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Monday 23 October 2017

Well this week was sooooo funny and great!!!!!!!!!!!!

The familia Alvarez got baptized and it was a hoot!!!!!!! Scott and the mom asked me to baptize them and gosh it was a day!!!!!!!!!!

We had tons of challenges getting ready for the baptism.   The church did not have water so we could not fill the font.  So like for an hour I was freaking out!!! Elder Cornejo is so relaxed.  Nothing ever bothers him. I hate it but it is still all good.  Once we got all of our stuff good and settled we were good.  Later when the family showed up we realized that we had never found good white clothes for the baptism.  So we just obtained a ton of clothes and we spent 45 mts getting everyone situated and prepared for the baptism.  We had fun though.  We were laughing with the family, as they had to try on so many different pairs of clothes on to find something that fit!!!!!!!!!  Finally, we are going to the font to baptize!!!! The mom has a fear of water.......... let alone the water is freaking cold....... so I say the prayer and I quickly baptize her. It was sooooooooo funny!!!!!! Later, I baptize Scott and nothing cool happened there.  After the baptism, as Scott was walked back to get changed into his church clothes he fell down because his pants we re too long.  None of us could stop laughing at that point. JAJAJAJAJAJAJA!!!!!!!!!!

Later we celebrated with tacos.  Hoooooo those are good tacos!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I also confirmed the same people and today we have a noche de hogar planned with them so it has been a good change with Elder Cornejo!!!!!!!! 

Love

Elder Cody Smiley

Wednesday 25 October 2017

So for the most part everyday has good stuff that i forget to write about so I apologize but it's like inside jokes of our district so you guys wouldn’t even find it entertaining anyway

I got pretty sick on Monday, I was feeling a lot of pain all over my body when I moved and it was getting me really tired, but I said a hardcore prayer last night and told heavenly father I had the faith to be healed, and woke up the next morning spry and healthy, and ready to memorize yet another scripture at 5:30 in the morning.  Good stuff. There’s another missionary in my ward who is sick and has been with the same thing as me for like 5 days now.

MOM, PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH FUTURE MISSIONARIES.  READ THE WHOLE PMG AND MARK IT.  PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO THAT SO YOU WILL BE SO PREPARED AND IT WILL BLESS YOU WITH SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE.

This is gonna be kinda long-ish, but bear with me because its gonna be a funny story:

So I had to get a tetanus shot before I left the CCM, so I walk in and tell them what I need and they guide me to a room, and the guy pulls out a syringe that would've scared Ron Swanson.  I kid you not the needle was 2.5 inches long, and the fluid inside could’ve filled a roll of quarters.  I was like "Wow, that’s a pretty intimidating needle but its chill because “alls i gotta get is a tetanus shot."  HOMIE-G SAYS I GOTTA GET THE SHOT IN MY BELLY BUTTON, AND THAT THE WHOLE LIQUID IS GOING TO BE INSERTED INTO MY BODY. As soon as my comp heard, he bailed.  He left the room and left me to suffer alone. Jerk.  Anyhow, I sat there and argued with him for a solid 10 minutes about how that was not supposed to be what happens, and finally, I thought "Well, I gotta get it.”  So I sat down, told him I was ready, and told him to get it over with.  At that point he finally broke and said that it was a joke and then pulled out the real needle, which looked like David compared to Goliath after seeing what was about to go in my belly button.  It’s a funny story but probably the most scared I’ve been in my life.

I’ve learned a lot about how cool the gift of tongues and diligence can be.  I made a goal to learn 60 words a day last week, along with 8 phrases and 1 scripture.  It was really hard, but since, I’ve memorized over 265 words in 5 days, along with 1 Nefi 3:7, alma 48:17, Moses 1:39, Mosiah 3:19, alma 41:10, and all of section 4 in the doctrine and covenants.  It’s good stuff. Missionary work is incredible and I can see God’s divine help in my learning the language.

Anyhow I hope you enjoyed my terrifying story. I gots to go

-Elder Smiley, the younger