News:
Another new wonderful week has gone by here in mostly sunny Brasil! What a time to be alive if I do say so myself, and I sure do. Another division, 3 baptismal dates, and half of a small town contacted later, and we're still going. This week has been a week full of work and miracles fo shizzle. It turns out that if you work and do you love best to do your part, God will to the rest and you will be blessed. Apart from all of the work down in Asa Sul, we also had another successful division, but this time I still went to São Sebastião, but was there with another newer missionary. (He only has one more transfer (six weeks) than I do.) But it went really well, eventually.
The work:
So this week was one of our best weeks yet, aside from the fact we didn't have a baptism. The rest of everything else, off the charts. It was like awesome. We found a lot of really wonderful people to start teaching and helping and have been able to help so many people that we already have been working with. Like mark a baptismal date with a bus contact and bring the gospel and friends to a dog walker (More about those in People). These overall lesson in all of this week's work is you just have to talk to the entire world, there isn't any way around it as a missionary: it's what you're here for.
People:
First thing first, shout out to Irmão Ricardo, he is the absolute goat. He went out teaching with us three times this week to 8 different lessons. It's a blessing to have his testimony, thoughts, and insights as we teach and talk about the gospel of Jesus Christ because he is also a convert and so he understands what it's like to be in our investigators shoes. For example: we have this absolutely awesome investigator named Verlandio. He is awesome. We contacted him on the bus right about as we got off and when I messaged him later, he said he'd love to have us over for a visit. Great! That very first lesson we taught about the gospel of Jesus Christ and the spirit was so strong in the lesson that we asked if he'd like to be baptized and he said yes. It was just an incredible experience. We've taught him a lot since then and then when he came to church he loved it too. And it's only been a week! And then an few days later we met a lady who was walking her little puppy (he's six months old and adorable) and we talked with her on the street some and then a few times through out the week. She already knew a little about the church and when she went to church yesterday she said it was exactly what she was looking for. Her name is Katarynah (it took us a while to figure out how to spell her name) and she also speaks English. (So many people her in Asa Sul do.) But it has just been an amazing week.
Milagresssss:
So like, I've really come to realize that everything we're able to do as missionaries really is just because of God. We can talk to as many people as we want, and as many people as we may talk to might reject us or push us aside, but all of the good we do here is just because of the love of God in all of the people. God does bless His children.
Menu:
Arabian burrito? We got shwarma yall, and Iron Man was right, it hit the spot. Also pita chips and fries, twas absolutely delicious.
Spiritual thought:
Okay, now to talk about the miraculous piece of art that is 🎇✨️YOU✨️🎇!! I was reading a talk given by a mission President titled "The Fourth Missionary." by Lawrence E. Corbridge in June of 2002. In the talk he addressed four different types of missionaries that exist. The first is like an awful, disobedient, Commandment breaking missionary, and the fourth missionary is wholly dedicated, does all that God asks of him, and truly serves his mission. At the beginning of the beginning of the talk he asks this question: "What will be your greatest work? What will be your most important creation?" And shortly thereafter responds with the following: "Your greatest work: your most important creation is and will ever be you. What kind of person will
you become? By this I do not mean what role in life will you take. I don't mean will you be a cowboy, lawyer, surfer,
homemaker, engineer, computer programmer, accountant or the like. I do not refer to what kind of car you will drive;
what kind of clothes you will wear; what kind of house you will live in; what kind of spouse you will marry or what kind
of family will you raise. I mean, when all of that is removed and there you stand alone, who will you be? I mean, you." Truly, without a doubt, our greatest work is ourselves. The only person who we are constantly with. Whom we never get a break from. He went on to say that we have to plan and envision for our greatest creation. We have to be the one at the contro center of our own life. We decide whether to follow the commandments our not. We decide whether to be consecrated missionaries or not. We decide whether to be a disciple of Christ or a disciple of the enemy of all good. That decision, every decision, is wholly laid upon us. He then laid out the very many choices we can make, in a few main sections: Do you want to be powerful or weak?
Certain and confident, or afraid and insecure?
Comfortable with your self or arrogant and abrasive?
Do you want to be filled with light or darkness?
Do you want to have peace or conflict within?
Selfish or generous?
Influential or inconsequential?
Do you want to be free or be a slave?
Happy or miserable?
Do you want to be kind and loving, or mean and cruel?
Honest or dishonest?
Do you want to be forgiving or hard and unforgiving?
Knowledgeable or ignorant?
Do you want to be a person of faith or doubt and fear?
Trustworthy or unreliable?
Hardworking or lazy?
Do you want to be cheerful or despondent?" The choice is up to us. Make like a Jedi and follow the path of light, yall. It's a whole lot better. All in all, make good choices. It sure makes God a whole lot happier. Because He loves you! And I love yall too! Have a wonderful next week!
With love and gratitude for life,
-Elder Hyatt
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