Tuesday, July 18, 2017

June 14th, 2017

  This week was a blast! Some highlights we had from this week was Elder Aguiar had a procedure that is a temporary fix to his situation. He essentially got it drained and now he is back to being a normal human being haha he was in a lot of pain that day but he is fine now! On the work side of things Susannah is still in Brazil and will be till the the 20th. Alex got permission from his dad to be baptized so we had a lesson and talked all about baptism and the importance of it and then set a baptismal date for the 25th of June which is two weeks away!!! Alex was excited and wasn't nervous at all. His mom on the other hand seemed nervous so we asked her why and she said it was because now this means Alex is eventually going to have to go on a mission haha she loves her son and is very supportive! And Alex is such an amazing young man. We had the lesson in a park and afterwards we taught Alex how to do a backflip so he was literally so happy he was doing backflips haha. 


  Me and Elder Aguiar have been doing so well and have been full of excitement for the work! A few missionaries who go home the same time I do have been getting really trunky and dying hard. I always joke with them that my trick has been that I have always been trunky. But the closer I get to the end I think the less I want to go home. I have an ever growing appreciation for the blessing a mission is. We are given an opportunity to serve full time and we receive so much in return. I love the people I have been able to meet, the friendships I have formed, and the ability to make friends quickly with anyone that missionaries seem to have. I love how close I have come to God and how my understanding of Him has become much more clear. I love being a missionary for Jesus Christ. An example to illustrate my point is something that happened to us the other night. We had a spare 45 min in the evening and because things didn't go to plan as they never do so we thought of who we could visit. The name of a part member family we hadn't seen at church for a few weeks popped into our minds so we went to visit them. The mom was suffering from some pretty serious health issues and we were able to talk with her and make her laugh. After a little bit of conversation she opened up to us about some things that had been weighing on her. We weren't really able to help her at all with them but we were able to tell her we loved her and her family and we were always there for her and that most especially God was here for her. There was such a strong feeling of God's love as we talked and she thanks us so much. We drove away feeling so uplifted and happy when we hadn't done anything. I love that feeling so much.



Alex!!



I wood burned this for a member with Papa P's wood burner

 Young Men

 Brighton



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