This week was really exciting!
On
Wednesday, my district got our reassignments! I was reassigned to the
Kansas, Wichita mission! I think that is really cool and exciting. My
mission takes up most of Kansas and some of Colorado and Oklahoma. I
will be reporting around the 21 of July! I am also excited because my
cousin, Nate Hathaway, is serving there right now, and one of my
friends, Austin Bascom, was reassigned to the same mission and is
reporting the same day as me! It is so exciting to get out and start
serving the people of Kansas and eventually Brazil.
This
is where the other people in my district were reassigned: Elder
Stocking: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Elder de Hoyos: Oakland/San Francisco
California. Sister Burns: Oakland/San Francisco California. Sister
Snow: Tacoma, Washington. Elder Schenk: Charleston, West Virginia.
Elder Montoya: Independence, Missouri. Sister Mendenhall: Fort Collins,
Colorado. Sister Jacobson: Los Angeles California. I was very surprised
that no one in our district got reassigned to Utah or Idaho,
considering most of us don't live in those states.
Thursday
was also my birthday! I am now 19 years old! And of course my amazing
district helped me celebrate it by doing challenges, and I had to
complete on to move on to the next. One of the elders had me do 100
pushups in 30 minutes. Then one of the sisters had me record my nieces
and nephews singing happy birthday to me. Then one of the sisters asked
which mission in Brazil is the best, which is obviously Belém, Brazil,
haha, but seriously. She was called to that mission too, so no bias at
all. Then one of the elders gave me a riddle, which consisted of a bunch
of numbers. through some hints I was able to translate the message,
which said who was going next. The next elder gave me a clever riddle
about a prophet from the bible, and it would hint at who was next. The
prophet was Jacob/Israel and so sister Jacobson went next. She had me
guess how many fingers she was holding up, 3 separate times. Then her
companion had me guess her first name, and I got it right. Finally, the
last elder went, and he gave me a riddle from the Hobbit. The one with
the answer of time. It was great. Then they all showed me a Powerpoint
that they had made for me and it was super sweet and sincere. It
honestly left me speechless. I will share the last slide, which was
great. And then that night one of my companions, Elder Stocking, let me
talk with his uncle, a retired professional powerlifter. It was really
cool and a lot of fun to talk with and meet him. And then to take it one
step further they ordered me a Pizza! It was amazing what they did for
me. I really have the best district. They are awesome and I love them
all so much.
My
family also gave me a great Covid-19th Birthday party! My sister made a
wonderful cake, and I got beef stroganoff, one of my favorite meals! It
was also really great to spend some extra time with them.
So
yeah, it was a really exciting week. Our whole district is improving so
much with Portuguese. It is a huge miracle that we can learn so much in
so little time. We are especially good at teaching the gospel. That is
our specialty really.
And
of course my amazing companheiros went above and beyond all week. They
are awesome, and I am so happy to have them as my companion.
One
of my favorite chapters of the Book of Mormon that I read this week is 2
Nephi 22. It is such a good chapter. It is short, but really awesome.
It is one of Nephi’s many testimonies from the book of mormon. I love
how he is just praising God the whole chapter. I sometimes feel this
same way. God has done so much for me and I know that he will continue
to do so. I know that he cares about each one of us and what we are
going through. He cares and, if we turn to him and ask for help, he will
help. He wants to, he is just waiting for us to ask for the help. I
know that with him we can do things beyond our limits.
Sorry for the long email! I hope that it was a good one though!
Now it is time for pictures.
The middle mission is my mission! So excited to serve the Lord there!
This was my really tasty, and awesome Birthday cake! Thank you Sari!
And
then the attached file is our class playing charades to learn the
animals. It was fun acting out animals. I know it is a long video, but
my favorite parts were right around 13 minutes (he was trying to act out
a squirrel, so he was playing the squirrel in Ice Age), and 26 minutes.
They were so funny and great.
I love you all so much!
Sincerely,
Elder Sant
Acreditar. Amar. Fazer.
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