come what may and love it

Guten Morgen, everyone!

This week has actually somewhat of a bummer for us, to be blunt. It´s summer, which means everyone is on vacation, so it´s been really difficult for us to meet and find people. Appointments have cancelled, doors have been slammed...it can be difficult at times to not get frustrated. Sister Dittli and I hold strong though. We´ve able to just remind ourselves of something funny the other has said or an experience we had together and then we´re good. It keeps us trucking along. We did have some really great lessons last week. I mentioned Alex in my last email, so I´ll mention someone else today. Sister Dittli and I met the sweetest lady from Greece about a month and a half ago and so we´ve been visiting her. Her faith is so strong! It´s remarkable and she´s so sweet to us. She loves having us come over and she just always brings a smile to our faces. The people here are so wonderful. Yes, times may be hard, door may be slammed in our faces (or windows, since everyone generally leans out of their window to see who we are before they buzz us in), and people may reject hearing the message of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ, but then you meet someone that just makes it all worth it. The worth of one soul is indeed great in the sight of the Lord! (read Doctrine and Covenants section 18. Marvelous!)

I´ll be sending more photos soon. It´s a beautiful time of the year and we´ll be celebrating some holidays quite soon. It´ll be wonderful!

I hope you all are doing well. Stay strong and, as Joseph B. Wirthlin said, "Come what may and love it."

Love,

Sister NeSmith