Scorpion Pepper, hottest in the world!
Monday, October 28, 2013
Family!
Thank you for the emails and good news from home. Mom, I did not get the package yet, but I'm sure I will today or tomorrow. You can start sending mail to the Rosequists home now, and thanks in advance for sending the package.
First off, on Wednesday we had a big leadership training meeting that all the zone leaders went to and some district leaders. Brother Donaldson and someone else came down form the missionary department in Salt Lake to give us about a 5 hour training haha. Brother Donaldson is one of the mission president's that was in San Diego during the filming of The District. He is a pretty cool guy. Excellent teacher! We learned a lot from him. He came down las Monday to spend some time with President Ahlander and also go on exchanges with the AP's. His partner went on exchanges with some Zone leaders, luckily he didn't pick us haha. It would have been cool to go with him though, his partner was the one that gave our In-field orientation when I was in the the MTC, so I recognized him right away, he'a an excellent teacher as well. We will now give a training to the Zone tomorrow on all the things they taught. It should go pretty well. Oh and he did talk about Ipads....The official word is that we won't get ipads until maybe next May or June. Right before I go home. But Brother Donaldson has a lot of say in who gets them first so he says he'll put in a good word for us haha.
Another cool thing that happened this week, we met with a LA guy in the ward, Mike Ozosky, and we found out that Joseph Smith is his 4th or 5th grandpa. Direct descendant! Pretty cool. He's a great guy and still has a strong testimony of the church but stopped going because of certain challenges he had in life. I hope to be able to meet with him more. The third thing I will write about is the most painful....literally, haha. So during my time on my mission I have tried some pretty hot peppers and hot sauce and gotten used to some of them. So I ate a Scorpion pepper the other day, apparently it is as hot or hotter than a ghost pepper, which is one of the hottest on the world! WOW is all I can say, it was an experience haha. It's all good though, it was all fun and games, and I'm still alive haha. Bruce, I want to see you eat one when I get home. Mom it kind of reminded me of the time we gave hot peppers to those missionaries at our house, but those have nothing on these! haha
Anyways, all is going well and thanks again for all the love an support. I hope everyone has a great Halloween week and stays safe. We are going to a trunk or treat on Wednesday and just staying with the Rosequists for Halloween, so I'm excited about that. I Love you all! Love Elder Smith
Thank you for the emails and good news from home. Mom, I did not get the package yet, but I'm sure I will today or tomorrow. You can start sending mail to the Rosequists home now, and thanks in advance for sending the package.
First off, on Wednesday we had a big leadership training meeting that all the zone leaders went to and some district leaders. Brother Donaldson and someone else came down form the missionary department in Salt Lake to give us about a 5 hour training haha. Brother Donaldson is one of the mission president's that was in San Diego during the filming of The District. He is a pretty cool guy. Excellent teacher! We learned a lot from him. He came down las Monday to spend some time with President Ahlander and also go on exchanges with the AP's. His partner went on exchanges with some Zone leaders, luckily he didn't pick us haha. It would have been cool to go with him though, his partner was the one that gave our In-field orientation when I was in the the MTC, so I recognized him right away, he'a an excellent teacher as well. We will now give a training to the Zone tomorrow on all the things they taught. It should go pretty well. Oh and he did talk about Ipads....The official word is that we won't get ipads until maybe next May or June. Right before I go home. But Brother Donaldson has a lot of say in who gets them first so he says he'll put in a good word for us haha.
Another cool thing that happened this week, we met with a LA guy in the ward, Mike Ozosky, and we found out that Joseph Smith is his 4th or 5th grandpa. Direct descendant! Pretty cool. He's a great guy and still has a strong testimony of the church but stopped going because of certain challenges he had in life. I hope to be able to meet with him more. The third thing I will write about is the most painful....literally, haha. So during my time on my mission I have tried some pretty hot peppers and hot sauce and gotten used to some of them. So I ate a Scorpion pepper the other day, apparently it is as hot or hotter than a ghost pepper, which is one of the hottest on the world! WOW is all I can say, it was an experience haha. It's all good though, it was all fun and games, and I'm still alive haha. Bruce, I want to see you eat one when I get home. Mom it kind of reminded me of the time we gave hot peppers to those missionaries at our house, but those have nothing on these! haha
Anyways, all is going well and thanks again for all the love an support. I hope everyone has a great Halloween week and stays safe. We are going to a trunk or treat on Wednesday and just staying with the Rosequists for Halloween, so I'm excited about that. I Love you all! Love Elder Smith
Monday, October 21, 2013
Family!
What a great week it has been! I appreciate the letters and word from home, good news about Dad, and I am glad you are feeling better Mom. I'm happy to hear about the kids and the Lexie remembers me, I can't wait to get to know them again! Oh, and Dad I was in the mission office the other day and was peeking into the folder of the new missionaries coming out soon haha, but I saw someone from Rexburg and I just realized that is could have been Bishop Westwood's nephew, maybe, what was his name? I'll look for him soon.
So to update you on the week, the meeting we had about the Gladys Knight program was really good but she wasn't there...kind of a downer,but we will see her on the 7th at the concert. Janell, you could come down to it if you want...haha, but not really because you have to bring a non member to go...
This week I was able to go on exchanges with the assistants to the president on Wednesday, it was a great day! I went to their area with Elder Torgersen and their area is kind of in the ghetto, so we had some cool experiences. It's so different from our area, cause there's always people walking on the street that will listen to you. But it was a good day. Yesterday was also very good, we had a lesson cancel so we went tracting, it was one of those times that we just randomly stopped at a street and decided to tract it real quick, well we met Jeremy who seemed pretty interested and we gave him a Book of Mormon. He was like, "so what's the best way to teach this stuff to my kid?" Then of course we said we can come back to reach them all together haha, so hopefully we can teach them this week and have success with that. We have had some cool experiences this week that I'll always remember, and I wouldn't get them if I wasn't here. Experiences that you'll have to ask me about when I get home, ha. I'm so glad that I'm here right now doing this work.
It's so great. Jesus Christ never said it would be easy when he was charging his apostles to go and preach, he said it would be hard, and it is. But the rewards are so worth it, I know they are, and I know the Gospel is true.
Thanks again to everyone for the things you do for me and the love you have. I hope things go well this week, and my prayers go to everyone back home. Love Elder Smith
What a great week it has been! I appreciate the letters and word from home, good news about Dad, and I am glad you are feeling better Mom. I'm happy to hear about the kids and the Lexie remembers me, I can't wait to get to know them again! Oh, and Dad I was in the mission office the other day and was peeking into the folder of the new missionaries coming out soon haha, but I saw someone from Rexburg and I just realized that is could have been Bishop Westwood's nephew, maybe, what was his name? I'll look for him soon.
So to update you on the week, the meeting we had about the Gladys Knight program was really good but she wasn't there...kind of a downer,but we will see her on the 7th at the concert. Janell, you could come down to it if you want...haha, but not really because you have to bring a non member to go...
This week I was able to go on exchanges with the assistants to the president on Wednesday, it was a great day! I went to their area with Elder Torgersen and their area is kind of in the ghetto, so we had some cool experiences. It's so different from our area, cause there's always people walking on the street that will listen to you. But it was a good day. Yesterday was also very good, we had a lesson cancel so we went tracting, it was one of those times that we just randomly stopped at a street and decided to tract it real quick, well we met Jeremy who seemed pretty interested and we gave him a Book of Mormon. He was like, "so what's the best way to teach this stuff to my kid?" Then of course we said we can come back to reach them all together haha, so hopefully we can teach them this week and have success with that. We have had some cool experiences this week that I'll always remember, and I wouldn't get them if I wasn't here. Experiences that you'll have to ask me about when I get home, ha. I'm so glad that I'm here right now doing this work.
It's so great. Jesus Christ never said it would be easy when he was charging his apostles to go and preach, he said it would be hard, and it is. But the rewards are so worth it, I know they are, and I know the Gospel is true.
Thanks again to everyone for the things you do for me and the love you have. I hope things go well this week, and my prayers go to everyone back home. Love Elder Smith
Monday, October 14, 2013
Hey Family!
Thanks for the letter with the leafs Mom, haha. Elder Parker thought that was funny! But it's good to see something else other than desert plants! Also, thanks for the update on things, I'm glad Mason is saying a few words, and good job Lexie for making 3 goals! The home that I am staying in has a lady that quilts, and I was talking to her about the quilts you are making Mom, and that is cool to do that for the poor. She also makes a great danish breakfast item, called Ebelskivers, you should look it up and try it. It is good.
Anyways, the week has gone well. We are having a little difficulty with one investigator, she is really doubting the Book of Mormon and keeps canceling on us, then rescheduling, kind of on a roller coaster right now. Hopefully things will work out and our other investigators are super hard to meet with right now, so we have faith that we will find someone this week. We have been going on exchanges with some of the zone lately, or splits. Something cool this week was that I went with Elder Cook in his area and we rode our bikes past Chum Lee's house, the guy off of the show Pawn Stars. They have tried talking to him but haven't caught him home yet. I thought it was pretty cool! haha. We are actually having a fireside the beginning of next month and I told him to invite him. The fireside will be the Saints Unified Voices with Gladys Knight, and she will be meeting with all of us this Thursday to brief us on how it will go and how to deal with all the people. So that's pretty exciting!
So things are going onward, pressing forward! I hope you all have a great week, be safe and well. I love you all, thanks again for what you do for me!
Love Elder Smith
Thanks for the letter with the leafs Mom, haha. Elder Parker thought that was funny! But it's good to see something else other than desert plants! Also, thanks for the update on things, I'm glad Mason is saying a few words, and good job Lexie for making 3 goals! The home that I am staying in has a lady that quilts, and I was talking to her about the quilts you are making Mom, and that is cool to do that for the poor. She also makes a great danish breakfast item, called Ebelskivers, you should look it up and try it. It is good.
Anyways, the week has gone well. We are having a little difficulty with one investigator, she is really doubting the Book of Mormon and keeps canceling on us, then rescheduling, kind of on a roller coaster right now. Hopefully things will work out and our other investigators are super hard to meet with right now, so we have faith that we will find someone this week. We have been going on exchanges with some of the zone lately, or splits. Something cool this week was that I went with Elder Cook in his area and we rode our bikes past Chum Lee's house, the guy off of the show Pawn Stars. They have tried talking to him but haven't caught him home yet. I thought it was pretty cool! haha. We are actually having a fireside the beginning of next month and I told him to invite him. The fireside will be the Saints Unified Voices with Gladys Knight, and she will be meeting with all of us this Thursday to brief us on how it will go and how to deal with all the people. So that's pretty exciting!
So things are going onward, pressing forward! I hope you all have a great week, be safe and well. I love you all, thanks again for what you do for me!
Love Elder Smith
Monday, October 7, 2013
Family!
It sure was a great conference weekend. I loved all the talks and they truly did answer questions that the world has, but might not realize it. I agree with you Mom, if only they played those talks on the evening news or something like that! How great would that be? One thing--we got a pretty food laugh at was the fly that was flying around a speakers face during the Sunday afternoon session, it landed on his nose and we busted up laughing ha, felt bad for him but what are the chances of that! I forgot his name, but it starts with a V and he's in the 70. We watched all the sessions at the Rosequists, as they were in Wyoming this past weekend for a funeral. And we had a couple other missionaries come over so it was great. But we did go to the church for the priesthood session, tradition! Sunday morning I got up and made a bunch of crepes, and then we cooked them and had a great breakfast! The perks of living with members haha!
So this week has been a little discouraging but it's been alright. We had I think 6 lessons scheduled and 4 of them cancelled. This happens but its always disappointing. I know this week will be better though. One investigator lost his job and had a minor surgery, so things are kind of on hold with him. And we are teaching a girl this evening. This past Wednesday was our Mission leadership council with President Ahlander, which means our Zone training meeting will be tomorrow. We have it pretty well planned out so I'm excited. And Mom I'll remember to buy doughnuts or something for the zone tomorrow. Thanks again for that. We go on exchanges with each district leader in the zone and with the Assistants to the President so we start that this week as well. So things are cruising along here as usual and I hope things go well for all of you this week too. The weather is starting to cool down and it's usually in the 60's at night which feels amazing, but I'm starting to feel like a wimp because I think I'm used to the heat now...haha never thought that would happen. Can't believe there's already been snow fall in Wyoming!
Well I love you all and hope you have a great week.
Elder Smith
PS I am sending a picture of a cool stairway in the home I am living in. It has Jade in it with LED lights behind it to show through, kinda hard to explain, but really cool. Great craftsmanship.
It sure was a great conference weekend. I loved all the talks and they truly did answer questions that the world has, but might not realize it. I agree with you Mom, if only they played those talks on the evening news or something like that! How great would that be? One thing--we got a pretty food laugh at was the fly that was flying around a speakers face during the Sunday afternoon session, it landed on his nose and we busted up laughing ha, felt bad for him but what are the chances of that! I forgot his name, but it starts with a V and he's in the 70. We watched all the sessions at the Rosequists, as they were in Wyoming this past weekend for a funeral. And we had a couple other missionaries come over so it was great. But we did go to the church for the priesthood session, tradition! Sunday morning I got up and made a bunch of crepes, and then we cooked them and had a great breakfast! The perks of living with members haha!
So this week has been a little discouraging but it's been alright. We had I think 6 lessons scheduled and 4 of them cancelled. This happens but its always disappointing. I know this week will be better though. One investigator lost his job and had a minor surgery, so things are kind of on hold with him. And we are teaching a girl this evening. This past Wednesday was our Mission leadership council with President Ahlander, which means our Zone training meeting will be tomorrow. We have it pretty well planned out so I'm excited. And Mom I'll remember to buy doughnuts or something for the zone tomorrow. Thanks again for that. We go on exchanges with each district leader in the zone and with the Assistants to the President so we start that this week as well. So things are cruising along here as usual and I hope things go well for all of you this week too. The weather is starting to cool down and it's usually in the 60's at night which feels amazing, but I'm starting to feel like a wimp because I think I'm used to the heat now...haha never thought that would happen. Can't believe there's already been snow fall in Wyoming!
Well I love you all and hope you have a great week.
Elder Smith
PS I am sending a picture of a cool stairway in the home I am living in. It has Jade in it with LED lights behind it to show through, kinda hard to explain, but really cool. Great craftsmanship.
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