Week 11

 okay mom youre gonna hate me, but my camera died in the comp shop right before i was about to plug it in, so i cant send pics this week again hahaah IM SO SORRY.

this week has been super awesome. We extended baptism to the Panganiban family and he is POWER. we OYM'd him a month ago, and he actually lives in the elder's area, but comes to our meeting house, so President gave us permission to teach him over there. Im stoked for him, he's super humble. His wife is in Saudi Arabia for working abroad, and so he's basically a single working dad. The Lord has prepared him to receive the gospel now, so im stoked on that.

we moved apt and the apt we are in now is infested with spiders :)

Sister Marcos and I accidentally taught a "Born Again" pastor. It was almost bible bash, but not quite, i wouldn't let it get that far ;) 

Don't have much time, gtg, but I love you all. Thank you for all the support, love and prayers! 

Sister Smoot

Nakita ko ng isang patay nalalaki sa kalsada na nabaril apat na beses

 kay you are all gonna hate me because i left my cam chord in a different comp shop :( so sorry but i will for sure send pics next week!! (if it didnt get stolen :/ )

we had stl exchanges and the subject line tells about it all. 

GENERAL CONFERENCE WAS AMAZING. I hope you all were able to watch it last week. if not heres some of my fav talks down below. 

In district council we discussed luke 5:3-11 and it was really eye opening. We can all relate to Simon and that as members of this church, sometimes we feel discouraged and feel like we aren't getting the spiritual uplift we want. by cnotinuing to press forward, we show Heavenly Father how obedient we are and our faith and trust in him. Eventually, we will receive and even notice those blessings we may not have noticed before! IF we strive to be exactly obedient to his commandments. We need to trust him, and continually endure to the end by forsaking all the things in our lives (verse 11- they forsook all and left everything to follow the Savior) that may be keeping us from obtaining the blessings that Heavenly Father has in store for us. 

Im so grateful for this gospel and for our living prophet Russel M Nelson. I LOVED GENERAL CONFERENCE. ANd i love you all tons. Take President Nelson's invitation, and if you are able to, go to the temple on a regular basis and pray to feel deeply the love Heavenly Father has for you. <3 

Love,

Sister Smoot 

LOVE 

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2018/10/the-ministry-of-reconciliation?lang=eng

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https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2018/10/try-try-try?lang=eng

GOODIE

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2018/10/wounded?lang=eng

No Subject

i didnt finish the note this morning but here is some of it

 

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im gonna cook that dog

 

Megan Smoot <smoot.megan@missionary.org>	Sun, Oct 13, 2019, 11:36 PM
to Amanda, Amelia, Amelia, Ammon, Amy, Angie, Ashlie, Audrey, Audrey, Auntie, Austin, Austin, Avery, Bailey, Baylee, Bob, Braden, Brady, Brandon, Brandy, Brinley, Brittany, Brooklyn, Bryan, Bryndie, Budd, Caden, Caden, Caden, Carlene, Carlisle, Celeste, Chandler, Cherry, CJ, Conner, Dad, Dawn, Elder, Emily, Emily, Erin, ET, Ethan, Ethan, Frieda, George, Gracen, Greg, Greg, Haley, Haley, Hayley, Holly, Jake, Jeanice, Jed, Jennifer, Jeremy, Jordan, Jordi, Kaitlyn, Kat, Katie, Katie, Katie, Kayla, Kayla, Kaylie, Keira, Kenzie, Key, Keyera, Kyle, Lailani, Laney, Laura, Lauren, Laurie, Lyndi, Maddy, Maddy, Maddy, Madelyn, Mariah, Mary, Mattison, Mckenzie, Meg, Melanie, Melinda, Melissa, Mike, Mitchell, me, Monica, Morgan, Neal, Noah, Norma, Olivia, Raquel, Reagan, Renee, renee, Rob, Russel, Ryan, Rylee, Sarah, Sharm, Shauna, Shelly, Shoshana, Sierra, Sister, Sonja, Stacey, Stana, Stephanie, Stephanie, Stephanie, Summer, Summer, Tenille, Tennille, Todd, Tyler, Tyler, Tyler, Vanessa, Scott, Wilson, Zac

thats what my companion has been saying every day the past two weeks because our neighbors dog loves to bark all night :) 

hello alllll sorry i am literally THE WORST at emailing. i made it my week goal to send one out since its been so long hahaha pasensya talaga. to be honest its because i lost my cord to my camera and i realized im this far on the mish and no one actually reads these things, and if they do its just the pictures they truly want hehe am i right or am i right? ;) 

SO MANY GOOD THINGS HAPPENING HERE. We have worked out booties off  and im so tired but its all paying off :')) i just wanna testify of HOW TRUE THE BOOK OF MORMON IS. We have one friend we are teaching that was born a die hard catholic. She had been keeping commitments, especially reading the book of mormon, so we were wanting to extend bap date to her. Before anything she goes "im a sure catholic, i was raised catholic, and graduated catholic school" so im here thinking "oh crap nooooooo" AND THEN she says "... but.... ive been reading the book of mormon"  then she goes "... its true," me again " YES YES YES YES"  

the spirit was super strong and really helping us lead this conversation so i said "Nay, if we were in Jesus Christ's time when he was on earth, would you join His church?" and she said yes, so then we were like "so if the church he established was on earth again, would you want to join it?" and she said "yes of course" and so we explained that THIS IS HIS CHURCH ON EARTH TODAY. and we asked her if she wanted to follow Jesus Christ's example and become a member of His church and she said yes :'))) SO EXCITED FOR HER. she is honestly power and I know that if she didnt act on our invitations to her, and if she didnt read the book of mormon, her testimony of the truth would not be there. And i think thats something we can all apply into our lives, is that we really need to act on our faith as well.

GENERAL CONFERENCE WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. i invite you all to really study those talks, the spirit was so strong while watching and ah it was literally the best i didnt want it to end.

livin the dream

 

Oct 8, 2018, 3:57 AM

Hello all, I'm in San Jose again for zone conference, and we all had the privilege to spend our pday with President Koster today at a beach resort! haha yeah it was bitter sweet because it literally felt like i was in Hawaii- but i couldnt swim. sayong talaga

so no pics-- sorry peeps ily

Hope you all enjoyed general conference this past weekend, if not, go watch it!! I havent been able to watch it yet because of the time difference, so im stoked for this upcoming weekend. 

I read a popular general conf talk by elder Holland again this past week and LOVED it. Being on a mission, I was able to read it at a whole new perspective. One of my fav parts says 

Please remember tomorrow, and all the days after that, that the Lord blesses those who want to improve, who accept the need for commandments and try to keep them, who cherish Christlike virtues and strive to the best of their ability to acquire them. If you stumble in that pursuit, so does everyone; the Savior is there to help you keep going. If you fall, summon His strength. Call out like Alma, “O Jesus, … have mercy on me.”7 He will help you get back up. He will help you repent, repair, fix whatever you have to fix, and keep going. Soon enough you will have the success you seek.  

This church is seriously sooo true. This gospel is true. The Book of Mormon is true. And if you really let the spirit testify these things to you, you will come to know all of this too!!! 

i love you guys, thank you for everything and all the support

Sister Smoot

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2016/04/tomorrow-the-lord-will-do-wonders-among-you?lang=eng