AYE mamma whats up?! miss ya and love ya tons! Thanks elder calbone will love the ramen ahah! he gets so excited about noodles its the ffunniest thing ever! Its gonna be so awesome when we are all parting together agian! Everything is going great! I can see my language efforts paying off now so woop woop! I've been spening a lot of time in NEPHI right now! He has a lot of scriptures where he helps us understand that the lord will help us with whatever he commands us to do! I have a lot of scriptures marked but i dont have them with me! BUt god commmanded me to learn mandarin and I know i will not be without his help when Im doing it so no problem! I know as long as I work my hardest he will bless me with the language whenever he wants! The older elders just got reassigned to florida that were headed to taichung! they didnt even stay any extra days they left this morining! But, i don't know, I feel like we wont have visa problems! I think the last three weeks our district is going to do a fast where everyone fasts a day of the week! Ive been having lots of thoughts about this in my mind so I think its Him! So we will see haha! BUT i dont think we will have visa problems! ANd if we do thats alright!! the other elders are loving it maybe ill be reassigned to Bensons area in texas ha that would be awesome!! The other elder is elder heaton! OUr goup is pretty close we have some good times together! there are so many different personalities its crazy! its also crazy that like half of our zone and district have lived in china before and have taken multiple years of chinese before! ANd a little more than half always thought they were gointg mandarin speaking ha what the the lord has prepared all of us for this crazy language!! I would not have had this much enthusiasm or optimistic about the language if I was not prepared before! the dude from idaho is so funny! Idaho people are the best! HEres a cool experience,
YOOOOO whats up pops! HA yeah the language is pretty challenging, but we are getting it! its actually super fun! I can now talk in lessons without using any notes! we now just go in with our books of mormon together! Im not stressing about the language! I know as long as i am working hard then the lord will bless me and I will learn it when he wants me to! I know he doesnt ask anything more than my best so im just working hard, which makes me not stressed about it! itll come! So the girl teacher lived in china for a couple of years then got called to serve in our same mission! Her chinese is amazing! OUr guy teacher actually served with pottica in brisbond australia! HAHA super cool! They are both full on white though! Our classrooms are super sweet! We have the new buildings! its mainly white with a huge window that takes up the whole side of the classroom that overlooks to the canyon! it kind of kills me sometimes! Hheh! But they said they designed it after the temple! they said if the temple were to have a school this is what it would be like! they are super nice! Yeah we live in the old buildings, and we all share one bathroom! The cafeteria is actually prettty good! I was pretty suprised!! I can take some picks this week and send them to ya! But ovrall the campus is pretty sweet!
The days feel all mombo jumboed together haha! I think it's because we
do the same things at the exact same time everyday haha! I like it
though. It's the weirdest feeling ever, like I don't even feel like I'm
on earth! Sometimes I'm like, hold on I went to high school last
year? And there are people still going to school?? haha! It's so weird I
feel like I'm in North Korea or something and have no idea what's
going on haha! Yeah the Elder from Idaho is super awesome!! I'd
definitely hang out with him when we get back he's awesome!! He's
super humble and can laugh at himself!! Also elder calbone from the
Philippians is so awesome. He kind of has the same laugh As me and
laughs at the same stuff as me hehe sometimes it's super bad in
class!! When we are both laughing we cannot stop it's super bad but
awesome!! In class the other day we were sharing our testimonies and
during calbones testimony at the end someone farted super load haha
and his face was so funny!! He just stoped turned his head and made
the funniest face ever!! Ha then it was silent for a sec then I couldn't
handle it I just busted up laughing and then the whole class did!!
After a couple of minutes our teacher started to bear his testimony
and I felt so bad because I couldn't stop! I would look over at him
and he put his hands in front of his face and was trying so hard to
stop but we both couldnt!! It was this's like pshh when you couldnt
hold it in any longer haha too funny!!
Man I hope ya feel better!! That stinks!! Get better tho I'll be praying for ya!!
Chinese is going pretty welll!! I can teach lessons in Chinese without
bringing in any papers so that's pretty cool! But whenever I ask a
question I can only understand About 30% of what they say! So I just
say like oh henhao he which means very good or awesome haha! We taught
a couple of natives on Saturday and it was pretty awesome!! I'm sure
they were being nice to us because the tones are super hard!! Ha and
sometimes it all sounds the same!! Ha and I have mixed up hope and
death quite a bit! Hope is xiwang and death is the same just a
different tone on xi part Haha pretty funny!!
Yes, translating is super hard! They make their sentences all weird! If I
want to say I went to the store today with mom and bought some cool
stuff I would have to say it like this-- I today with my mom to store I
went and bought cool stuff! Ha so it's kind of backwards! It doesn't
make sense in my brain yet but it will soon haha!
I'm learning how awesome our church is and how much it really has helped
us! It's crazy to be out of the world for a sec because you can really
feel how close he is and how much they really help us each day!! Super
dope! you're the best!!
Love ya sis, Elder Smith
When we love the people we become more real and we deliver messages that are more real as well! I am realizing that loving the people and speaking from the heart is super important! During class we were doing some role play on how to teach the creation and the plan of salvation! I got to be partners with one of our assistant teachers he helped me aton! We first went around the rooom and we all said why the plan of salvation is important to us and how it has helped us! I said I l ove it because it tells me I can be with my family forever, and it gives me a sense of purpose and a goal to work towards! Then we started to teach! I was super confused on how to start and the lesson was so bad! I started over 5 times in the 5 minute lesson! It was embarrising, Ha i was teaching the teacher! BUt then he told me sima zhonglao -- elder smith, a few minutes ago you told me your testimony on the plan of salvation and why it means so much to you! You didnt say any of that while you were talking to me! he said teach what you know, teach wha you love, and love what you teach! so in the next lesson time i talked about how much my family means to me and how much they have helped me! I talked about how much joy it brings me to know we will all be together forever and that you can live with your family together forever as well! The spirit was so strong! we both ended up crying! It was powerful! I realizd that when we teach what is close yo our heart then the spirit is super strong! I love it teach what you know. teach what you love, and love what you teach! I know the testimony and experiences that I have gained was the testimony heavenly father wants me to have! I know if i share the testimony thats close to my heart the spirit will teach far better than any flattering words I can speak! So that was a super special experience to me! I love you momma.
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YOOOOO whats up pops! HA yeah the language is pretty challenging, but we are getting it! its actually super fun! I can now talk in lessons without using any notes! we now just go in with our books of mormon together! Im not stressing about the language! I know as long as i am working hard then the lord will bless me and I will learn it when he wants me to! I know he doesnt ask anything more than my best so im just working hard, which makes me not stressed about it! itll come! So the girl teacher lived in china for a couple of years then got called to serve in our same mission! Her chinese is amazing! OUr guy teacher actually served with pottica in brisbond australia! HAHA super cool! They are both full on white though! Our classrooms are super sweet! We have the new buildings! its mainly white with a huge window that takes up the whole side of the classroom that overlooks to the canyon! it kind of kills me sometimes! Hheh! But they said they designed it after the temple! they said if the temple were to have a school this is what it would be like! they are super nice! Yeah we live in the old buildings, and we all share one bathroom! The cafeteria is actually prettty good! I was pretty suprised!! I can take some picks this week and send them to ya! But ovrall the campus is pretty sweet!
Ah man! that talk seems saweet! I totally think that principle is true! When we love the people we become more real and we deliver messages that are more real as well! I am realizing that loving the people and speaking from the heart is super important! During class we were doing some role play on how to teach the creation and the plan of salvation! I got to be partners with one of our assistant teachers he helped me aton! We first went around the rooom and we all said why the plan of salvation is important to us and how it has helped us! I said I l ove it because it tells me I can be with my family forever, and it gives me a sense of purpose and a goal to work towards! Then we started to teach! I was super confused on how to start and the lesson was so bad! I started over 5 times in the 5 minute lesson! It was embarrising, Ha i was teaching the teacher! BUt then he told me sima zhonglao -- elder smith, a few minutes ago you told me your testimony on the plan of salvation and why it means so much to you! You didnt say any of that while you were talking to me! he said teach what you know, teach wha you love, and love what you teach! so in the next lesson time i talked about how much my family means to me and how much they have helped me! I talked about how much joy it brings me to know we will all be together forever and that you can live with your family together forever as well! The spirit was so strong! we both ended up crying! It was powerful! I realizd that when we teach what is close yo our heart then the spirit is super strong! I love it teach what you know. teach what you love, and love what you teach! I know the testimony and experiences that I have gained was the testimony heavenly father wants me to have! I know if i share the testimony thats close to my heart the spirit will teach far better than any flattering words I can speak! So that was a super special experience to me!
love ya pops!! hope you have fun in boston thats so sweet! is Sam and Grandpa going with you?
love ya
Yo yo what's up olive hehe!! My week was good!! It went by so fast.The days feel all mombo jumboed together haha! I think it's because we
do the same things at the exact same time everyday haha! I like it
though. It's the weirdest feeling ever, like I don't even feel like I'm
on earth! Sometimes I'm like, hold on I went to high school last
year? And there are people still going to school?? haha! It's so weird I
feel like I'm in North Korea or something and have no idea what's
going on haha! Yeah the Elder from Idaho is super awesome!! I'd
definitely hang out with him when we get back he's awesome!! He's
super humble and can laugh at himself!! Also elder calbone from the
Philippians is so awesome. He kind of has the same laugh As me and
laughs at the same stuff as me hehe sometimes it's super bad in
class!! When we are both laughing we cannot stop it's super bad but
awesome!! In class the other day we were sharing our testimonies and
during calbones testimony at the end someone farted super load haha
and his face was so funny!! He just stoped turned his head and made
the funniest face ever!! Ha then it was silent for a sec then I couldn't
handle it I just busted up laughing and then the whole class did!!
After a couple of minutes our teacher started to bear his testimony
and I felt so bad because I couldn't stop! I would look over at him
and he put his hands in front of his face and was trying so hard to
stop but we both couldnt!! It was this's like pshh when you couldnt
hold it in any longer haha too funny!!
Man I hope ya feel better!! That stinks!! Get better tho I'll be praying for ya!!
Chinese is going pretty welll!! I can teach lessons in Chinese without
bringing in any papers so that's pretty cool! But whenever I ask a
question I can only understand About 30% of what they say! So I just
say like oh henhao he which means very good or awesome haha! We taught
a couple of natives on Saturday and it was pretty awesome!! I'm sure
they were being nice to us because the tones are super hard!! Ha and
sometimes it all sounds the same!! Ha and I have mixed up hope and
death quite a bit! Hope is xiwang and death is the same just a
different tone on xi part Haha pretty funny!!
Yes, translating is super hard! They make their sentences all weird! If I
want to say I went to the store today with mom and bought some cool
stuff I would have to say it like this-- I today with my mom to store I
went and bought cool stuff! Ha so it's kind of backwards! It doesn't
make sense in my brain yet but it will soon haha!
I'm learning how awesome our church is and how much it really has helped
us! It's crazy to be out of the world for a sec because you can really
feel how close he is and how much they really help us each day!! Super
dope! you're the best!!
Love ya sis, Elder Smith
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