It's not all or nothing...be an example

Hey y'all! Hope everything is good back home! We had an awesome week out here in the Brazilian countryside haha. Sadly it got hot again, I think God was punishing me for making fun of you guys next week lol, but it was seriously a great week.

On Saturday and Sunday we met some awesome friends that I am super excited to teach. We also had two members give us food and I loved it! We had Pão de Queijo with one member and a full dinner with the other (usually we just make a small dinner at home at the end of the day). Another thing that happened was we saw a motorcycle crash and had the opportunity to be the first responders, helping him up, and moving the bike so he wouldn't get hit. Luckily, he was just scratched up a bit and didn't need to go to the hospital.

Something that was kinda funny this week was with a meeting we usually have with all the missionaries in our area on Tuesdays. We showed up at the chapel like normal and waited for the others to show up. We waited for like 30 minutes and still nobody showed up, so we called them, but nobody answered. We finally waited for another 20 minutes and finally our district leader called us asking why we called. It turned out this week we didn't have the meeting and he had forgotten to tell us. Luckily we had made good use of the time planning and studying, but it was kinda funny because our leader was like ''Oh shoot, sorry, uhhhh we don't have it this week'' haha.

To end, I want to share a scripture that I shared in a talk I gave this Sunday. 1 Timothy 4:12 says, ''Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.'' I was talking about doing missionary work as a member. The point I want to make this week is missionary work is not just for full-time missionaries and it is not all or nothing. If missionary work is super hard for you, just start with being an example! Then you can start talking more and helping others and growing until you are a day to day missionary like the Savior wants you to be!

I love you guys, keep being awesome!

With love from Brazil,

Elder Colton McOmber

Cool pictures and places in my area! It's so cool here!