Well hello there my beloved and dearest family and friends. This week has been a difficult one- work wise. but i will start off with the usual. alrighty so i have this lil notebook that i carry around with me everywhere to write down funny things to email because i think the emails are important. anyways so to start off one day we were just making street contacts and while elder stokes was talking i look down and his belt is just hanging there. i lost it. i was laughing soooo hard. his belt had broken mid sentence and so his pants were like falling down and it just was hysterical... much funnier in the moment obviously. so i carry the pictures of my family everywhere bec people love to look at our pictures. anyways so all the sisters are totally obsessed with spencer and preston. hahah i think it is hysterical. and then i tell everyone that spence is the next josh groban. people just want to be in our family so badly! they want to date spence and preston but i told them they cant. we marry americans... its a family rule. ;) haha and everyday we leave our house we pass this house with a demon dog who, with out fail, scares the poop out of me and runs to the fence and starts barking like crazy. well one day i decide to run back at it and shout mean things about the stupid dog in portuguese. then i see the owner stand up and start walking to the fence... the one flippin day. i said boa dia and hauled outta there laughing. oh and guess what... i freaking have to talk next sunday. its sad. these people are just cruel. lets pick the kid who looks like he is fourteen to go in front of the entire ward ( and pres and sis cabral) and give a talk. puplic humiliation people. its not right. so i am freakin nervous for that. so wish me luck and pray your guts out that i dont look like a moron. mom i will tell you something else in your email because i dont want abby to know hahah... oh darn... sorry abbs... i forgot this is going to you too ;) teehee!
anyways so we had another lesson with good old Darcio- probably the most spiritual experience of my life. literally. we talked about his purpose here on the earth. we told him it isnt a secret that he is on borrowed time and that he is here for a second chance at salvation... but this is his last chance. it was just so spiritual. we made him promises that if he went to church this sunday he would have the power to quit smoking completely. and i promised him that if he continued this path and get baptized he will make it to the celestial kingdom. now... we are representatives of jesus christ. literal representatives of Him. our comission is to say what he wants said and to do what he wants done. i learned that missionaries have an endless potentail. we are literal and living representatives of Jesus Christ, the savior of the world. we have the priveledge to call upon the powers of heaven. we are literally saving souls. but... these children have their agency. Darcio didnt come to church yesterday. it broke my heart... and now we have to drop him. his lack of faith. anyways so yesterday was really hard.
we have been working our BUTTS off... ( and that is a lot because you all know that if my butt is one thing... small isnt it ;) hahahah just kidding. but seriously we have just been giving 100 percent. and it is hard... because we have been gettting nothing but no no no and doors slammed in our face. BUT.. i remember the video i watched in the mtc. its about how salvation was never easy. we will face disappointment a lot here on the mission. and we will be shoved down and just exhausted form the work... from being turned down when all we are trying to is let them drink the cup of salvation. but we will get a taste... a small glimpse of the path the savior walked for us. we get to know... in a way that nobody else can- to walk shoulder to shoulder with the greatest life this world has ever known. President Cabral made us a promise that we have the ability and power to see the savior here in santos. to see the savior of mankind. we CAN know the savior is real and lives as well as an apostle. Though it is hot, though some days just SUCK, and its hard... just so. stinking. hard. this is the greatest blessing i have. and brazil santos is the best mission in the world.
i absolutely LOVE president and sister cabral. there is zero doubt in my mind they are called of God. so... let the battle with satan continue. and here goes one more week in the mission. keep it up Spencer and Preston! you guys are literally the two most amazing missionaries in the world. i love love love my family. they are perfect and elect. i am so blessed to be a part of the Sharp family. Mom and dad have a good week. Im crossing my fingers that clay gets straight A´s!!! GET BETTER!! you are not allowed to be sick! goodness! i love you guys sooooo much! so much! and linc.... you da man!!! you da man lincy! that space looks dang good in your mouth! congrats on the tooth buddy.. just dont grow up okay... i miss you pal. i cant believe you are almost 9! and quince! what is up with you man!? sharp boys (clay linc and q)- you are not shy. stop pretending you are! if there is one thing we are not... its shy! make friends in our new ward okay! you guys are awesome! so keep it up! just be yourselves and everyone will be your friend. thats a promise! anyways... the B Train is setting sail for a baptism this week. lets gooooooo!
All my love and prayers,
Elder Sharp
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