Dear Family,
It's been a pretty fun week this week so ill let you know what's been going on. First off we were thinking that we were going to spend a good time of our week helping a member move into her new apartment but she got sick this week and so we didn't do anything. Instead we went to her Mom's house everyday and taught her and her niece. It's kind of fun teaching a really young person just because she is so willing to accept everything we teach. We watched the Restoration video with each of them and as we watched the part of the first vision she kept saying, "Its so Beautiful!" that was just super funny, just saying girly things. So, we have just been trying to get her to understand principles like what a prophet is and what the Priesthood is. Then we ask their mother to explain things and I'm surprised at what she remembers. The mother, I think sometime plays like she doesn't get things but deep down she is really focused because she knows how important it all is. The one member that is going to be moving in a few days or maybe weeks, won't be with her niece anymore. Once that all settles we are going to figure out if the neice can be baptized. Her mom is ok with us teaching her and everything but I don't know how supportive she will be for rides and just helping with the little things like prayer and scripture study. That's something we really need to get a plan for. A funny story from this week, would be, when we were going home after teaching the two of them. Elder Jones and I hadn't eaten all day so he decided to buy us some chicken. On the way home he bought a ten piece bucket and once we got it we raced home. It had just been raining, so we didn't want to get everything all soaked. When we got home and open the box we realize that they gave us 3 extra pieces of chicken and an extra biscuit. Elder Jones wa really excited because he had used all his money to buy us lunch. So we started eating all the chicken and biscuits, spent a few minutes resting and then went to see a less active. As soon as we walked in the door he asked us if we ate chicken and then asked if it was from Church's haha, We must have really stunk, if he could even tell what place the chicken came from. so that was pretty funny. Speaking of him we have been able to see him more often and he asked us to remind him to read his scriptures everyday. We have all committed to study the Book of Mormon searching for a particular precept.

Concerning this record the Prophet Joseph Smith said: “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.”

So I chose to study looking for gratitude, Elder Jones picked charity, and Benjamin picked peace. Its been great to see just how grateful the Prophets are in the Book of Mormon and to see what they are grateful for. I have learned a lot, and it hasn't even been very long. This week we are excited to see everyone again and to just really enjoy the heating up summer . . . not really (well just the heating up we actually are really excited to see everyone again). Well I love and miss everybody!
Love, Elder Smith