No News is Not Always Good News...

Hello wonderful family!

Good news! I didn't mugged this week. I also didn't witness a mugging which is good too! I also didn't get transferred which is also good! I also get to stay with Elder Binford which is super good! We also get a new companionship in Windsor which is very good! They get our car which isTHEY GET OUR CAR?!!!??! Are you kidding me? That is...less good. Oh well. So as of Tuesday afternoon we no longer have a car. Its bus passes and bikes from here on out....and I thought not getting a call last night was good news. Ha. But the work moves forward! We just need to be more effective planners and just think of all the people we will get to talk with now! They can't use the bus to get away from us. This will be fun. :) I hope.

So before I forget I should tell you about the miracle last week. This one happened on Monday night when we  met with Al Russell. We have been working with him for four ish months and it has been an absolute miracle from the start. We had an amazing lesson with him about repentance and changing who we are to be more like Christ. This man has overcome a figurative mountain of challenges on his path to baptism and as of Monday night he has conquered them all. He is a completely changed man and he is more than excited for his baptism this Sunday. :) God is so very good. Miracle. 

This week was crazy. Appointments cancelled all over the place and more rejection. Sigh. Such is the life of a missionary. The week was thus rather uneventful until Sunday. Al came to church and is still very excited to be baptized and everything should go well with that. He has invited 30 of his friends to come so it should be very well attended. I am baptizing him and giving the talk on the Holy Ghost after. He was very happy to hear that I was staying. :) Cedric came to church and had a great time. He loved meeting all the "nice, happy friends" and was able to feel and recognize the Spirit in the Sunday school lesson. Even better is that he is looking for a job and there are a few members in the ward who are now on the hunt too and even have some promising leads. We have been praying that he will find a job because that is what he is praying for. It is so cool to see prayers answered. He also accepted a baptismal date for next month and is super ready to work toward it. He is super sweet. We had another miracle that day. Halfway through sacrament meeting, a member walked in with two women who, she explained, were coming for the first time. They are from Kyrgyzstan? and one of them, Rebecca, only speaks Russian and was going to church there. She wasn't baptized but really likes the church and wants to continue to learn more. The other woman is Leila who is her relative of some sort who lives in Windsor and also wants to learn! Crazy! We talked with them and they are interested and they even stayed for all three hours. The sad part is that we didn't get their number and we have no way to contact them...so they aren't investigators because we haven't met with them and for all we know we may never see them again...frustrating. God will provide.  

Well I am out of time. It was a great week and I still love being a missionary. I should have some fun stories from bus adventures next week so be on the look out. :) Have a great week and remember who you are! Do good things!

Love,

Elder E. Smith