beating the kids (in skull king)

 8/9/2021

Hi everyone! I decided to write again, what a surprise!
This week was great, we had zone conference with half the mission and it was great! Afterward me and my companion were talking to President and Sister Mitchell to get some extra help from them. While my companion was talking with President, I got to play a full game of Skull King with the rest of the Mitchell family (sister mitchell and their 3 kids) and the senior missionaries. I loved it. I won.
We're teaching some great people. Not many answered us this week but we got some good experiences with those who did answer. One of our friends Joaquin is going through a hard time and we taught him about the Plan of Salvation, especially the part about our purpose on earth and why bad things happen to good people.
I made my companion laugh when during a lesson about the plan of salvation, explaining the part about how Jesus overcame sin and death, I said "well we can't live with God again if we're dead" and she looked at me like, waht?
it's true
We've been having fantastic lunches in person with the members and they give us a lot to eat. I'm getting a little better at interactions in person but it still stresses me out a bit. But there were some great lunches where I talked! To the members! 
One of my least favorite things is feeling like the people don't think I understand because I don't talk. Or when we are talking to someone and they only talk/look at my companion. I hope by setting little goals to improve my social skills they will know I understand 95% of what they say and talk to me as well!
well I hope you all are doing great! I hope you do awesome things this week. Bye!
Hermana Smalley








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