Hey Family! It's great to hear about the week and the fun that it sounded like you had. I missed being there for Memorial Day and especially missed our regular camping trip, even though you didn't go this year. Thanks so much for the package Mom, I almost have too many chocolates now haha. and for the Rubrics cube, it's just something to do when we have some free time, a lot of missionaries have them. I didn't get the video of Charlie, but I liked the one of Lexie. Tell Alex he is definitely a trooper!  Tell him I'm hoping and praying for him.
Well, today was great at the temple, I Love the Las Vegas temple!!  It's so great to be able to go through every time and feel the abundance of Spirit that is there. We are anxious for President Black to go home soon, he is such an amazing guy, I love  him. He always has a joke for us when he talks I don't know how he always comes up with them haha. He will be missed, as this was his last temple trip for the mission.  But the trip today was much needed today and brightened our spirits. This week has been a little rough with Elder White, but trying to work through it, he's going to a councilor to help him with some things, help him deal with the mission life. This is the most challenging companionship yet, but I am grateful for the time I have to improve myself and be more Christ like in every situation. I can definitely see how missionaries are more prepared for what hits them in life, and I strive to push through and improve my relationships with everyone. I thank our Father in Heaven for this ride of a lifetime that I am on to help better myself.
Vincent is doing well, he is moving to the next stake over. So we will have to pass him off to the other missionaries after we help him move tomorrow. He's great though, he bought a nice suit last week just to wear to church. We hope he will continue to go and progress in the Gospel.  The other person we were teaching, Rob, is moving as well, so we now need to hit the streets and find more people to teach. The weather is definitely warming up so I'm grateful for the car that we have, it makes things a whole lot easier, we will still ride our bikes once or twice a week just to save miles on the car and talk to people on the street more. But I'm still loving the area, this is probably the only area that has a Buddhist Monastery, a Hooters restaurant, and an LDS church within the same ward boundaries haha!  It's a good area though.
Love Elder Smith