Exhausted :) Week 51

What is up guys! This week had to be one of the most exhausting weeks on my mission thus far. It was so physically and mentally draining haha. We walked a ton, make too many contacts, and had to do two exchanges. With Elder Bradford, there literally isn't a pause in the work. And unfortunately, our baptism fell through and we have not seen the fruits that come from this labor. But God's just testing our faith and diligence, and we'll do better next week for sure.

One Fruit

But let's start off by talking about our one miracle from last week that continues to be a miracle. Tatiana! This week, we taught her about God's plan for us and about His temples, and she absolutely loved it! We invited her for baptism and it was honestly the happiest I've even seen someone get to be baptized! On Sunday, she was talking with all of the moms about what type of cake they're going to make for the baptism hahaha. Please pray for Tatiana. 

Health Check

Okay, so I haven't given yall an update in a little bit, but let's gete into the health. So as you guys know, I've been walking around in flip-flops for the last two months. And these Brazilian roads and everything but clean. So when a mom in the ward would not stop looking at and commenting on my "beautiful american feet", I took it as a sign to but on some boots. So yeah, the toe is at 99%. But now for the rest of the body. This week, Elder Bradford and I went to a stomach specialist to see what was up. After tapping my belly like five times, he set me up to take a blood test, an ultrasound, and some other test where they'll stick a tube down my throat. Yeah, so I'm not too excited, but I'll finally find out what's wrong with me, because I haven't been able to eat too much and I'm loosing weight fast. 

other cool things

- we ran the activity for our family night this week and it ended up with me getting flour to the face. 

- in one of our exchanges, I got to talk to and help one of the people that I baptized, who has since moved away and stopped going to church. We had a super spiritual heart to heart lesson and he's going to start coming back to church. 

- at lunch, we sang an english duet to "I'm trying to be Like Jesus" and we made some grandmas cry.

-  in our other exchange, some drunk dude on a motorcycle totally ate it and was inches away from taking out my legs with his motorcycle. lol. He came out of that contact with a Book of Mormon and a smile. God protects His missionaries. 

- I've been studying the commonly asked question: "why do bad things happen to good people?". And I learned a ton about our divine potential and agency as God's children, as well as, the perfectly fair and just trial that we will have. 10/10 would recommend this topic to study.

We'll that all for this week! I love you all and hope that yall have a fantastic week!

Elder Ware