Letter #19

Yeah, walked by a house just in time to see this dude throw a dead cat in the garbage basket. Another one, oh yessss

Last P-day, we soccered, Brazilians versus Americans. They´ll try to regain that crown today, cause it´s ours right now, yuh. 8 goals

Turns out I´m probably allergic to coconut, but still just a theory. We´ll see......next time I eat coconut, we ain´t stopping.

Aunt Janel, Uncle Brad, the letter with toilet paper, highlight of my week. never has a wipee felt soo smooth.

Elder Orteney and I set a mission record for most shoe soles destroyed during proselyting.
6. He went through 4, I went through 2. Three of them, literally within 3 minutes of each other.
his, oh I´ll just glue it....his other one, maybe I shouldn´t have worn these...mine, nope, we´re just being impeded by that great enemy, we press on.

Sunday, Oh my. OOOHHHH MMMYYY. Christmas Devotional...STAKE Christmas Devotional...
MULTI-stake Christmas Devotional...Everything that could go wrong, went wrong. lemme tell you.
And who was there to save the day...uhuh.

First, Wednesday night, phone call. "Elder Schenewark, Sister Brenda is in the hospital, do you think you guys could give her a blessing...." "Of course, Sister Estigarribia, we´d love to......" "and also take here solo ifor the choir number? Thanks bye." Then, turns out our piano player doesn´t actually know how to play the piano? He just memorizes songs. But he forget to memorize one. ACAPELLA. Then, my solo during the choir number. Then our missionary quartet which was actually way good (I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, *dab on'em*). Then, the choir director, got up walked out, texted her husband sitting by me. -Hey, I´m in the bathroom vomiting, have Elder Schenewark direct and also take my part in the duet. Yep. So, I choir directorized. And then...Sang the women´s part to "Angels We Have Heard on High" and yeha and then our youth speaker got stage fright. "Elder Schenewark, will you give a short discourse on what Christmas means to you, since you´ve already done everything else and you´re pretty much the most clutch Elder we´ve ever had and everybody here is just dying to see if there´s a testimony behind those blue eyes???" "Absolutely Stake President Silva, I´ll be clutch some more." Maybe it didn´t go quite like that, but you get the gist]

So yeah
Clutch level, Julian Edelman "No, i caught it, i caught it"
Eat it Atlanta, #NewEngland #GOAT #WhatUpItatibaStake

just another quick yuh
YUH

And, to wrap it all up, saw a really funny sign
"HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ALCOHOL AND DRUGS? SPEND ALL YOUR MONEY ON TATTOOS AND PIERCINGS"

Funny, yes, I laughed for a while

But,, really, it´s not as funny as it seemed. Replacing one problem with another, only builds problems.
It´s like *insert Parker Gibby metaphor here* But, you get it. If you have something you want to change, don´t settle by replacing it with something 'not as bad'. Solve the problem, there is always an answer. Life is two short to let problems accumulate. This new year, solve the problems. Use the tools you have.

I love the mindset our investigator Luan has. "If I´m still breathing, I better be improving, otherwise, I´m really just dying". It´s really confusing and I don´t know if I really get it, but I know what he means. And i have a testimony that it works, because I´ve been able to see his progress as well as gain a better insight to mine. Keep bettering yourself. I love you guys, that you for your prayers and support. Until two weeks,


Elder Fisher of Soles