Saints Vs Saints

 Dear Family,

       As most of you probably now a tropical storm was headed my direction this past weekend. To be honest it was one of the most underwhelming moments in my life! The news and members that called or text us told us to all watch out and our mission president even told us to stay inside. The day before we had been talking to a member and he said he always gets frustrated when the storms end up not doing anything because people go crazy. So, on Saturday when we were expecting the storm nothing happened. It sprinkled for like ten minutes and then it was sunshine the next two days. I was a little disappointed.
      Anyway the week was overall pretty good. On Monday we hung out at the apartment because it was raining all day and then we went out to visit some less actives and to go tracting. The first person we met with was a man from India who said his family was the first to be baptized in New Delhi that were Indian. He said his father was the first branch president and his sister was the first missionary from India. He says he is too busy for church and he tries to hide that he smokes but I really hope that we can give him some support and help him get a desire to come back. After visiting with Bro. Das we went to a neighborhood and knocked on some doors.  Most people would yell at us through the door to go away or would open the door look down and say they were catholic and didn't need us there. Another big factor was that the Saints game was on and oh do the people here love their Saints! Once we were done with a few houses we met with one man watching the game and as we began he said that her believes in the Bible, but thinks that there is something missing from it. We gave him the Book of Mormon and told him that it contains a fullness of the Gospel and that he can find what he is looking for in that book. We haven't been able to see him again but I hope he has read and wants us to come back to teach him.
       Tuesday we visited with a member and then did family history for three hours at the church.
Wednesday we met with our regular less actives and a few members to teach them, Thursday was service at the Reitz helping them put laminate flooring in their small bathroom. I was expecting it to take a couple of hours but we were there all day. Us missionaries were pretty clueless on what to do and the member and less active weren't very effective at giving us direction. It was fun to be there and was a good time to bring the spirit into their home for the day.
Friday was a crazy day because we were expecting a storm to come and baptize our area but nothing happened. We tried to visit a few different people but no one answered their doors and ended up eating with some members that night.We had cafe Rio type of food and were sent home with leftovers so that was great.
Saturday and Sunday were both taken up by conference. It was refreshing to hear from the leaders of the church and to be strengthened by them. My favorite talk was given by one from Papa New Guinea.
       I'm doing great and am learning so much. I love it here and today the weather is perfect. I hope the snow isn't causing too much trouble! I love you all and appreciate your prayers!
Love Elder Smith