Inspired changes (Week 47) — Called to Serve in Cuiaba

On the real this week was full of some ish if you know what I'm sayin. Elder Soares and I are gonna stay here together for another transfer!! Its gonna be so so fun! A literal miracle happened this week. So after Elder Erik and Decker came back from the Leadership Conference they broke some super special news to us. There was an insanely inspired change that happened in our mission. Before this week we had a box load of just freaking crap that we had to keep track of, like so many numbers that just were so stupid. Like how many lessons we gave and how many addresses we got and just a bunch of nonsense like that. This week we got word that they are doing away with all that and just focusing of 4 principle things. They are starting to have a vision that this work should be truly motivated by love and not numbers. I just am so so grateful for the inspiration of our leaders it's just the most amazing thing. At the very moment this news was broken I nearly shed a tiny tear of joy, and ever since then my life has been a beauty. I've never had such a relaxing, spiritual weekend, and it just re-boosted my gas tank of love. I'm not gonna lie she's been runnin a little bit low lately for the last little bit I have been feelin a tad bit crumby. I have to say, now as I am coming out of my difficulties though I can see how many things God has taught me. I was talking with a Zone Leader at the beginning of this week about how I have really been feeling super clogged up. Like I'm just not progressing, I truly felt as if I was digressing. It was incredibly hard to feel that, especially out here you know. As I prayed and conversed with my Father in Heaven through all of these difficult times I see now how he was just beefin me up to be a better kid, and I literally was thinking the opposite. I bear testimony to you guys that every tiny freaking molecule of a problem that you have, or will ever have is being cared for by God. That He knows exactly what you need and that you will come out of it so much better. Even if you feel like freakin crap, or like a bag of bricks, or like a lump of clay, you will come out of it better. I promise. I have felt like such a giant bag of bricks sometimes out here and I've never had more certainty than I do now that every moment was to make me better. I promise every single one of you that everything will be okay. <3 If I could I would give all of you a tiny hug right now. haha

Sadly Vanessa's baptism didn't go through. Wellington was feeling a little left out you could say, and was like no I don't want her to get baptized with out me, so it was just kind of a complicated situation. I know that she has a testimony super strong though like she really does know these things are real. It's just gonna take a little longer than we thought (: no worries.

There's a super awesome family coming up on the rise. It's John the Baptist and his family hahah his wife Luziene and his kids John Kennedy, Crislaine, and Kailane and they are so rad. I got so stoked when this kid told me his name is John Kennedy it had me dying hahah. Freaking Brasilians. We were having a lesson with them about the Book of Mormon and I asked them what they were struggling with in their lives and Joao Batista was like dude I am really needing work. I felt the Spirit super strong tell me to promise him that if he read the Book of Mormon and prayed about it he would never ever have to look for work again and it really caught me off guard. I thought about it for a sec and then the Spirit was like stop thinking and spit it out bro, so I did and the Spirit was just insane in the moment. He was so shocked and felt the Spirit so strong and it was just a really tender moment with these dudes. Love em.

I don’t know if you remember Salete from Primavera do Leste (my greenie area) but she was here in Rondonopolis and just happened to be staying at her daughter-in-law's house in our freaking area 10 minutes from our house so we got to go and visit her! I kid you not, her testimony is so insane. I have never seen someone grow so firmly in the gospel, it's insane. I am so grateful for her she's such a blessing in my life. It was actually on the walk to her daughter-in-law's house that we met Joao Batista and his family.

Ivo and Marly are doing super good and the Branch offered to pay and plan their whole wedding and also like get a dress and a suit for them and Marly told us the other day that she woke up crying because she had a dream about their wedding and she woke up crying from happiness. So cute. Should be so good.

But I just wanna bear my testimony super rapid mode about the power of the Holy Spirit in my life. I need you guys to know that the Holy Spirit it real, that he leads and guides us in incredible ways. I have the strongest testimony that it is not by my own doing that people come to know this gospel, but through the Spirit of God. I love this gospel, and this mission. God helps me see the good in every single person through the Holy Spirit. The pure happiness that I truly feel out here, and in specific right now is something I never want to lose. I promise every single one of you reading this, that a greater peace and relaxation is prepared for you.

I love you guys! Have a solid week and make it better than the last one.

One of the member's daughters has this doll. It was its birthday on Tuesday when we had lunch there so we got the pleasure of singing happy birthday to Lucas. He is 3 months old.