March 26th 2018

This week has been one of anxiety. Because changes have been coming up, everyone kind of starts to freak out a little bit because no one knows if they are staying or going. And I have had just about everyone tell me that Im going to the offices down in saltillo. Which I really didnt want to do right away, because we have several investigators that we are really working hard with. I want to see them through till the end. President gave us a call on sunday and Elder Sabey and I were freaking out because that usually means someone is leaving to train or to maybe to be a leader (neither thing was something we wanted). But he just ended up calling us to see how we were doing and to ask for our weekly numbers. I was freaking out like crazy as was Sabey. But we made it through. Both of us for the mean time will be staying out in the wonderful little Mexican town of Muzquiz. Pretty exciting. This week unfortunantly we had 6 baptismal days fall through. 4 of them were super promising and it was sad for them to say that they dont feel ready, but we were able to move it. They still want to be baptized and they are loving the church as well as the gospel. They are super receptive. I love working with them. Its a mom and 3 little girls. They are all super awesome. We are still out here working really hard. We had elders Cebollero and Villarauz come over from Palau and help us find some new investigators. And so we found 19 new investigators in one day. It was super crazy. Those guys are such good missionaries, its so much fun to work with them. I feel like overall Im moving forward in a really positive way. There are days when I wake up and just dont think I can do it, but after reading in the Book of Mormon, I always feel more ready tto go out and work. That book is so true. It helps me every single day, and changes my life in so many ways. Im so grateful for it and the testimony that I have recieved from it. Im also so grateful for the opportunity I have to share it with the people of Mexico. Day by day its becoming more and more of a new home to me. I love it here, and I love being a missionary, even though it can be super hard. Elder Smith