Tew, Coleman T

God is in the details. I'd like to start by sharing a really cool story that happened to me! So, on December 1, 2021, I got transferred from Arecibo to Aibonito. I really had a hard time. I got to Aibonito, and everything bad was happening: I got bed bugs, the branch president's wife got mad at me, I got sick. I felt abandoned and lost. Every day felt like it was getting worse and worse. I felt like Satan was attacking me more and more every day. I was getting more beaten and more beaten, and I just felt like I couldn't endure this anymore. I was very upset. I just left Arecibo and loved my mission. And now I'm here in Aibonito for only 2 weeks, and I just want to go home. Time goes on, and I get a vision of a butterfly in a dream while I was praying before personal study. And I was just chasing it, and I woke up right before I caught it. What could the butterfly mean? Why did I feel the need to look up their life cycle? My mission president comes up to Aibonito and sta...

Well, what the freaking heck? I did it, and I accomplished my bucket list.... I was sunburnt in Aibonito, por fin! I am so hungry. I literally hate this. So, we were looking for this less active man who hasn't been to church since 2004 (he asked us how Gordon B. Hinckley is). Anyway, he's 41 now, and we happened to find him the other week when we were walking on the street! He was like, "Yo, I am an elder too. I have the Melchizedek Priesthood." We were like, "What?" and we have no idea who you are. Jaja. Anyways, we have been looking for his house for 2 weeks, and we finally found it randomly. Lots of work to figure out where this guy lives, but we get there, and we're like, "Yo," and he's like, "Come in." So we sat down, and we go inside, and we start talking to this guy, and he looks at my hand and reaches out and says, "Is that a Book of Mormon?" So I hand it to this guy and say, "Yes," and he takes it, and...

Buenas tardes, mis amores. Les quiero muchísimo. Well, I always heard that missions were hard. I always thought that people just meant that it was hard because of homesickness or missing out with friends, feeling behind in life (work or school) compared to all the other kids your age. This is not why missions are hard. Missions are hard because it's so hard to get people to church, it's so hard to get them to read the Book of Mormon, and it's so hard for them to pray about it (the church, the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith, etc.). And why, why is it so hard? Temptation. Lately, I've been blaming it all on Satan (which it is, but I'll explain). But this week, I learned something very interesting I've just never thought about. It's not Satan. It's them. At the end of the day, it's our agency. They have two choices: to choose us and God or choose the temptation and the devil. They always go with the easy way, the comfortable way. In life, we always have t...

So actually, this week went by fast, but it felt like two weeks because my brain thought that Tuesday was Friday because the week before went by like a blur. So this week felt like the longest week ever. Basically, I feel like I haven't had a P-day for two weeks. Idek if that makes sense, but... On Tuesday, I went to the Caguas hospital. I now hold the record for the most times in the Caguas hospital. According to Hermana Skinner, I've been there six times, and not one of those visits was for me; it was always for my companion. So apparently, I need to be the comforter or learn something from the hospital, and I have no idea what it is. But now, I'm the champion for the most times in the Caguas hospital. Our house exploded on Wednesday when we were about to shower. There was no power to the light switches, but our outlets had power. Idek, anyways, there was a fire smell, and it was kinda weird. I don't really know what the heck was happening there. I am so lucky I live ...