Sorry again that I´m not writing on Monday (our normal P-day). We were allowed to have a zone activity today (Tuesday) so they changed our p-day for this week to Tuesday. Sorry! But at least it´s one day earlier than it was the last week!
Anyways this week was really good! We had a zone activity today with our zone, and the other zone from Heredia, Belén (Bethlehem in English). We went to a place called Monte de la Cruz which was super cool! It was kind of like a campground kind of place and reminded me a ton of Oregon actually haha. Costa Rica isn´t all beach and jungle, there´s forests too! We played capture the flag, ate lunch, and then there was a lookout point with a cross (the cross isn't really the cool part though).
Not too much to report on for the rest of the week, but I'll tell you about one of the families we are teaching! There´s about 6 people in the family (not sure the last name still...). Last names here are weird haha. We´re planning on baptizing 2 or 3 of them on the 18th of this month and the rest of them another day soon hopefully! They´re a super great family and 4 of the 6 of them came to church this Sunday and had a really good experience! One of them is named Rachel and is 11 years old and she´s awesome. She understands everything super well and is trying to help her grandma and the rest of her family with some of the problems they have to overcome to get baptized with her on the 18th. She´s my favorite!
The members of the church here are also super great as well. They´re really well organized and are really committed to helping the missionaries! They also feed us really well which is always a plus haha.
For the spiritual aspect of my email this week, I´d like to address a misconception that a lot of the people that we teach have. A lot of people think that they have to have everything in their life perfect (money usually) before they can go to church and have a relationship with God. But it´s actually the opposite. There are various scriptures that say, we should put God first, then seek out riches. I know that this is so true. If we simply turn to God, and try to do all that we can to grow in our personal relationship with Him and keep His commandments, we will always have what we need in this life (food, money, house). Seek out your Father in Heaven and you will have everything that you could ever need and a happiness you can't find anywhere else.
I love and miss you all and thank you so much for all of your emails each week!
Elder Smith
Pics: Elder Navas came to visit! (my last companion), walking on the train tracks, view of San José, we played capture the flag on this field, Zone Santo Domingo at Monte de la Cruz!, My mom and I, a fellow gringo in my zone, Elder Montgomery and I in front of the "cross"
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