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 ...

Welcome back to the worst email on the planet, or maybe the worst missionary email. I hope you all enjoy wasting your time reading this. So on Monday, I parted ways with Elder Granados as he went to the mission home to fly to Saint Croix, which was cool because I got to be in a trio! I was in a trio for 2 days with Cayey, and that was such a blast. I laughed so hard. Elder White and Elder Hemming are goats. I also had no food, so I ate all of Elder Hemming's toast with their honey. My bad, sorry man. But it was cool to be in a trio for a day or two. We had a lesson with their most progressing friend, se llama Nilda, and so we went to their bishop's house for a family home evening, and it was super fun. The bishop did an object lesson I really liked. He had us sing, and whoever won got 50 pesos (they use the term "pesos" here as in money, even though "pesos" is the Spanish currency of the Dominican Republic because the Puerto Rican dollar is the US dollar). S...

1 Nephi 10:17: I, Nephi, was desirous also that I might see, and hear, and know of these things by the power of the Holy Ghost, which is the gift of God unto all those who diligently seek Him, as well in times of old as in the time that He should manifest Himself unto the children of men. 18 For He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and the way is prepared for all men from the foundation of the world, if it so be that they repent and come unto Him. 19 For he that diligently seeketh shall find, and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them by the power of the Holy Ghost, as well in these times as in times of old, and as well in times of old as in times to come. Wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round. Now, this is powerful. Let's think about what it's saying really fast: "He that diligently seeketh shall find." That's a promise that if you really look for the mysteries of God, it will be given unto you. We just need to look and work fo...

"Oh, qué lo qué? How it be? Imma just hit the title in the beginning. So, we found this lady who really likes us, almost too much. Anyways, Puerto Ricans are a lot like me. They're just honest; they say it how it be, just straight up and honest. Honestly nice until it's about your Spanish. Anyways, we call this lady... Turns out she's already a member, baptized in San Souci. Anyways, she's like, "Yo, my girlfriend" (we're like, "What? Your girlfriend?"). Anyways, not the point. She's like, "Yo, you guys got bathrooms in your church?" We're like, "Uh, yeah, why? Cuántos?" (How many?) Like a few toilets, why? Ok, mi pareja tiene Pampers porque ella tiene mucho diarrea! And at this point, we're just like about to laugh but also puke. Then she's like (to her girlfriend), "Yo, get baptized. It's easy. They'll just dunk you in a river!" And we're like (in our heads), yeah, the problem is sh...