another hot week in mesa...‏

Hola hola hola!!!

another HOT week in arizona...its offically summer here. We hit 118 the other day and i just wanted to die. Luckily i will only have to deal with it for a few more months before the fall hits and then we will be good to go. Today starts week 5 of transfer #8...crazy. I swear this week just flew by i feel like p-day was yesterday. well not too much has changed in the area...we are just trying to talk to everyone we can because the more we talk to people the more people the Lord will put in my way. We met a really cool guy this week...his name is Hugo and im really excited to see what happens. We actually taught him like 3 months ago and then had the opportunity to go back. He lives with this crazy lady...well she's just really christian and i dont think she likes our religion because we believe in the Book of Mormon. But things have been better since we've been teaching him outside...yes in the HEAT!!! if you've ever tried wearing nylons in the the heat you know how much fun it is. But its all part of the experience. Yesterday was interesting to say the least. As you know we teach the gospel principles class and there was this brother(a gringo) in our class...he was asking just crazy questions and making it really difficult to teach. Then we were asked to speak in church on saturday...the night before...so we did and it went really well actually. The funny thing is that another lady spoke too after us and she wore her sunglasses the whole entire time...it was hard not to laugh. Then that night we went to teach a lesson to a lady who says she has the gift of tongues...yes she did speak it to me...she paints these weird painting that she says are revelations from God...i dunno about that. But our recent convert francisco was with us and he was commenting on the painting and egging on the craziness...when we finally got to teach the lesson the lady told us the story of how she got the gift of tongues and started speaking it. Im pretty sure she has an evil spirit...seriously. I tell you the weird things we come into contact to on the mission. I never knew they really existed. We had our interviews with president this week...it went fine. I almost think he will be keeping me here for another transfer...that would make almost 8 months in this area. But we will see. Im doing well and enjoying life. The mission is speeding by me and i wish i could just take a remote control and pause it for a few extra months. I have a lot to learn still. I had to give a talk on “how do i know if im a successful missionary” it went pretty well. I think i learned more then i shared preparing for the talk. It is really easy to get down on yourself as a missionary because there is so much to do but if we give all we have the Lord will make up for our weaknesses.
I love you all! I hope you are enjoying a wonderful summer...probably less hot then mine but that's great.
Have a good week and remember to share what you know:)

hna brittany smith