February 23, 2026

Hey, what's up everyone!! How was everyone's week? Hit me up with an email if something interesting happened throughout the week. I'd love to hear it. Here's my week:

Spiritual thought:
Ok, so I want to talk about the power of gratitude. 

What a great and wonderful blessing we have to be able to be here and to learn and grow and to BE HAPPY

we all have the opportunity to be happy, we just need to have the right situations, and then we'll be happy... right?

No, not right. We can be happy in Any situation we are given. We have the truth, the hope, and the light of knowledge of our eternal destiny. When putting that in view, god will 

"Ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs" -Moroni 24:14

With divine help, we can always have access to godly love, and joy. What is godly love and joy. I think its gratitude. We can be grateful for any situation in our lives no matter the situation 

No matter the situation! What a cool promise. I've seen members here in really trashy conditions. They work all day, every waking second to earn money just for the evening. There's a missionary here that has gave his all to be able to serve. He leaves in three weeks and is preparing first for the mission. 

It is so inspiring to see these conditions faced with big smiles and warm welcomes. These people has close to nothing, and yet they continue on each day. I know they're grateful, for big things and little. I love being among these people to learn how I can be more grateful in my life. 

Now I turn to you. What are you grateful for? Not just the things that are going well, but maybe things that are hard to be grateful for. I promise you that this is the KEY TO HAPPINESS. Its been tried and tested over a billion times by people around the world. And I say these in the name of Jesus christ amen.

Random events:
-we've had three nights going to bed without power with it only to turn on in the middle of the night. With the lights and everything.💡

-we got stranded outside our house because we had an exterminator come and spray poison all over the house. He was wearing a hazmat suit and flip-flops. Haha, gotta love Africa😂

-almost broke, we're regulating on 5k for this week. Its gonna work, watch me 🕶👨‍🔧🤘

-found all our friends and tried seeing who is truly interested, ça va aller

Thanks for reading the email! Hope you'll have a great week to come. Keep up your studies! 

Sleepy heads again. Siwy ewlders😴

Amazing illustration of what I see everyday 

Some fun kids wanted a photo

Is this heaven?

Stranded outside our apartment

What we're fighting⚔️

We love massive semi's flying down the wrong side of the road

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