Week 5: Bridgeton, New Jersey

Whats good! Well this week was pretty darn good! it was hard but good we really haven't had the best weeks lately teaching a lot but i feel we are having good meaningful lessons! WE had a cool experience this week we had set up a return appointment with a former investigator that was being taught like 2 years ago, has been taught like everything. So we went back and when we first got there he just went off like why he didn't continue meeting with is and said like he figured out he needed to do everything on his own and all this stuff. He went into the other room to help kid for a minute and me and Elder Rogers just looked at each other like what the heck are we going to teach where should we take this. We just sat and listened and prayed in our hears. I don't remember what we said but something changed and he just stated smiling when we talked about Prophets and what not. I just got so happy its something you cant describe and he wanted to learn the right way to pray and wanted a Book of Mormon to read it was way cool. We have another appointment tomorrow i hope he has read and prayed but it was a really cool experience. Like really the most spirit guided lesson i have had on my mission. And it was in a time when i needed it cause i was getting frustrated and just started missing people the Lord definitely has his ways! Then i broke my record with people at church this last week we ended up having 7 people at church it was way tight! i was so happy and we got Blanca she is 20 and has two kids and her boyfriend is a less active and she has a strong desire to baptized we are going to work hard with her, we are playing soccer with them tonight. But man it was a good weekend especially after just having things go through my head and ya you know I'm talking about but i love this work, its so worth it and i have the best people supporting me like my parents and Ellie and everyone of my friends and family i love you all! be safe have a good week! Book of Mormon is so true its blue!

Week 4: Brigeton, NJ

Hey everyone! all is good here. Don't have much to say today just this week was a little slower but we had some great lessons and had 3 people come to church! I was able to have an interview with President this week it was super good! He really is the coolest nicest guy, i am glad i am not a burden for him. This week we also received snow finally but now its all gone cause the rain wiped it put, but it has been freezing here, we have been trying to keep warm its not easy ha ha. We also went to a Pentecostal church last night it was nuts! they were yelling in their prayers, playing loud music shouting ha ha made me realize yup their was an apostasy because this is so far away from what Christ would have established. I am so thankful we have the restored truth on the earth it really does bless lives there is not a single thing more important than this work! Its truly amazing. My goal is really tor endure to the end i never will go inactive there is no way! My goal is the temple there is no other thing that really is so important to take my future wife there to be have our family sealed together forever. But right now i gotta try to invite all the people i can to come and receive these same blessings and get them to the temple! Love you all your amazing thanks for all the love and support! 


Elder Smart

Week 3: Bridgeton, New Jersey

Hey everyone!! How was the week? everything is good here its been cold
and not fun to walk in but its been all good.

I actually had a zone conference i went to Tuesday and Wednesday it was super good i learned a ton and it kinda gave me some more motivation to just go out there and work! i am trying to just trust in the lord and lead us wherever we need to go here.


We also had some crazy experiences this last week! Well first off i got kissed on the cheek by this old drunk lady that doesn't have any teeth! She is the mom of one of our investigators, we got out of the house as soon as possible haha. Then also last night one of the locals that we see started yelling and swearing and freaking out at us! some of the things that came out of that mouth were horrible! he was drunk too! Also some drunk guys started crying in front of us and he wouldn't let us leave. We went to a seventh day of dentist church we got starred and bad looks the entire time. ha ha just to many to name off
but it has been good. I love the mission everything is going good. We are seeing a lot of success here and we are moving little by little! but i hope to get a baptism in this area. We have some way cool members. We get free food at a restaurant its awesome. Well oh ya its pretty tiring too ha ha but worth it i fell asleep in a lesson 2 nights ago we had walked around all day and found nothing and i just was out my companion laughing woke me up i felt bad. But i love it nothing better! love you all miss you a ton! be safe have fun and do what's right!






Peace
Elder Smart

Finally more pics from the field!!

Here is little birthday party they had for him..