Dear Family!
This week was not at all what I was expecting. So first off we decided one day, during the middle of our studies, to go get a donut run. As we were walking into walmart we said hi to the security guy standing outside and then got our donuts. As we were walking out of walmart the security guard stopped me and asked who I was. We then got into a conversation and when he realized we were "Mormons" he said he has been studying faiths for the past 10 years looking for truth and wants to learn about ours. We found out he doesn't live in our area so we sent his info to the Laplace Elders. They taught him and his son on Friday and they said he was Golden! haha now being "Golden" is often more of a curse than a blessing because something generally goes drastically wrong, but I hope it doesn't in this case. Plus Elder Jones said, as we were walking to walmart, that we were going to find a family that day. After that the week went pretty good. We had a night with the Elders quorum from our Ward and the Jefferson ward playing some dodgeball. It was awesome to be back to the building I went to in Kenner. I got to see a lot of familiar faces and just see how things were going. We also got to go to the temple which was great and I was able to do the Ordinance for one of my ancestors which was a really good experience. After our session (which got over at about 9 PM) we headed out of the temple to the members car that we were told were giving us a ride home. They showed up in a sedan that only seated five. Needless to say we didn't get home to New Orleans that night. We stayed the night with the Assistants and the office Elders were able to give us a ride home the next morning. After getting back we decided to treat ourselves to some crawfish and we bought about 5 lbs. It wasn't enough for the four of us so this p-day we are going to all buy some for our last p-day this transfer. Also our investigator Drika is still on track to be baptized this week, so our focus has been on that! Well I love and miss you all and hope you are seeing miracles like I am!

Love Elder Smith