This was a great week here in Costa Rica! Why?? I could actually understand and speak Spanish better! I'm definitely not fluent still by any means, but there were times when I could understand almost everything the people were saying and could respond with pretty good Spanish, if I do say so myself. The gift of tongues is real and amazing!
Another cool thing this week. We committed 6 new people to baptism!! One of them is a family that was a reference from a member in our ward. The mom and dad want to get married and were wondering if they could get married in our church building because the church they want to get married in won't let them for some reason. We've only had one lesson with them so far but they are all super great. We've also had like 3 people in the last week just come up to us and ask if we could teach them haha. We are always so taken aback when that happens and don't know what to say haha.
Also this week I got to go on splits with the zone leaders! Half our zone are Americans now so I have some more people to talk in English with. Yay! The zone leader I was with for the day is named Elder Mitchell and he is from Arizona. He actually has family from Lake Oswego though!! Super small world. He's related to Ashley and Audrey Buchanan from the Lakeridge ward! He was really great and it was nice to be able to learn from him and ask him questions and everything.
Other than that this week wasn't too exciting but it was great. At one point we helped a member pick fruit from their trees. He had 3 different types of lemon trees and gave us a ton to try. We also helped him chase down either a huge chicken or rooster that had escaped the chicken coop. Sorry if this email was a little bit jumbled but I didn't have too much time. I love my mission and the opportunity I have to share the gospel of Jesus Christ while at the same time grow as an individual and come closer to my Savior and Father in Heaven.
I hope everyone has a great week this week!
Love,
Elder Smith
P.s. Didn't take any pics this week sorry! Will send more next week!
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