July 2, 2018
Hello everybody!! Long time no talk! So last
week i wasn't able to send out an email because we were headed to good ole
Boston!! So i just wanted to share a few quick things about week 3, final week
in the mtc and then we will get to boston!!
My last week in MTC was a lot better!! We
were able to go to the temple one last time which was amazing as always! We
then got to hear from the first counselor of the General Relief Society, Sister
Eubank and i really like that she talked about going on a mission and just
being yourself. Everyone has all these little qwerks, interests, and hobbies
that can somehow play into the conversion of someone! i really enjoyed that
thought! ANYWAY!!! THEN THE BEST THING HAPPENED!!! so my last week at the MTC
was the mission president training so the First presidency and quorum of the 12
were all there and all the new mission presidents!!! we got to meet our new
mission pres and that was so neat! Then they had a devotional that night and
all 12 apostles showed up for it!!!! THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED!!!! it was so
amazing and Elder Cook talked to us, it was just all around a great day! For
anyone who was wondering this is what everyone had to say about me, "I've
never met a hick that is so classy" apparently i'm a hick to everyone
because i like dirt biking and trucks ;) okay guess i can see it lol
Anyway i'm sure most of you don't care about
the MTC but wanna see how Boston is!! Flying into Boston i just remember
looking out the window and thinking, "forget yourself and go to
work." it was a really good feeling. SOOOO In short, BOSTON IS SO SO SO
BEAUTIFUL AND SO GREEN!!! I mean it is so pretty here. So the first full day
being here, the elders took us down to a train station and we got to go talk to
people! We only had 10 minutes but it was so much fun and it got me so hyped to
be a missionary! The first gal we talked to, didn't have much interest but then
something clicked and she put her phone down and started listening..but then
she had to catch the bus so we gave her a BOM! The second guy we talked to was
so awesome. We told him about the BOM and he wanted to read it so bad, but he
looked at us and said i have no money.. so i cant buy one from you and we told
him it was free! He was so happy!! We then told him we had to go but we got his
address and number for missionaries in his area to contact him! SUPER
FUN!!!
So my first area is Weston. I am about 45
minutes away from down town Boston and in one of the richest cities in the
world. I MEAN RICH!!! everyone here drives Audis, BMWs, Mercedes, Porsche, and
Teslas! we see them everywhere!! But on the bright side, all the diesels here
are powerstrokes, so ya thats pretty cool;) my comp thinks i'm crazy when i
talk about trucks haha! Anyway my comp is Sister Okumura, she has been out 13
months! she is such a good missionary and so fun to be around! we don't really
have anything in common but we still get along really good!
Thursday I taught my first real lesson!!! We
found this guy named Chuck and we taught him and then invited him to come to
church and he came!! we are meeting with him again this week:) we then went
tracting and i felt like a real missionary!! It poured all day long so the
humidity was 96%!! we had sweat dripping down us and we got every door slammed
in our face haha but it was good because the next day we went to a more poor
area and my comp told me i was going to take lead since i wanted to tract, so i
did! we ended up knocking about 5 doors, gave out 5 BOMS and set up a time to
come back with 3 of them!! IT WAS AWESOME!!
Last but not least, Saturday was an amazing
day! we had a lesson with Denise, and i invited her to be baptized!!! she
accepted and we now have her on date for July 28!! I'm so excited for her!!
Anyway i'm slowly getting adjusted to the missionary life and its only going to
get better! But for now, i hope everyone is doing good! I love you all! cant
believe i have already been out 1 month!! its crazy! but just in case anyone
gets bored and wants to write a letter or something, here is my new address;)
60 North Main Street #5 Natick MA 01760
KEEP ON KEEPIN ON!!!
xoxo. Sista Smoot
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