Just a quick note this week

Hey y'all!

Sorry I don't have any time, so I will send pictures and explain how everything was this week in the letter next week. All is well here, I am not sick, and the work is still going strong.

Love you all and stay safe!

Quick quote I like: "Sanctify yourselves because tomorrow the Lord will do WONDERS among you." 

We still have an incredible general conference that is approaching. Prepare yourselves!

With love from Brazil,

Elder Colton McOmber

Eating chicken feet🐓

Hey y'all! I had one of the best weeks of mission this week! One of the friends we met this week is a family of artists. The dad and his 8-year old son are super artistic and they were showing us all their projects, and I am dumb because I forgot to take pictures, but I'll get some for you guys next week if possible! Truly though, this 8-year old draws better than I do by leaps and bounds. It is super cool to see the talents that people are developing.

I ate a chicken's foot this week and let me tell you, it was really strange. I didn't think there was anything to eat off of a chicken's foot, but I was wrong. You eat everything but the bone, skin and cartilage and all. It took me a solid 5 minutes to get everything off the bone, but it was a cool experience! I don't know if I liked it or not, to be honest, but I would try it again if asked.

Today I want to talk about repentance. We teach this concept to a lot of people as missionaries, and sometimes I forget exactly how amazing this gift is. However, in those quiet moments of prayer, it is shown to me time and time again. I want to bear my testimony about this. Repentance is real and it is essential. The purpose of this life is to learn, and in learning we are going to fail. However, as we use this loving gift that a loving Father gave us, we do not need to fear these mistakes. We will grow, we will learn, we will win this battle for our eternal lives! I love the repentance process so much!

With love from Brazil,

Elder Colton McOmber

I didn't know that Brazil had foggy days, but we woke up to this, so I guess I was wrong haha

Guys, this hospital is not faking it or lying, it is an actual hospital lol

Brazilian slang haha (more or less, ''you chilling in a spaceship?'')

I forgot to take a picture of me so this is to make my mother happy (sorry mom)

Limeade king...Destroyed by a 9-yr-old...Being the light on the hill

Hey y'all! So my mom told me that I need to send more pictures of myself because for some weird reason people like seeing my face, so I'll start trying to do that for you guys haha. This week I made Brazilian Limeade, which actually is a little bit different than how they actually make limeade, 2 times!!! I am such an amazing cook and everyone should be so proud of me! But it was actually so good and both Elder Rogoski and I drank all of it super quickly.

This week I was absolutely destroyed by a 9-year old girl and it was hilarious. We were at a lunch at a member's house and as the mom was finishing dinner, her daughter came out to talk to us and get to know us. I ended up asking her how old she was and she told me that she was 9, almost 10. As a joke, I responded that she was really old and ancient. She immediately quipped back with "but you're the one who has white hairs!" haha. It was so funny and my companion and I DIED laughing. I can't even think as fast as this girl did lol. It was great and I am super proud of her for making fun of me.

My spiritual thought this week is more about the Savior from the book, Jesus the Christ. I am reading right now about the last week before His crucifixion. As a missionary, and in general, as Christians, we receive a lot of rejection from the world. As I have read about the Savior and his ultimate rejection by the very people He was trying to save, I am in awe by the meekness and humility He showed. We are the lights on the hills, we show the way to the Savior, but there is definitely resistance and people trying to quench our lights. However, when we stand for that light despite everything, in complete meekness and humility, like the Savior, we start to become like the Savior and receive His help to continue in our faith. We are all the Sons and Daughters of a Heavenly Father who prepared the one and only way to return through His Son, Jesus Christ. As we follow His example, we become more like Him. As we become more like Him, we become the people Heavenly Father wants us to become. As we do that, we fulfill the plan He has for us and will live eternally with Him. I KNOW this to be true. 

With love from Brazil,

Elder Colton McOmber

Açai and Coke(The missionary diet ;P)

Rainbow(a.k.a. arco-iris)

Incoming storm that we thought was going to kill us and then did absolutely nothing

This friend of ours gives us hamburgers like once a week for free, I love him so much

I found the equivalent of Martinelli's!!!!!!! (I absolutely LOVE Martinelli's)

PATOS!

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Cheese with sweetened condensed milk is strangely delicious haha

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