December 30, 2013

Wellp, 
All is well here in the southern hemisphere. I am still enjoying the heat of the desert, and the rain of the rainforest. But more than all the temporal bonuses, I am really just.....
So overwhelmingly happy.
I never knew how much... I never knew. you know?
I never knew the depth of sorrow, and overwhelming joy I could feel. 
I never knew... how when people are truly called of God, they are qualified by Him.
I am filled with desire to be better, to serve, to try and give this next year all I´ve got. #goalsUNHletsgo2014

But really, I will just reciprocate the amazing article that mom sent and testify that it is so so so very true. 
"Perhaps the change in mission age was a surprise for many people—especially those outside of the Church. Some probably wondered, “Why would the Church put so much responsibility in the hands of inexperienced young people who are barely out of high school?”
I remember asking the following question of several mission presidents: “Rather than young volunteers of eighteen or nineteen years of age, if we offered to send you professional missionaries who were older and had great command of the scriptures, missionary lessons, missionary methods, and language of the country, would you take them?”
They all answered without hesitation, “No, thank you. We love our young missionaries.”
What is so beautiful and powerful in having a missionary force essentially composed of young men and young women without much experience? The scriptures are filled with stories of young and modest people who, having great faith and being magnified by the power of God, accomplished exceptional things. Among them were Enoch, who considered himself to be “a lad” who was “slow of speech”;1 Joseph Smith, who described himself as “an obscure boy” and “of no consequence in the world”;2 and the Virgin Mary, who marveled that she had been chosen to become the Lord’s mother, saying, “My soul doth magnify the Lord, . . . for he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden.”3
These great young people had pure and humble hearts. Yet the Lord made them powerful in words and deeds to accomplish His designs. The scripture was fulfilled that said, “God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.”4 "

And now for a quick update
-this week is transfers, we will find out Wednesday exactly what'll happen to our dynamic trio. *alreadygettingemotional
-finally tasted jabacicaba suco (juice) and it absolutely passed the tastebud test. 
-found an umbrella that someone threw away, moderately fixed it, and now the three of us have some means of shelter from the cray-cray january rainstorms. (All of our umbrellas have broken... and been lost(coughcoughstolencough)... repeatedly)
so we will share the big baby, or just embrace the natural shower and sing to the world with happiness inviting everyone to come to church
-the three of us have developed wicked awesome tan lines on our feet. We call them modest lines... except for our feet....
-We celebrated christmas will a breakfast of real.... bumbumbumbuuuum CEREAL. it was a tender moment. Cereal here... costs like infinity dollars. Most people just eat bread and butter no joke. I like fruit too.
-I am learning how to fix watches?
HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL OF YOU PEOPLE THAT I LOVE.
make goals. 
stretch your self. and
BEH HAPPPEH.

and now for a song of strength to lift the spirits of the world.
NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP.
NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN
NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU
NEVER GONNA MAKE YOU CRY
NEVER GONNA SAY GOODBYE
NEVER GONNA TELL A LIE OR.....hurt you?
#rickastleyfanforever

p.s. Old computers again=old technology=no photos=double next week?