great elder

so how are them monsoons been treatin ya? 8 inches of rain santa vaca thats just crazy! dad your keepin busy i take it? shoulda had the gopro...thats all i gotta say about the desert shot you saw...  so i hope im getting pictures of my truck today?? haha she better still be in one peice T ! the weather here ha estado bien fresco!!! past few days weve been in the 60s..just enjoying the nice weather while we have it. the snow is gonna be back before i know it.

 so this week no amazing miracles like last week but everyday has its own miracles out here on a mission. as you appreciate each experience you see the big picture and see miracles in every step you take. gets hard sometimes but they are there.

  im doin way good. health and all. ive overcome the wrath of the tortilla and have lost 15lbs! thats whats up. elder gibbs and i ride bikes all day and i cant complain. especially in the weather weve been having. BLESSING.

  this past week la familia ramirez were unable to meet with us as much as we had planned and they didnt come to church this week so we have to push back their dates to probably the 10th. they have a sincere desire but just dont do alot of their commintments. we are working hard with them and hope this week goes better.  it was a sad sunday here in green bay! orvalina on the other hand is doing so great!!! this wednesday luisito (her son aabout 7 months) had his second surgery for his stomach infection problem. its amazing how the lord works some times... his first operation brother rowley, elder jimenez, and i went to the hospital and sat down with orvalina and taught about the power of the preihstood. after that we gave a blessing to luisito... the first operation went great and luisito was able to go home 2 days early! when this week came around orvalinas first thought was to have someone give a blessing to luisito! so she called presidente day-gomez and hno arcos...its just amazing how shes leardned the power of the preihstood through this out of nowhere problem that happened to luisito. he had his surgery on wednesday and yesterday he went home 3 days before he was expected to.!

  we had a great lesson with the family maceda luna. we taught about the authority and baptism. we extended an invitation for the 27th of august they said they wanna be baptized!!! but wanna know exactly what they have to do before they promise a date. so our next lesson should go great. i realllly feel good about this family. they remaind me of the tecualts! BUT they did promise us they would come to church this week...we waited and waited outside the chapel but they never showed up:( i sat in the chapel in a great sacrament meeting. the spirit was so strong and i sat there thinking of how much these amazing familys that we are teaching would enjoy this amazing branch. I WISH THEY WOULD COME!

  mom you asked about george! we havnt seen him since...kinda our fault really. hes a busy guy and we have been really busy during the time of day that he sometimes has free. busses take so much time!!!!!!! 2 hours just one way to the ramirezes house... we will definently be seeing him this week though!

 

love you all!! keep those missionaries busy over there!

elder harper-smith