This past week I hit my 6 month mark. I wanted to do something wild like jump off a building, go skydiving, or do something to make an epic memory. Then I realized that I am a missionary and that I don't have enough time to do something wild and epic haha. It was kind of nice though because we have been returning home at 8:00 the past few nights and the next few days due to the Carnival. So we have had a little extra time to relax, study, and enjoy ourselves a bit more. On my 6 month mark I decided to ask my companion about some crazy fruits that I can eat. He didn't have too many options for me so we went to the fruit store to check it out. He told me I needed to try Avocado with sugar..? What in the world?! I was disgusted at first but then said YOLO because this is my 6 month mark and decided to do it. I had Avocado with Sugar (It was actually super duper good! Like I am not a big fan of Avocado unless it is guacamole.. But this was surprisingly delicious), a few Guavas (first time and soo super delicious), and a coconut. I made a video of me drinking the coconut water and then 'cracking the coconut' for my 6 month mark. It was pretty good stuff. All in all my 6 month mark was pretty good.
I just want to end sharing my testimony about Missionary work. You guys.. these past 6
months have been the hardest 6 months that I have had in my life! I will not sugar coat it
one bit or lie.. it was pretty dang hard! When I write you guys.. you usually just hear the
good because my goal in the mission is to find the positive in everything and smile even
when you want to cry. But it really was hard and pretty difficult! At times you truly just want
to throw in the towel and call it quits. But it is also fair to say that I have grown the past 6
months more than I have grown in the past 19 years of my life. I have figured out my
purpose here on earth, and I have been strengthened by amazing experiences, challenges,
and trials. I have felt the love of our Heavenly Father and Savior, Jesus Christ time and time
again. My faith and testimony truly has been strengthened. I am truly so grateful for the
trials that the mission brings, because it is through our trials that I get to prove what I am
really made of to my Father in Heaven if I have sufficient faith in Him to pull me through.
I am grateful for the people that I have encountered here in Brazil and for the love that
I have felt for them and from them. In all....I am grateful to be a representative of Jesus
Christ. It is a privilege to stand as a witness of Him and share my testimony to the people
here....that He lives and that He has done everything possible for us to return to live with
Him and our Heavenly Father again. I have learned that faith is everything. It is through
our faith that we can be, do and become all that Heavenly Father wants us to be.
I am grateful fro my mission and I am grateful for the past 6 months. I wouldn't change
a thing, and I am excited for the next 18 months that I have to share this wonderful
Gospel. I still have a ton of time, but I know that it will fly and I will be home before I
know it. Thank you so much for your love and support this past 6 months.
For your thoughts, prayers, and love in all that I do. I hope you know how much I love you
and appreciate you. Have a wonderful week and know that I miss you like crazy...in fact,
I miss you more than Richmond High School from Coach Carter misses basketball in
the 'lockout.' You guys are the best!
Love, Your Favorite...Elder Abel! Ü
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