I have officially finished my training as a missionary after 18 long weeks haha! It honestly doesn't feel like that long but it feels good to have finally reached this point in my mission. Everyone says that this is the point when the mission really starts to go by fast. Also... Hopefully I should have Spanish pretty much down after 6 more weeks I believe, so that will be nice haha. I feel like that's when the mission will really start to go by fast.
But, today we had transfers... I am staying here in Pursical for at least 6 more weeks (spending Christmas here!) but I have a new companion. His name is Elder Cunal, he has 11 months in the mission, and is from Mexico. Haven't talked to him a ton yet because we just met each other this morning, but he seems like a really nice, hard-working guy so we should get along great together. It was sad to say goodbye to my last companion (my dad), but I'm looking forward to the future and being the only one that knows my area at the moment. It will be more difficult for sure, but I also know this is a great opportunity for me to really start to grow and improve as a missionary.
This week was good though! It definitely had it's tough moments, but one day really made up for the rest. This was Elder Batres and I's last week together, and I had realized that we still hadn't really fasted as a companionship apart from Fast Sundays. Since we hadn't had a ton of success lately, I thought it would be good idea to try it out. That day we ended up having 2 super great lessons. One with a family of four (which the parents are getting married Dec. 10) and the other was a lady that we had met with once before. All 5 of them accepted dates for baptism for December! I have come to learn though that just because people accept dates for baptism, it doesn't mean they will get baptized for sure. However, I feel really good about these people and the Spirit was super strong during both lessons. The most amazing thing for me though about this day though was just seeing the faith and righteous desires that these people have. As missionaries, our primary purpose is to help people come closer to their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. To watch people do this is amazing to me and one of my favorite parts of the mission. It's not always an easy path to follow the Savior, but if we do follow Him, we will be eternally blessed and feel more happiness, joy, and peace than we can feel in any other shape or form.
I hope everyone has a great week this week!
Love,
Elder Smith
Pics: made a new friend, the sky was super cool one day, we got Christmas gifts from a member of the branch before Elder Batres left, a recent convert family that got married and baptized a few days before I got to Costa Rica, saying goodbye to Elder Batres today
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