Oiii todos!! Tudo bom?? I hope you all had a great conference weekend and a great week!! I love and miss you all!! Can’t believe transfers is happening next week already!! So wild!! Well this week was kind of wild haha so let’s get into the good stuff!!
This week as most of you know Hurricane Ian hit Fort Myers and Naples. It was insane!! Luckily, here in Miami we just got high winds and lots of rain but nothing crazy!! I got to help out in Fort Myers with our stake which was such a great experience!! Being able to serve those people made me so happy!! I love the people here and I know that God is watching out for them during this tough time!! On the bright side, I totally got to make a kite out of a grocery bag and flew it which was super, super sick haha 😂😂
Something super funny this week was in preparation for the hurricane we all went to the nearest Target to grab some food just in case!! We all grabbed canned goods, granola bars, and water!! So we started checking out and one of my comps is checking out and I was helping him scan and bag and I see this like 40 pack of double A batteries! And he hands them to me saying “don’t know when I’ll use these but maybe I need them” and I was like “Elder, do you have anything that uses double A batteries?” And he was like “I think so, but I’m not sure” so I asked him, “What do you need these batteries for? 😂” he said “I actually don’t think I have anything that uses these batteries 😂” It was so funny he almost dropped like 30 bucks on this pack of batteries for nothing HAHAHA oh man so much has happened this week I can’t even think of one funny thing that happened!! But I hope that was as funny as I thought it was 😂😂
Well this weekend of course was an amazing conference!! I hope you all were able to watch the sessions!! One of my favorite quotes was from President Nelson when he said something to the extent of “We are not supposed to be perfect in this life, we do our best so that we can build our resistance to temptation!” I thought that was so awesome!! It really hit me, that in this life we will make mistakes. It’s inevitable!! But if we try our best and rely on Christ, we will be able to build our resistance to evil!! That’s the whole point of this life!! I also loved from I believe it was Elder Olsen that said “The advesary is the father of confusion, while the Savior is the Master of simplicity” how cool is that!! It is hard to discern right from wrong in a world that continues to grow in loudness and chaos. But as we take the time to hear the words from our Father in Heaven through fervent prayer, daily scripture study, and regular temple attendance we are able to feel those promptings from the Holy Ghost!! Man I love this Gospel and I love my Savior with all my heart. I love you all and I hope you have a great week!!!
Até proxima!! Tchau tchau meu amigos!!
Elder Castillo