Smythe, Jackson PT

First off Merry Christmas everyone:) I hope you all had the best Christmas ever and thought more of Christ! This week is all over so here you guys go...   Week was pretty normal for the most part to begin. We had to go north to Ozark to meet with the missionaries in our zone which is always a highlight. Wednesday night is where things took a turn though...     Thursday we woke up and finally had snow which was an answer to my 500 prayers. Except it came with -6 degree weather and like 15 mph winds. Awesome. We were told not to drive anywhere so we just drove to the church with the other missionaries and I studied Spanish for like 3 hours.    Friday was more of the same except the roads were frozen with ice so I pretty much cleaned my desk, studied for 2 hours, contacted everyone, and then studied Spanish for 3 more hours. Essentially I'm pretty much fluent:) We drove to a lesson at night, and on the way home I slid around 150 yards down a hill. Luckily nobody wa...

What's up people! This was a crazy good week; I love my mission so much. Also, I heard Argentina won the World Cup on the back of Messi and if I have to go through Michigan winning a national championship out here too....   On Tuesday we had our branch party. We even had Santa come which was awesome. Of course we took some pictures with him. Brian came with us and we talked for a while about life. He even mentioned somewhere throughout the night about serving a mission. He is the best guy ever.   On Wednesday we ate dinner at Brayan's house and Elder Burns said bye to his family:( I am dreading the day when I have to do the same. We went to Brayan's brothers right after to say bye as well. Sad moments. The mom told me that her little kids have never been attached to a missionary like they are to me though:) Made my year.  Thursday was one final farewell for my wonderful trainer and we drove around to a lot of the members to say bye. We ate dinner with our branch president...

Hi everyone this week was easily one of my favorite weeks ever so I'll get into it.    Last Monday my wonderful companion turned 20 years old and so we celebrated by going to the tiger sanctuary and bowling. Funnest Pday ever. Brayan took us out to dinner at Olive Garden which was also awesome.    I went on an exchange with Elder Stewart on Tuesday and it was so fun. He's my favorite guy and I loved the whole day. We knocked on a ton of doors and met some of the wildest people ever. Some guy we met had a dog who took off running away. This man grabbed a screwdriver and launched it 35 yards at his dog. Luckily he missed. Missouri is so fun.     PAIGE'S birthday was on Wednesday! I miss Paige and am bummed she's already 7.   On Friday we helped our member clean out an apartment. I'll make sure I add some pictures below. Had a half day exchange with Elder Peterson who is just like my man Elder Henstrom which was one of my favorite days in the field e...