and uncle our members so they started talking to here and finally let the missionaries come over they helped her a lot she would easily be baptized if her husband wasn't so hard. we are going to continue to pray that one day he will soften up. The little boy already has his temple work done which is really cool. She is such a cool lady she will be baptized one day i know it!

Well i hope all goes well i will let you know what happens with where i am going this next week. Oh it was really cool this past week we had interviews with President. He said that i am one of the few missionaries he can trust and doesn't need to worry about it made me really happy and felt really honored for him to say that! I love our mission president he is such a cool guy! Well love you all have a good week and CTR!

Elder Smart