Family,

First off--Wow I have a lot of questions to answer --it took me 10 minutes to read all of them, haha!  I'm loving this work, I'm loving the area and I'm so happy to be here.  Thanks for all the letters and the package.  Thanks Michelle for the letters also, tell Aaron he better be writing to me soon!  So me and my companion are getting along really good, he's a little different but I deal with it.  He's really smart though so that's good.  He's from right outside the twin cities in Minnesota, I think, I'm not sure.  He said the average weight gain on this mission is 40 lbs so we'll see haha.  Oh and Janell do you know the Swainstons in Vegas?  We had dinner with Jordi  and his wife and he said you would probably know his grandparents from the other mission.  Anyways so we don't have much lessons or investigators, we're in the process of finding--which is hard work.  We go through both our ward lists, Grand Canyon Ward and Cheyenne Ridge Ward, and visit anyone that looks inactive or part member family.  But we did find Cameron, a 9 year old and his Mom is inactive in the army, but we're gonna start teaching him and his brother Jevon (6) soon.  I'm excited for that.  When I got here we had 2 dates set for baptisms, but both have delayed that.  Shari  has problems smoking so we're really pushing her cause her date is this Saturday.  We're crossing our fingers!  Then the other girl Alison feels kinda pressured so I don't know when her's will be.  My first street I ever tracted was Red Rose, kinda exciting but no luck.  It's hard to tract a lot in our area cause we have about 18 gated communities.  We can get in all of them but as soon as someone tells us to leave we have to leave.  Some of the street names here are so weird like, Deer Field Beach, and Wiggins Bay, and Nutt Creek.  It's odd. haha!  Oh and Dad I want to know Bruce's address to see if he's in my zone.  He's not in my area but maybe my zone.  I'm getting used to the heat but it's really nice that we have a car.  When we tract we get so many water bottles, people might not be interested but we still get water!  I've had a couple doors slammed, that's always a fun time!  Mom. yes you got the right address and my apartments on the main level cause you were wondering.  It's right by the pool!  President and Sister Black are great, they're so nice.  We go to the Rainbow Library to email, then we're going to do a zone activity afterwards.  I hope I've answered most questions, thanks again for the letters and uplifting advice.  I just know I'm loving it here!  And love and miss you all. 
Elder Smith