Olá todos!! Well what a week!! And transfer news!! I’m finally being transferred out of Miami Beach!! It’s bittersweet but I’ve loved this area so much and will definitely miss the people here!! I will be heading up to Miami Gardens and will be serving in a Portuguese area!! Woohoo!! But I hope you all are doing fantastic and had a great week!! I love you all!!
Well, this week was good!! My highlight this week was we didn’t have the car on Friday because the Elders went to the temple with one of their recent converts so we had to bike and bus all day and we had 8 lessons… 3 of which were in person but we made it on time to each appointment!! It was nuts!! It was a LOT of biking but truly the Lord provided a way!! It was a good day and we met a ton of cool people!! I was super sweaty but it was worth it!! We got fed steaks by one of our members that night so it was so sick haha!!
Something funny that happened this week was I got hit by a car!! Okay it sounds a lot worse than what happened but some Latina rolled through a red light and hit the back of my bike and I like skidded haha!! And she literally didn’t even know she hit me! It was nuts!! I biking in Miami truly is ride or die!! Haha it was so funny but my bike is okay!! And I’m good too haha!! So, it was hilarious haha!!
Oh!! This week I finished Alma!! And Alma is probably one of my favorite books in the Book of Mormon!! The War chapters are sick!! But not because it reminds me of clone wars (that too) but also because there are spiritual lessons to be learned from them!! My favorite character is commander Lehi!! He’s underrated for sure!! But all these Captains and commanders like Moroni and Teancum they all were great fighters but they all relied on the Lord and kept the commandments!! Almost always the Nephites were outnumbered by the Lamanites yet they were able to beat the Lamanites because of their trust in the Lord!! Now the strategies of the Lamanites were important because they were the doings of the devil!! We see the adversary’s game plan and attacks!! But more importantly, we see how we can prevent and defend those attacks!! As we fortify ourselves spiritually and continually do so every day, we are able to withstand the fiery darts of the adversary!! As we trust in the Lord, I know anything is possible!!
Keep being amazing and have a great week!! I love you all and always remember who you are!! Til next week gang!!
Tchau tchau!!
Elder Castillo
