Transfers!

Dearest family!

Its that time again, transfers! Elder Hegemann and I got a call from President Scott last night and I am heading off to Windsor, Ontario to be a District Leader. Elder Hegemann is staying here and training a new missionary. My little boy is all grown up. :) It is a very exciting time and I am very excited to set out on this new adventure. That being said, I am going to miss Richmond Hill East very, very much. This past week I finally decided that I love it here and that I know what I am doing and I had a handle on the situation. True to form, as soon as I was comfortable, God saw fit to help me grow again. What fun. :) My new companion is named Elder Wendt and that is all I know about him. More next week. :)

So the area is really blossoming right now. Mary is doing very, very good and is all set to be baptized on the 23rd of this month. She is truly a blessing and a welcome relief from the constant struggle to find people. What a blessing. I am so glad that Elder H gets to stay and baptize her. What a great experience. We found new investigators this week. Two new investigators and two who will be investigators as soon as we set another appointment with them. Very exciting and great to see the area growing. It is awesome to see hard work pay off and to see this area go from one investigator to four with a lot of potential.

I have a new planner now and I usually look back on that to recap the week but, I don't have my old planner. Oops. Memory it is!

Monday: Regular old P-Day. Nothing sticks out in my memory.

Tuesday: Zone Meeting (not to be confused with Zone Conference which happens sometime this month. YAY!) It was really good and I learned a ton. The rest of the day.....not sure.

Wednesday: HA! I usually forget Wednesdays but not this week. This week we found two new investigators and had a super fantastic day. One was a referral from the Zone Leaders and the other from mormon.org. The Zone Leader referral is a Muslim guy who is looking for truth. Not sure if he will be baptized but he is meeting with us. The mormon.org referral is sweet. His name is Jose and he is from Venezuela. His (member) friend back home thought he would be open to a visit so got his info and requested a visit on mormon.org. Haha. He was not expecting us but let us in anyway. He is sweet and I really think he will be open to baptism. Time will tell. It was a really great day.

Thursday: My 6 month mark. I officially turned "old" and felt all reminisce-y all day. Weekly planning and finding all day to no luck. :( Good day though.

Friday: Exchanges. Really good. Learned a ton and had fun.

Saturday: Taught ESL. Taught another mormon.org referral from India. He and his friend are working on a documentary about native American culture and heard about Lamanites and wanted to learn more. He is really nice and very philosophical. The lesson basically turned into a friendly religious discussion. It was fun.

Sunday: Mary came to church and it was awesome. It was a very long day waiting for calls at night but very fun.

All in all it was a great week and a great 12 weeks in Richmond Hill East. I am going to miss it very much here but I'm sure the next adventure is just as great and I will love it too. Yay missions!! I am so happy to be serving and so grateful for the chance I have to devote these two years of my life to God. This church is true, this is God's work and He is a very real participant in it. The Lord knows each and every one of us and loves us perfectly. Everything that we go through is for our benefit and will shape us into men and women for the eternities. I know that God lives and that His son Jesus Christ lives. They love us and care for us. Put your trust in Them and never forget who you are. Work hard and do good things!!

Love,

Elder E. Smith