100000 MILES

 Hello hello,


This week I finally got to east tucson. Already on the first day we biked 25ish miles. It's awesome, we've been working so hard and my new comp is super legit. We get along super well and he's from draper so we can relate on a lot of things Utah wise. We found 3 new people this week and we taught many lessons. I've gained so much in the last week so I look forward to the next 5. 

The guys in my district are also such homies. We all work super hard but can all have a good time. As you see below that most photos are with the guys.

Can we all just agree that general conference was super good. Everyone has the opportunity to share the gospel. We're all capable of doing so. Let's go out and spread that love! Think about happy you are, and how much happier someone else would be if they could partake of that gift as well. 

One cool insight I had during conference was that fact that we all go through hard times and we often focus on the immediate delivery from that circumstance. It shouldn't be focused on the delivery rather than the deliverer, which is Jesus Christ. 

We dug a super big hole this week and it took us 4 hours. 

We biked like a million miles it felt like. In reality we rode about 180. 

You can see my personality in the choking photo down below haha.

Love,
Elder Smith








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