Ebbert, Lawson

Whattup coppers, This week was pretty aight. The beginning of the week was fire and I was walking out of the house every day, wind in my hair style, angels at the rearguard, the whole shmorgus. But oof it is hard to maintain that much energy and enthusiasm especially when I still can't freaking talk to people normally and also holy cow the Plan of Salvation is so hard to teach in portuguese?? Past, present, and future conjugation up the wazoo. BUT I am finishing this email later in the day and I can officially say that my 'core is refilled' so to speak. We went to a huge park as a zone today and I got to see some of my CTM brothers and talk to my family and it was honestly just a joy. So I'm feeling ready to keep working this thing through and keep advancing. Channeling my Shawn Spencer, I can tell that y'all are currently thinking: "Lawson, why is this week's email so inferior to last weeks? Where's the prologue, the epilogue, the bolded sections, the ...

(Editor's note: this email was originally going to be titled "Far From Home" in reference to the Spiderman film of the same name. The title has since been updated to account for recent events.) Hoooooooooooooooooo boy folks. Buckle up.  Prologue In the beginning of the "Adjusting to Missionary Life" book, there is a stress chart with the colors green, yellow, orange, and red, green being "I can appropriately handle the stresses of missionary life and feel the spirit" and red being "God has abandoned me". If I were to track my day to day using that chart, it would probably look like an impressionistic painting. Or a synesthete's interpretation of Mars by Gustav Holst. If you got that joke, you're a nerd. But seriously, it has been a struggle. I probably cried more in the first two days of my being out in the mission field than I cried in the past like year. My MTC district was 100% carrying my mental for the last month. But we're c...

Dear Family of Elder Ebbert,   We joyfully received Elder Ebbert today in the São Paulo Interlagos Mission.  We are grateful for his desire to serve our Savior Jesus Christ.  He will bless many lives and grow and become a more dedicated disciple of Jesus Christ through his experiences.  We are grateful for your faith in Jesus Christ to send your son.  We love him.   With Gratitude, Síster Morrin Brazil São Paulo Interlagos Mission

Olá dente! I schedule sent my last email at like midnight brazil time, but I should have waited because that day we played a ton of pickleball and it rained and we had an awesome movie moment playing in the rain. It was a blast.  My bit this week was rats. They're called ratos em português. I like to fancy myself as King of the Rats, like in the nutcracker. I'm pretty sure that theres a rat king in nutcracker but I mostly just remember a barbie version of the nutcracker I think? Maybe I'm just crazy. Some elders from new zealand and england gave me a haircut this week. It was lo key clean and also I loved their accents. My sister is getting back from her mission this week! Maybe today(?) I'm very excited for her and can't wait to see her in 2 years >:) My thoughts are all jumbled so I don't really have a spiritual thought this week. Conference was fire. Easter is the best. The Book of Mormon is dope. This is my last week in training and next week I go into th...