Kind of a crappy week

 Hey fam. 

Honestly this week just kinda sucked and I don't really want to write too much about it.  

After a bad week w not feeling like myself, having to drop a ton of people, and just feeling off, it made me grateful for all the other good weeks (opposition in all things) and for God's help carrying our burdens because really we couldn't do anything w out Gods help! I'm fine, but I'm just hoping this week will go a lot better! One thing I'll say tho, in all my sad moments this week I really tried to make an effort to just do little acts of service and put myself into the work to make others happy, and it helped a lot. I also gained a stronger testimony this week that God is aware of me even even my sad/lonely moments. This week in one of those moments I found and read an old letter from my sister savannah and it really helped me with exactly what I needed to hear. It was something she shared from her mission journal (in the first week of her mission from forever ago) and I'd like to share it. She said "i have been set apart, and now it's time to endure- or as we say in Spanish "perseverar hasta el fin." perseverar. I like that word. Perseverar through not being able to understand. Perseverar in diligent study. Perseverar in making goals, and perseverar in trusting God. My president said 'not everyone is searching for God's true church, but everyone's searching for happiness', so I will try to perseverar in spreading this happy news with a smile on my face"

I loved that. Thanks Sav! 

Guys life is hard sometimes, but it's so important that we perseverar. Perseverar hasta el fin (endure to the end) is the last part of the doctrine of christ and I think one of the most important parts. We're going to have hard days, hard weeks, and hard times in our life, but if we keep our head up and perseverar, God will help us through anything! We just have to keep enduring and he will bless us more than we can imagine!

I hope this email finds you all well and you know how much I love you all! Keep your head up and know God loves you! 

Pics

-spikeball in the pouring rain. We taught out neighbor kids how to play 

-an old guy gave us flowers on the side of the road

-a cat we found at the church