Apples, Abinadi, and Acorns - 12/14/15

Hey guys! All is good in Smithfield. Our Investigators are struggling though. Satan is definitely working on them! But we are still trying and doing our best to bring them to the Gospel! Nothing specific happened this week with any of them though. We just keep meeting with them! We have an appointment tomorrow so pray for us! We have had to drop some people because they fell off the grid I guess and we can't get a hold of them.  They are never home! But what we are really struggling with is getting people to church so if you could send some prayers our way for that we would very much appreciate it! Unless our people get to Church they won't be able to really feel the Spirit of what we are learning about so they need to come!

Other than that the ward is continuing to be awesome. We had our ward party on Thursday. We sat with a part member family and the Bishop and his wife. We had a good time and had good food. As part of the program though we watched the music video for Pentatonix's "Mary did you know". It was a really good rendition, but we weren't sure if it was approved! Since the whole ward was there we figured it would be fine! Then on Friday night we went to the Annual Smithfield Market on Main Street to try and talk to some people. The market is where everybody brings their handmade goods to sell under pop-up tents. Mom would have loved it! There was like three tents selling Shea Butter soaps and homemade lotions and soaps! There was also local honey and a ton of cool decorations! I didn't but anything. :) But there was a lot of Pig Themed stuff. Makes sense. Did you know that the Water-tower here reads "Smithfield; Ham, Hospitality, History". We all know what comes first! LOL Then we had the Stake Christmas program on Saturday night. They had Nativities from all over the world and songs from everywhere too! They told us we could clap in the Chapel! But the Nativities made me think of our Nativity Exhibit at the Stake Center and at the Temple. I miss them. :( But it was nice to see at least some! And it made me think if the Nativity that I am sure is on the Piano right now the one made out of little flower pots! That is my favorite one!

This email this week is super short. Sorry. :D But I do love you guys and hope that everything is going well for you! The subject doesn't have to do with anything in the letter, its just something fun.

Oh! And I got a coloring book! We finally made a Wal-mart run last week and I saw a coloring book full of Mandalas! I got a 24 Pack of Colored Pencils to go with it and am working on it at night! I will send you guys pictures when I complete each page!

With tons of love and kisses and hugs,

Your Elder Ciminski

This old puppy went tracting with us! She would go up on each porch with us and sit next to us while we waited for someone to answer! She was super chill and we didn't mind too much having her hang around! The only sad part is when we had to leave her!

Dinner with members.