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Week 5 Extended-Thor God of Thunder unless the Cops Show up!

 Howdy y'all!

So some behind the scene extra bonus stuff happened this week. We met a guy named Win a little while back and he's crazy. He admitted to us that he smoked pot and does tons of other super fun stuff. We showed up at his house to do service after calling him an hour prior to make sure he was good with it. When we got there, he was long gone and the cops were interviewing his girlfriend and her daughters so that was sketchy. We did end up doing service for him a little later on and that was fun. Also, he's really into the Norse mythology and stuff so he has tattoos of Thor and Odin on his arms and tons of other significant tattoos all over. He's also a biker and he keeps two bikes parked in front of his house like a total boss. 
We were walking down the road near a friend's house another day and we knocked on a couple doors. The first was a young guy who was cool. His baby son kept waving at us and making faces which was awesome. His neighbor a couple doors down is a huge giants fan so instead of starting with a robotic door routine I said that my comp and I had been debating if the giants were gonna have a winning season, then asked his opinion. He said he thinks they will and that we can stop by another time and talk to him, so hopefully that will go well. 
We met with Tina again but this week was a little different. She had some questions about our beliefs, but instead of waiting for us to come again, she decided to turn to the mighty Google for answers. She asked if we beleive that Joseph Smith is a God and we worship him. Fortunately I was prepared for these questions. Side note, if you haven't before, go to the gospel library under the restoration and church history section and select gospel topics essays. There you will find great essays that help explain some hard topics that people will ask questions about. This resource helped me to explain our beliefs about Joseph Smith, but Elder McArthur and I didn't stop there, we went a step farther and explained that we all have the potential to become like our Heavenly Father. This was a very foriegn concept to Tina, but after we explained it all to her, she was pretty well shocked. We are pretty positive she believes what we've taught her, but she is understandably  scared to make major changes in her life. I know that wasn't super long but that's the VIP story for this week. Thanks for all the love!

- Elder Smith

PS- Sister Sweat, I met the family of one of your old roommates and they are chill.




A cool night pic from the top of the parking garage
 

Some nice sauce packets from Taco Bell that are helping me prepare for when 
I reenter the dating pool post mission


Elder McArthur wasted a ton of money on a bag of chips and opened it to find that 
his Takis were tiny and the bag was 85% air...he was not amused!




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