Rootin Tootin Week (Week 67) — Called to Serve in Cuiaba

Howdy doody my Comrades, this week for some reason my desire to be a Cowboy has gone through the roof. Where we are here in Mato Grosso do Sul is like Brasilian Texas, and for some reason this week I started to notice everyone's Cowboy boots and hats. I have decided that I will be buying some cowboy boots to proselyte in.

This week we kind of prayed and fasted like 2 morons and decided we were going to completely start a new teaching group closer to our church building. It has required a lot of faith and action holy smokes we talk to everyone we see on the street and I would say 75% of the people just don't even wanna talk to us. It's pretty lame and a total doozy sometimes, but we have found some promising people. Only one of the families we talked to was actually home when we went back. I learned a valuable lesson though. Even though we were walking all day all week and it was hot as frick and I smelled like sweaty dog, I felt how happy God was with me for just trying. I wasn't sad, things were just happy.

So actually there was one time I was a bit bummed this week, and it was Saturday morning. I had no reason to be butt hurt, but I was. I didn't wanna be grumpy though haha, so I was praying a lot, just asking Heavenly Pops to lend me a hand. As we leave our house to walk to lunch, some dudes drove by and yelled at us which normally I love, but for some reason in my Saturday morning grump it just rattled my Elder bones. We kept walking and the same car came around the block and drifted up to us going like mach 67 and some drunk dude holds his finger gun out the window and just goes gimme ur money dirtbags hahaha. At this point I was ready to toss this sorry sap, but then out of nowhere I hear Roney's voice, the dude who gave us money to eat those cheeseburgers and had the rapper cousin. He just starts yelling my name and telling us how much he loves me and was obviously drinking and driving, but I just felt really happy talking to him. He was just like man you are one of my bros, you're never allowed to leave Campo Grande okay hahah. By no means do I support drinking and driving, nor did I think my answer would come in such fashion, but Roney has now been on multiple occasions an answer to my prayers. I have really learned that there is never a reason to judge anyone.

So the Church released a new video about The Nativity, and I definitely didn't watch it the first time just because I thought Mary was pretty. For every single lunch appointment we had this week we showed the members this video, and every single time without a doubt I felt the most marking and the warmest feeling in my tiny lil heart. I cannot deny the unceasing feelings of surety that I have felt this Christmas season that our Lord Jesus Christ was born in humble circumstances, and just went about being a good person. One of my favorite scriptures in Acts 10:38 just says “Jesus went about doing good.” That's one of the coolest things I've ever heard about Jesus, and it just seems so real to me. It makes me feel like I can really become more like my Savior by just doing good things. Whoever you may be, reader, I invite you to just try to do something good this season. I promise you, you will feel the love our Savior has for you.