Gooooooood Morning Americaaaaaaaa! What a week it has been. Like throwin a clock out the window to see a butterfly: it doesn't make any sense. But here we go anyways. (Shoutout to my little sis for the title)
News: 🌊💦
Another baptismmmmm. It was a miracle that he was baptized. Marques has been living with his uncle for 4 weeks know, and his uncle has been bringing him to church. After our baptism last week Marques said that he wanted to get baptized, so what'd we do? We taught him everything this week over the phone since he lives like almost an hour away and it all worked out! He was so
Murica: 🇺🇲🏈🛻
It breaks people's brains that I would leave the United States to Come here to Brasil. Everyone here is like "why would you do that??" And I'm just like "for Jesus!" And then they let us talk to them, sometimes. It does make me realize how blessed I am to be an American and to have had all of the blessings of growing up in land of the free and the home of the brave. And to have grown up in the church and the gospel, it is such a huge blessing.
The work: 🧈✔️
Smooth like butter. This past week was a bit different, but still just as good as anything. With my comp being the district leader here, he gets to do divisions with other missionaries in their areas to help them, and I get to stay here and work with the other Elders who come here. A little strange, but really insightful for sure. And then on Wednesday our zone leaders did a division with us and I stayed here in Asa Sul, it was a teaching moment for sure. I learned a lot during that division. Shoutout to Elder Jones.
People: 🫂
Absolutely incredible, there's so many wonderful people here in wonderful Asa Sul. The fun never ends, that's for sure. The thing is, not everyone you teach or talk to progresses, it's just part of missionary life. People stop answering, or never answer in the first place. People who showed interest, don't have interest after a little bit. It's just how it goes. So we have to keep meeting new people. One, because the former, and two, because I'm here on the mission to bring the gospel to every single person possible, not just those I've already met so far. (See more in spiritual thought).
Menu: 🫒😋🥑
It doesn't make sense. Most of y'all have heard of tapioca I'm sure, but here in Brasil they eat it as patty sort of things: like a tapioca tortilla. You just buy a bag of the tapioca "flour" and put it in a pan and that's it. No water no nothin. Just in the pan, flip, and put whatever you want on it. It's bland, but that just means you can put whatever you want on it. It's good. Also, found a hamburger place that has the most American like hamburger I've had in Brasil. Blessed be the name of Asa Sul.
Spiritual thought:
You never truly take a wrong turn. Okay, so to start off, my cousin who recently returned from his mission asked me what have been the little miracles and blessings I've seen. You know, the kind you just about brush past if you're not paying attention. I thought for a second, and one thing just came to my mind. Here in Asa Sul it's easy to get turned around, everything is just apartment buildings that look fairly similar. So you take a "wrong" turn here or there and end up on a different road than you thought you would be on, but it's never the wrong road. There's always someone that needed help on that road, or who accepts to talk to us, or already knew the missionaries. Something little. No matter where we go, as long as we're going with good intentions and the willingness to work, the Lord will bless us. I have no doubt of this. Not a single one. First off, He wants to bless us, and secondly, He wants to bless His other children through us. There is no end to His love, or His blessings. He declared that "I am a ; and I am a God of miracles; and I will show unto the world that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and I work not among the children of men save it be according to their faith." (2 Nephi 27:23) There is no end. Just as He blessed His children in the time of The Bible, and the Book of Mormon, and Doctrine and Covenants, He will bless His children now. The only caveat is He can only bless us according to our faith in Him and His Son. As far as the rest of the little miracles I've seen, there is no end as long as I keep thinking. His hand is in every little detail of His work, and of my life. As I rely wholly on my Savior, who is Christ, I know that He truly is the "...author and finisher of [my] faith" (Moroni 6:4). With Him, all is possible. There is no losing. And there truly is no end to the blessings that come from Him and His Father. Their love for us, as well, has no end. And I love you guys, too! Keep on rocking it out in your own life, yall!
Até mais meus amigos,
-Elder Hyatt
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