Letter #23

Hello everyone, tis elder smart relating his week so far!

lets start off with the the goodies!

for starters, I got my super awesome package from my beloved madre! thank you!I love all of the stuff ya'll gave me! 

good news is that we have had 3 baptisms this week all at once. ^^ maria,  louise and william foote.  I only really know maria and louse and helped int heir teaching.  but hey! a baptism is a baptism.

so here are my two funny experiences XD

during this week we met a guy named, mark anthony, one fo the nicest black dudes I have ever met... and the drunkest.  we talked to him for like thirty minutes... and this is as far as we got with him!  These were his tidbits of knowledge:

* mother theresa is worth 15 billion dollars 

* the most expensive dog is named trouble and

*  obama is spying on us... 

* aaaaand oprah is worth less than mother theresa

* I was smarter than elder lonas and more intune (even though I hadn't even said more than ten words to the guy) 

* and that I had freakishly huge hands.... 

however that wasn't the only part..  as we were talking another guy walks up and as lonas is about to say hi and the first words out of this new guys mouth are, threating cuss words and then he said if you talk to me again you will pay the price!'    and as soon as he said that up pops mark: 

"HEY! yo-you SHUT UP! you don't talk to them!" and was ready to stand up and probably pick a fight with this guy. fortunately lonas stopped him and got him to sit down... till the other guy kept talking so up pops mark again:

"don't you talk to them!!" in which lonas had to ease him back down, however  we were finally able to walk away so we could avoid the confrontation!  soon after he was SO protective of us that he wouldn't let us go down the street we were aiming for.  Mark then began to  stereo typing his own race as thieves and not to throw pearls before swine and as we were walking the OTHER way, up walk two normal brotha's just walk'n along,(mark turns and tells us that these guys would shoot us up.) in which mark felt inspired to protect us from... by first spitting in front of them... and then pounding one of their fists  he walked away talking to them but kept telling them to "let them alone."... crazy right? 

The next guy was a really nice guy who tried to help me play basket ball and

he kept calling me ray ray!   and for once in my life I felt like I actually did a cool basket ball shot!  also, lonas and Hatch owned two black dudes in STREET basket ball!  it was awesome!

also had a pretty nice interview with president... he basicallly told me to be the best missionary that I could be... he was talking to me about how heavenly father had made me the way that I was so I could touch peoples lives...... he even tried to make sure that I was looking him in the eye... I think they actually do care alot, but I just wish they'd take the time to know me better so they could help me more.

Well, talk with you next week.  Thank you all for keeping me in your prayers and thoughts - I need all the prayers I can get - I am working hard at trying to work even with my OCD driving me nuts.

Love,

Elder J Smart