Smythe, Jackson PT

Hey everyone! The last two weeks have been amazing. I feel so much joy and am loving life. Our friend Jonuel was baptized on the 6th. He is so converted and told us how bad he wants to serve a mission. His baptism was in between conference sessions; he is powerful. We have a few more families we are teaching that should be baptized here in the next couple of weeks, so hopefully all goes well with them. We have had some wonderful experiences lately; I'll share a few. Cesar was a man who referred himself and told us he was having a hard time. He agreed to meet us at the church, and we could show him around. When he opened his car door, he asked me to grab his crutches for him and to help him up the stairs. He'd severely broken his leg the week before. I have felt that humble very few times. He drove 40 minutes to church on Sunday and loved it. Gerald is the best friend of an active member. They're both 18 years old and just got here from Ecuador 5 days ago, and we went over t...

Things are going well. We have had a couple more baptisms for our friends Olga and Jamie. They are amazing and have had so many converting experiences. Elder Johnson and I are working hard and seeing so many miracles. We are teaching some really prepared people. We should have a baptism this week and hopefully a couple more in April. Our friend Josue is 19 years old. A week and a half ago, he reached out to us and asked if he could come to church and meet with us. We met with him late that evening. His whole family lives with him, and none of them go to church. We asked what it was he was looking for, or why he decided to reach out. He said to us, "I want to change. I want to be an example for my sisters, my mom, my friends, and for myself. I can't keep living this way." He has come to church by himself the last 2 weeks. He can't wait to be baptized on the 27th of April. We had the whole zone stay in Springdale the other day. I was with Elder Romney all day knocking d...