Oi meus amigos!
This week was truly an interesting one. First of we got two new Elders in our house, Elder Durante and Elder Proença. So it meant a lot of time getting to know them. Elder Durante and Elder Proença are really cool. They remind me a lot of people back home, namely my brother Josh. Also Elder Proença did Capueda before his mission which is like martial arts but also a dance. It's legit to watch so he has been teaching me and Elder Sly it. Also I talked about playing DnD before my mission and everyone thought it would be really interesting to play it here. And I'm not gonna lie I neevver, ever thought that I would play Pathfinder out here but here I am playing it.
The work has been rough here, most days we weren't able to teach so spent a lot of time contacting and walking. One thing I really learned this week is that success here in the mission doesn't come from numbers but from how hard you're working. If you're giving it all you have, you're successful and it doesn't matter what people say. If you know it and you know that God knows it, then that's all that matters.
One thing always helps me is the verse in Ether 12 which says that faith is believing in things you can't see and that answers come only after the trial of faith. Truly I know this Gospel is true, but no one ever said it was easy. It was never easy, because salvation isn't easy. It wasn't easy when Christ was praying to his father that if there was an easier way to give it, and it most certainly will not be any easier for us as latter day saints. One part of our mission is feeling some portion of the same pain he felt. I'm not saying we will feel anything close to what he felt but we will feel some token that will make us more grateful.
I love you all, and I pray for you all every day. Remember the atonement is real and it's not just there to wipe away our sins but it is there to comfort us in times of need. It is there for everything. I hope you're all doing great!
-Elder Pettingill
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