July

Family!
Thank you for the update on home, I'm so sorry to hear about Dad having pneumonia, that's terrible news. I hope and pray that he feels better soon and that any medicine will cooperate and do what it needs to .  I'm grateful for the videos of Charlie and Lexie and Mason, they are all so cute and I hope they have a fun 4th of July. It sounds like Mom has a ton of food for everyone so that's good, if only I were there, right?! I'm looking forward to the 4th though to see the fireworks in the area. Apparently the strip puts on a huge show off the top of the hotels, like they do at New Years, so we should be able to see it pretty well from here.
It has been so HOT this week! If you paid attention to the weather here at all you know it was in the 110-120 degree range. They were wondering if Death Valley would set a record. I don't know if it did or not. But our car said 120 a couple days ago. So it'll be a normal thing for the next couple months! This morning we hiked to some caves that are pretty close to our area, so I have some pictures of that I'll send...sorry that they are blurry...it's my camera, not the photographer haha. I'm excited for transfers tonight though, as you know, Elder White will be transferred and my new companion will be Elder Powers. I hope and pray that I will be the best leader I can be this next transfer and magnify my calling. We had the meeting with our new mission president on Thursday, President and Sister Ahlander are so great! I already know they will do great things for this mission. They cracked a lot of jokes during their presentation about themselves and did a great job, so I'm excited to have them lead us as a mission. Mom Thanks so much for the family history stories, I loved them. Especially the one Grandma Birch wrote, that was great, I appreciate all of you and the words of support and encouragement. I hope everyone has a great holiday. Stay safe and have fun together. Take pictures for me! Love Elder Smith, I love you.