11/4/19

Hey!!! Hope y'all had a great Halloween!! We sure did! 😄 Pictured below is our Halloween costumes... We dressed up as elders for our district council. Humor is limited in mission life, but we thought that was pretty funny. 

Also pictured below is evidence that THE MOSQUITOES WON'T DIE. It's fine. I'm fine. But my forehead hasn't been all week. 

Our friend Brant who was planning to get baptized this next Saturday read a bunch of antagonistic material about the church and he is refusing to believe anything spiritual he has felt since we met him. ☹ "Satan did stir them up to do iniquity continually; yea, he did go about spreading RUMORS and contentions upon all the face of the land, that he might harden the hearts of the people against that which was good" (Helaman 16:22) Sad. Prayers for Brant. 

This week whilst walking around GMU it started to rain. A kind sir ran up behind us and held an umbrella over our heads! (He came to church and LOVED it!!) While walking in the rain with this guy we saw a wallet on the ground! We said thank you, but we must return this wallet to the information desk. We turned and walked in the opposite direction just in time to find a different sir frantically looking for his wallet. (Nice one, Heavenly Father!) Missionaries to the rescue! This man got his wallet back and the address to the church because he is a recent convert and hasn't found the church he belongs to since coming to college!! Whaaa!! Also, the rain stopped as soon as we got out from under the umbrella. This is what I mean when I say we show up and cool stuff happens. Everyone should serve a mission!!!!  Best life ever!! 

Other than that I got the chance to go on an exchange to Annandale!! I got to see lots of old friends!! It made my heart so extremely happy. 🤗 Yay! 

Life rocks! 

Love, Sister Izzy Smith 😇

P.S. Merry Christmas 🎅🏻🎁☃️❄

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