"We need to try our best to unlock our spiritual potential and be the best we can be."

Yo yo yo. HOLA FAMILIA. COMO VOCÊS ESTÃO?

Today marks the end of my first transfer here in Fortaleza. I will be staying in Parquelânida with my awesome trainer Elder Momesso. Today, me and Elder Momesso and the other companionship in our ward went to a LAN house to see who was gonna be transferred. They made it so dramatic haha. They said to me that our mission is super young, and they keep sending more and more missionaries here which means that some trainers finish their 12 week training and then train someone else. Crazy.

Something funny that happened this week is that all the bebedos (drunk people) yell "Joseph Smith" at us, really funny. We got a reputation with the bebedos haha. Anyway, in our area we are teaching Mateus, an old investigator that was in the area book, and he has a date for this Saturday!! We've been helping him overcome his problems with some of the commandments and I really have seen a change in him. The saving power of the atonement is real and its for everyone. Also, his mom wont sign his baptismal form, but we told him the power of the testimony he has. If he shares that testimony, the Spirit will soften her heart. 

Something I wanted to share this week was a quote from Ezra Taft Benson:

"Do you know what peace and prosperity can do to a people, it can put them to sleep. The Lord has on the Earth some potential spiritual giants whom he saved for some 6000 years to help bear off the kingdom triumphantly, and the adversary is trying to put them to sleep. We have too many potential spiritual giants who should be more vigorously lifting their homes, the kingdom, and the country. We have many who feel they are good for something, strong patriarchs, courageous missionaries, valiant temple workers, devoted quorum members. In short, we must be shaken and awakened from a spiritual snooze."

We all have this amazing potential inside us to be something more, but first we need to wake up! We need to try our best to unlock our spiritual potential and be the best we can be. How we can be the best we can is simply trying to become more like Christ every single day. Try to love a little more, have a little more patience, and a little more kindness every single day. I know as we do this we can unlock our spiritual potential and be the son/daughter of God that we should be.

Com amor,

-Elder Eliason