Foreshadowing much?

Elder Smith and Elder Hanks

Oi familia Tudo Bem?

   It has been another Blessed week in the CTM and it is so much fun serving up here among our brothers and sisters to the north.  This week was busy with Exchanges, Doctors Appointments, Interviews with president, and as well as splits on Sunday it was a busy week.  We made it through though, rain, shine, and Snow!  Another Crazy but fun week here up north.  

  To begin we had a wonderful Wednesday with interviews with our president.  We talked about a lot of important things and it has prompted a lot of reflection and thought for which I am grateful.  It also was the same day that I got to go on Exchanges with Elder Hanks.  He is from Draper Utah most recently but his family is moving up to Bountiful next month.  He is probably a familiar face from ICANDO as well as he was a scholarship dancer at Ballet West Acadamy for two years.  He is a wonderful missionary that is very humble and willing to learn.  He hasn't been out on a mission for very long but he has a desire to learn and is very aware of what he needs to improve.  One of those skills is contacting and learning to talk to everyone so that is what we did the entire day. To start off we dropped by a former and they weren't home. So we decided to contact fifteen people in the area before we went to our dinner appointment. It was a lot of fun and we ended up talking to more people than I have in a while. Most of them were not interested and we handed out lots of cards and then the last person we talked to was interested and we were able to set up a return appointment. It was super cool to just see the success of our labors and we had so much fun. It has got me thinking a lot about doing the Lord's will and really just being diligent and doing all that you can so that things can happen even in Portuguese.

   Other than that the past couple of days have been pretty uneventful for me.  Friday we spent like four hours at the Clinic for Elder Gomez, and then Sunday I spent all day basically on splits with different members.  We decided to try and go to two different wards in the same time slot so I went to the Cambridge Ward with our ward mission leader Brother Winlow and my companions went and ate cake and taught our investigator down in Brantford.  After they got back they picked me up and rushed off to drop me off with another member to help do his home teaching.  So in total I spent about 9 hours with out my companions.  We were finally reunited at dinner with our bishop and then a great Stake Priesthood meeting.  That is about it for this week though.  It was weird though Saturday was probably the day that I felt most just like a regular member of the ward not a missionary which I don't know if that is a bad thing.  

   Anywhom on to questions. 

1. What was the funnest thing you did this week?

It was an appointment with our new convert that I missed because of exchanges. 

2. What was the best thing you ate this week?

probably Spaghetti on Monday. 

3. Did you meet anyone new and/or interesting this week?

I met some pretty cool people on Wednesday when we were contacting.  I met a Muslim guy that is starting a vape and pot smoking accessory store and trying to relate it to his religion.  That was fun. 

4. What are your pday plans?

We are going bowling and then playing soccer. 

5. How have you worked together with your companions to further your goals?

We have been talking about the things we are going to try to change to make it so that we can hit our goals and break out of the cycles that we are in. 

6. How are your investigators?

They are doing well.

7. What tender mercies did you witness this week?

We were fed almost every day and there are always conveniently located Tim Horton's Locations. 

8. What have you been studying lately?

Repentance and the Sacrament as a way to purification.  As well as repentance as a fundamental principle.  I also am studying about patience. 

9. How was your interview with President Shields?

It was good.  We talked about how we needed new Portuguese Elders and that was about it.  Pretty short. 

10. What are you looking forward to this week?

It is supposed to be warm as well as we are going to hopefully have two baptismal Interviews for our investigators to get baptized next week. 

Well Love you all!

Loves,

Elder Smith