Elder Smith

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From: shain smith [mailto:shainsmith@myldsmail.net]
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 1:27 PM
To: smiths@snsnv.com; Julie@snsnv.com; snicksmith@gmail.com
Subject: Elder Smith

Hey family how is everyone doing?
I hope really well. Ecuador is doing great. Still hot but we are working hard. We have lots of people to teaching and lots of people right now that are preparing for their baptisms.
The traing experience has been great. My companion is learning a ton and in the process im learning a lot too.
Sounds like everyone at home is doing well. Looking forward to hearing from everyone this week. Love and miss you are a ton.
Love Elder Smith

Elder Smith 8 June 2009

-----Original Message-----
From: shain smith [mailto:shainsmith@myldsmail.net]
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 11:09 AM
To: snicksmith@gmail.com; Julie@snsnv.com; smiths@snsnv.com
Subject: Elder Smith 8 June 2009

Hello Family

How is everyone doing? Doing well I hope. Another week gone by in the mission. This change is going by really fast, already half way with my new companion in the change. We had a good week. We found some really good people this week that are ready to accept the gospel in their lives. We had three different families that assisted church yesterday for the first time so that was really good. There are two people that are preparing for their baptism for june 20 and this week we are going to put a few more baptism dates with the people that are progressing.

Not a whole lot new here. Still hot haha. Everything is going well. I Hope everyone had a good week and that everything went well with graduation. Hope you took a lot of pictures. Looking forward to hearing from everyone next week. Thanks for the packages from the family! Love and miss you all.

Elder Smith

familia de Elder Smith

-----Original Message-----
From: shain smith [mailto:shainsmith@myldsmail.net]
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 2:24 PM
To: smiths@snsnv.com
Subject: familia de Elder Smith

Hey everyone how is everyone doing? really well i hope. Ecuador is doing well as well haha. We are teaching alot of people and helping people to change their lives. my new comp Elder Merchan is doing really well. he is teaching great and learning alot. im doing all that i can to be a good example to him so that he learns right. its kinda of funny because he still speacks spanish from columbia and doesnt understand alot of the ecuatorian words or phrases so he is always asking me what stuff means or how do you say this and i looka t him and say,,hey im the gringo you have to teach me how to speak haha but its good. ive learned that pretty much every country has their own way to speak so when i got home im going ot have to learn how to speak a different spanish.

as far as the people that we are teaching it looks like Liseth is finally going to get baptized. she is the wife of a convet so that would be awsome to see her follow the example of her husband. we have a few other people that arfe progressing and should be ready for there baptisms this month.

a cool experince that we had this week was that last monday we were in a family homw everning and one of there friends asked if we could finish early to give a blessing to a nieghbor because he was really sick and in the morning was going to go the hospital to be operated. we went ot the house and gave the blessing and explained the importance of faith to be able to be healed. He went to the hospital the next day and the doctors couldnt find anything wrong with him and they didnt have to operate. Lots of faith and the power of the priesthood. Glad that we could be instruments in the hands of the Lord. We have an appointment with him and his wife today and i think that they are going to progress a lot.

Well, thanks to everyone that wrote me today. good to hear that reno is doing well. until next week, Love and miss you all.

Elder Smith