If You Get Killed, Walk It Off

Honestly, it was a rougher week but still really good.

I found some people I'm excited to teach, and they have some great potential. In addition, our friends Alexis and Alvin are both looking really good and are getting baptized this coming Sunday!

Alexis is the 18-year-old guy we've been working with who has been coming to church for about 4 years now. He's been attending with his girlfriend and her family, and he’s kept coming even though his girlfriend is at a different college. The awesome part is that his girlfriend's brother and one of his best friends have been serving a mission and helping him prepare to get baptized. The other cool tidbit is that his friend, Elder Morales, was serving in the same mission and zone as my friend from high school, Elder Cragun, who told me to say hi for him. Not only that, but Alexis wants Elder Morales to baptize him. All around awesome, and I'm so excited for Alexis. (Another side note is he bore his testimony during fast and testimony meeting, and he already has a super strong testimony).

Alvin is also doing really awesome. He's from Cuba and is the cousin of our recent convert, also from Cuba (crazy how that works). He lived in Brazil for a bit and was taught by the missionaries there before moving to the Valley with his cousin. He's going through a rough time adjusting, especially since he gave up everything to leave and come here, but he knows the gospel really needs to be his focus. On Sunday, his cousin was sick and couldn't come, so he walked to church because he’d promised to come and knew it was important.

The tough thing that happened this week was that Gali was about as close as you can get to getting baptized, but due to her situation and some outside influences, she isn't ready right now. I'll be honest, it was one of the toughest moments of my mission just because she really wants to and desires those blessings in her life, but there are some things out of her control. I do know that God has a plan and will help her.

As the title this week says, sometimes you’ve got to walk it off. It's not easy, but the Savior makes it possible.

I'll close by saying that being a missionary can be tough, but it is the most rewarding and worthwhile thing I've ever done. Even when things are difficult, the Lord truly is in this work.

¡Les amo machismo!

-Elder Teeples

Last week's email: "They found me, I don't know how but they found me"
Movie: Back to the Future - Doc Brown says this when the smugglers he bought/took the uranium from track him down as they’re preparing to use the DeLorean to time travel.

Pics:

Bike grind
Got to be a drill sergeant at the zone meeting #MarchingTo100
Big ol' moth (no idea how)
Cool/fun lifted truck (bad pic though)
Biking at night




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