Happy Memorial Day (Week 40) — Called to Serve in Cuiaba

This week was quite an interesting one. I really had kind of just an interesting week. It wasn't bad, there were many glimpses of good, but I wouldn't consider it great haha. It was kind of like a shake weight. It looks like it won't make you strong at all, but you buy it anyway. It shows up at your house and you start using it and you realize it was a horrible investment, but every time you use it, it makes you laugh. Even though you are not strong, and you are now poor because of your shake weight investment, you are happy. That is how my week was.

We had the opportunity to go to Cuiabá this week and have a nice little reunion with the Area Seventy, Elder Bassett (he taught us a ton about sacrifice which was nice), and good ol Presidente Granja. It's impossible not to love the dude. He's just such a quality dude. The conference was great, but something Presidente focused on a ton was the true desires of our hearts. He told us that Heavenly Father counsels us on the true desires of our hearts, and if our desires are bright and rad, so will our path be, through life. Pretty clean stuff Presidente always lays down on us.

I had the opportunity to just dive into some lovely American cuisine this week. There's this store that sells cans of Dr. Pepper, only the finest of liquids in all the lands, for like $3, and my taste buddies literally exploded when I took a hefty swig from my can. First slurp in 9 months, it was indescribable. Also I forgot McDonalds makes apple pies so when we stopped by to get some knock off American food I inhaled 2 apple pies and it made me so freaking happy. Heaven have mercy on my tiny tastebud souls hahahah.

I'm not gonna lie this week was a little bit tough. It was cool to see though how the Lord was still being a bro even when everything was falling through. It was very evidently shown, His hand in our lives this week. I got home Sunday night from a nice long day, and my tiny foot bones were all pooped. I was about to go pee when I got a feeling that I should ask for a blessing. I asked Elder Soares and Elder Moraes (elder nerd) for a blessing and it was truly exactly what I needed. The comfort and true lasting peace that was brought through a blessing really re-energized me for this next week. I am ever and so lastingly grateful for everything our Heavenly Father has given us to give us guidance and peace in this life. He doesn't want us to suffer or be sad. He loves us so much, and I feel that so strongly. I am so so grateful for the priesthood and its influence in my life. I am incredibly honored and feel so blessed to be a priesthood holder.

There's a ton of Venezuelans arriving here in Rondonopolis and they only speak Spanish and it struck the desire in me to learn Spanish. Yo estoy aprendiendo bien hahah so if everything goes right I'll come home speaking Spanish too. I just have no clue if I spelled that Spanish phrase right. Elder Lara from Mexico has been helping me out. He told me he is a Trump fan so I'm all hands on deck with this guy hahah.

That's about it for this week. Also I got to see KEV BONE CASTRO at conference hahah he's still such a goob. Also Elder Bleazzard, the bro who I met at the Christmas conference a few months back, is buddies with Gib Kroft haha. Gib was my Chemistry partner a couple life cycles back at Lone Peak High School. What a small world right folks?!

Thanks to everyone for the birthday love! (:

Love,

Elder P Roskelley