Wk 76 - 16 de nov

Companion: Elder Andrade
Area: Penco

this week has been so fast!! today i had a bunch of things to do so i feel rushed! haha i had to take out my carnet(it is like an ID here). i had to renew it. 

i am doing really good. with all the investigators we are doing good. we are finding a lot but there are only 2 that looks like they are going to progress. jorge will be preparing to be baptized the 28th of nov so that will be exciting. as well we got a referral from an other sector because there was a person that has gone to there church like 3 times and wants to be baptized but she lives in our sector so we will end up teaching her. so thats pretty cool!

This past week on friday we went to talcahuano because my comp took an english test. i had to wait for him for like 4 hours while he took the test. i think i fell asleep some of the time..haha my comp had to take that test because he is going to study at byu so it requires him to take the test. it was a long time for me to do nothing... haha.

every week seems to be going by fast and i am loving life as a missionary even though it is crazy at times. this past week as well we did service and i had to use a huge hammer and smash some cemente. i was pretty sore in my hands and forearms after doing it but it was way fun!! it was a good work out!! haha it was a good week!! 

i love you guys and i know this is the true church WITHOUT DOUBT. i have felt that over and over again! have a wonderful week family!!

elder smoot 

Wk 75 - nov 9th

Companion: Elder Andrade
Area: Penco

a pic of my sector

service with pablo and luch with him as well 

well isnt time going so faaast!!! i dont really like it!! haha! thursday this past week i thought it was monday still... i dont even know why.. haha but this week was super awesome and i had such a good time!! 

where we cooked our lunch in a mud oven and the activity today

 i was running with some elders in the woods!!

the pool the guys showed us and the view we had

the tunnel with my 4th cousin.
elder anderson is a relative through abraham owen smoot and he is cool guy!

today we did a zone activity and it was so sick!! we went to a beach and played football and soccer and volleyball! i made a fire and cooked some sausage things and we hate it like a hot dog. it was way sick! we had to hike forever to get to the beach and back! we had to go through a tunnel that was way old and i could see jack squat! haha it was way fun! i love hiking!! when we got to the beach today there was some guy standing by a weird platform and told us to go over there and so we went over there and he just wanted to show us a sick pool and a hot tub by the beach. it was so sweet!!! 

 

well this past week jorge our investigator didnt go to church but we talked to him yesterday and it was because he had to leave at the last second to go to his aunts house but he will go for sure this next week. he is planning to be baptized the 28th of nov. now. He is a way cool kid and the young men in our ward are inviting him to activities and seminary and jorge goes at times!!

well i am doing super good. i love my comp and you guys as well!!! 

thanks for all your prayers because i definitely feel them!! have a wonderful week!!!

elder smoot

Wk 74 - zona penco

Companion: Elder Andrade
Area: Penco

 thanks for the mustaches

my agenda 

i had some friends from centinela visit me at church
and darwin goes to utah in december jsyk

a bug in our house and the view from the outside.
we live behind this house by the way 

we did service in his back yard. he is planting a garden

i cut pablos hair! haha 

everything is going super good!! this past week something pretty cool happened and it was so sweet!! this past monday after i wrote you guys and i went to the office and everything and i got back home we had to switch out some beds in our house that were broken and we were doing that and i got a call from an elder in the office and he just asked me what i am up to and everything but after he says hey there is someone that wants to talk to you and it was elder sheffield that was in the office and i talked to him for like 2 minutes. he had to go to the office for his companion and i just missed him!! it was still cool to talk to him over the phone! it sounds like he is doing great! 

this past week my comp and i found a few people that are really good. one is a kid that is 15 yrs old and we taught him. his mom is less active and we put a date for his baptism the first appointment and it was sweet. he did go to church yesterday and today i am going to call him to see if he has received an answer yet about the church. we talked to him yesterday and he said he like the church and all so that was good to hear. it helps that one of his friends is the bishops son! he is preparing to be baptized the 21st of nov. 

we have some other people that we are working with but have problems with the word of wisdom. this past sunday as well the church had the biggest attendance i have seen too which is pretty sweet!! 87 people went to church and it was the highest i have ever seen. 

all in all it was a pretty good week and i am loving my time with my comp elder andrade. its crazy how much happiness it brings me to be able to serve in the lords work and i know if i am obedient and i am diligent the lord will bless us with success. i am loving my time here although at times i find myself exhausted a lot!! haha 

love you guys and have wonderful week! 

i hope i wrote enough for you mom!!!;) 

elder smoot

Wk 73 - servicio

Companion: Elder Andrade
Area: Penco

My new comp- Elder Andrade

Pablo

well things are going super good here! My comp and i have put together some goals to work better with the members and i am really excited about this transfer. i know we will find success. my new comp is way cool and tiene una buena onda. he is legit as well. thats got to be a bonus being a zone leader is that all my comps are way good missionaries. and he is from mexico city and he is a very christlike person and finishes his mission in 11 weeks.

this past week we did some service at pablos house which was fun. we ate lunch with him like 3 times this past week! pablo is the guy that leaves with us a lot to work. he as well went to the temple for the first time this past week!! 

i will be sending some pics form the service and last week when i told you about the story from my first sector i actually ran into that family last week!! i will send a picture of them! they now have been members for more than a year!! its pretty crazy!!! 

lorena, ignacio, and diego

i did get the package and the missionaries in my house are happy about it too!! thanks mom for all you do and i want you to know i love you!!!!:)

Wk 72 - cambios

Companion: Elder Rodriguez
Area: Penco

my comp gave me a suit from italia and let me know if you like it!!!;) 

the view i got here in penco

well sorry about the short letter its just i dont have much time because my comp has to be back at the office soon and i have to be with him. but i am staying in my sector and i will be with elder andrade from mexico. i know him and he is a cool guy!! i am excited for the next transfer! 

yes andres did get baptized this past week which is way cool and will be confirmed a member next week!! 

i have some pics i will be sending!!! 

elder smoot

Wk 71 - mini cambio y completaso

Companion: Elder Rodriguez
Area: Penco

Chile Concepcion Temple
ground breaking October 17, 2015

completos at the activity

well this week was way good and today we did an activity and we played soccer and it was way fun. this week we have the chance to watch the ground breaking of the concepcion temple so that will be awesome!!! this week we will be having two baptisms in our ward. one of them is from the other elders fraga and whitman and elder rodriguez and I have a kid who never was baptized and he is 9 years old and he has family that are members that go to church so we will have to organize his baptism this week so it will be cool. I am pretty excited for this week.

the story for mom...(I was asked to share a story in primary next week)

 one day it was raining pretty hard and it is said that nobody will listen to you in the street when it is raining. i was with my companion and he was determined to continue to talk with people in the street. we came across a lady in her thirties and she stopped and it kinda surprised us and she listened and we wrote down her address and we went by another day. that first lesson we talked about her family and how they can be together forever. the spirit was so strong in the lesson and it was at the beginning of my mission so i didnt understand everything completely. I was able to bare my testimony about the families and she was crying at that moment because of some hard times that she was having. the next month she was baptized along with her son and they have now gone to the temple and have done baptisms for the dead. it is cool to see the progress that they have made. the son ignacio has plans to serve a mission when he is older.

Wk 70 - conferencia general

Companion: Elder Rodriguez
Area: Penco

general conference was sweet and i felt the spirit so strong during those sessions. 

I am doing really well. 

our mission president lets us go to chillan to buy soveniours (i dont know how to spell that) and so today i am writing from chillan and soon will head back to my sector. 

this past week we had two people with baptismal dates but none of them came to the general conference which is sad.. one of them is a little kid who is 9 years old and hasn't been baptized yet so we are going to teach him and baptize him this week. his whole family are members it is just that i havent been very well in getting him baptized. so there will be a baptism not this week but the next week so that will be fun. he has been to church a lot of times. it was cool when we went to talk to the family about andres and him getting baptized(the nine year old) and when his mom said yes he can be baptized he started to cry and it was cool to see the kid crying because he was so happy.

today i saw my old companion elder copling and he finishes his mission in a couple weeks and will be back in utah the 20th or something like that. pretty cool and it was good to see him. 

today as well i saw the assistant to the president from marks mission and told me mark is doing really well and it was good to see someone who knows mark! 

well i am glad to hear from you guys and keep up the good work and have a wonderful week!!

elder smoot