Half Robot Half Human Beings (Week 57) — Called to Serve in Cuiaba

What's good little flock hope everyone is chillin enjoying life. This week was excellent, we saw so many freaking miracles it was insane. Elder West and I are workin like half robot half human beings out here and it's really paying off. We've developed a new teaching tactic that I would highly unrecommend to other missionaries, I'll attach a picture below.

Miraculously we were able to put our Comrade Nilson on date. He believes that the earth is flat, that the moon has its proper glow, and has a family with 2 children! But he also feels the Spirit and knows Jesus loves him. Lessons are always interesting with him hahaha.

So just as mother nature would have it, in all her beauty, we were walking home from giving some lessons around 6pm Saturday night because we got invited to go to a wedding. We walk by this Uber driver parked on the side of the road and he just tosses a beer can out of his car and then pulls out into the road to go pick someone up. Such is life. We get home get all dressed up for a nice Brasilian wedding, and I couldn't resist the urge to wear my Nike's hahaha. We had a friend call an Uber for us and we bail out all exited and jump in the car and just as Saint Nick would have it we get the beer bro hahah. He actually drove super well I'm not gonna lie. But the wedding went well all I'm gonna say is that I've never had a group of 100 Evangelical brethren stare at me for so long without saying hi hahhaha. I went around and shook the hand of every single one of their pastors and their facial expressions put the biggest smile on my face hahaha.

Another quick story. It's hot as sin here in Brasil. One day we get home and it was like 105 degrees and I had to take care of some personal business in the bathroom, but it was too hot to close the door. Elder Rios yells from downstairs are you seriously visiting the John without closing the door? and I was like yea what's it to ya. Out of nowhere a tiny bomb (firework) just flies into the bathroom and so I jump up and hide in the shower box and then I literally thought i died for a second. This tiny bomb that looked super chillin literally obliterated Elder West's ears in the other room with FREAKING HEADPHONES ON. The explosion left a hole in the tile floor, caused the paint on the ceiling downstairs to literally, actually freaking peel off. I couldn't hear normal until 9 hours later when we were laying down to go to bed. This bomb was just chillin in a drawer inside our house, and Elder Rios thought it would be funny to toss it in the bathroom to give me a little scare. Never a dull moment!

Alright this week our buddy Bene just went off the charts. we visited him on Tuesday and taught him about the Restoration and it went so well. Thursday comes around and we got a little behind and ended up missing our lesson with him, so we called him and apologized and asked if we could go back another hour. He said that the rest of the day he was gonna be doing stuff with his girlfriend so it wouldn't work out. We were so bummed out. We go on with our day and had a ton of other appointments fall through, so we find ourselves sitting on the side of the road eating little pastries and drinking Coke haha. We're chatting and out of nowhere I get this feeling "get up and start walking before that lady gets to you guys” and I look to my sides all confused and see a lady down the road walking with a kid. Elder West and I pop up and go walking down the road and nothing fishy happened. We get to this other road and I remember this lady who we had contacted like 3 weeks ago, and I felt prompted to go knock on her door. We wait there for 5 mins and no one comes out so I was a tad confused and then I got the feeling to just bail out hahah so we leave this house and go walking down the street and find ourselves right in front of Benes house. I felt super strongly to just go and knock, so we did. After about 2 minutes he comes out and is like DUDES come on in I'm so glad that you guys are here. i just got done praying with my girlfriend and I'm feeling so crappy I need your help. He goes do you guys believe in blessings or like anointing people or is there anything you can do for me hahahaha… we were like uhhhhh yea. We gave him a super quick lesson about the Priesthood and then proceeded to give him a blessing. The Spirit was just radiating the whole entire blessing and he even told us right after the blessing was done that he was already feeling better. We go back on Saturday and he goes dudes you guys are so rad. After you guys left, my fever went away and I hadn't been able to eat for days and my appetite came back and I am just so grateful for you guys. Also he read until 2 Nephi this week alone which is like 80 pages and also he came to Church and he is just getting so much better. I just can't explain how useless we are in life without the Spirit. I have a very simple testimony that with a willing heart and an open mind we will be guided to those who need us, or they will be guided to us. I know that Heavenly Father loves every person so much it hurts my brain to think about it, but I feel it so strongly. If you guys every need anything you know I am here to help!

I don't know if you’ve seen the new Book of Mormon video that the Church released but they are gonna be releasing a new part every Friday! We watched the first part at Zone Conference and I actually recognized Nephi hahaha. He was in the MTC with me and I actually have a picture with him.

Much love. Shoutout to my brethren, especially Cal. Love you boo.

Quick quote. President Monson said "gratitude helps us feel God's love” so simple and so lovely. Be grateful.

Had to get a pic with the bride and groom ahahah

New teaching tactic "take a seat brother"