Get pumped people, because this is the first email sent from my IPad! Whatever the issue was with the email, it's fixed now. Yay! Plus, tomorrow is my 2 month mark for my mission so far. Whoah!
Things are still slow here in Smyrna, but things are going well. The weather is changing, and it has gotten much cloudier. Last week, it was 80's-90's every day. Now, it's still in the 80's....but with clouds...very muggy. Elder A and I are doing well, and we are still working hard. Last Monday night we met this awesome guy named O. He is way interested, and we have another lesson with him tonight, for which I am pumped, because he is awesome! This week we have been doing lots of tracting, and we have a lot of potentials. But, let me tell you about our two most awesome experiences this week.
On Tuesday, we had a lesson with H. We taught him the rest of the Plan of Salvation, and invited him to be baptized on October 10th. He said that he would, and he really wants to, but he physically can't. It's the weirdest thing! He has been undergoing dialysis, and he has a cord/wire thing that goes straight to his heart. If the cord gets wet, it would kill him. So, if we baptize him, he would literally die. It's so crazy! And he really wants to be baptized! We asked President Andersen what we could do, and he didn't know, so he sent an email to Salt Lake, and hopefully we'll have a solution next week. In the meantime we will continue to teach him, and do all that we can to prepare him.
Our other exciting thing this week was meeting M. Last week, Elder A and I were looking through the area book, and we found all of these people that had been taught the first 4 lessons, and we're progressing, but all of the sudden dropped off the face of the earth! And they all live in Murfreesboro. So, Elder A and I are trying to find them all. On Thursday we found M. We started teaching about the Restoration and the spirit was just super strong. She said that what we were teaching was familiar, and that she wanted us to come back. We asked about the Book of Mormon, and she said that she had one and that she was reading it! (What?!) It was just super cool. I'm not sure what happened with the last few sets of missionaries, but she seems absolutely golden. What a blessing to find her!
On Sunday, I was furiously typing up my talk on the way to church, because that was the only time I had to do it. It was a good talk though. I talked about making time to read the scriptures, and the blessings of seeking first the kingdom of God. Many members thanked me for my talk afterwards, and one of them, Hermano F., said that I speak better Spanish than him, which made me laugh, cuz it's not true. My Spanish is getting better though. Just trying to improve every day!
Even though the work is slow and difficult here, it truly is the Lord's work. I'm blessed to be serving with Elder A here in these areas. Hope all is well with y’all, the church is true!
Love,
Elder Mitchell
Pictures from his apartment:
His companion Elder A
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