Short email, but this week has been a great week. Well the end of it anyways. We had Zone Conference and it was a 'kick in the butt' to get things going again. I loved it. I needed that little straightforwardness. So the next day we went to work. Talked to people all day on the trains, played ukulele for and with people (I discovered a new way to share the Gospel... Music! I wish I discovered this a year sooner, but discovering now was perfect timing because I love playing the uke and singing. It makes everything so much fun and just changes the atmosphere); visited a member in the hospital, talked to and played for more people and had a nice dinner with a member, all in a day. It was a fantastic day where we made a lot of people smile, cry, laugh and feel comforted. Shared about who we were and our message to those who wanted to know. It was a great day where God placed people in our path. We did nothing more than merely showing up and opening our mouths. Everything else was provided, the people were prepared that day.
It's been awesome to come to a realization to use your talents when sharing the Gospel. We have an Elder from Tonga who owned a barbershop back home and has been giving free haircuts to all and share the Gospel in the meantime. In one week he gave 70 haircuts. Just by using his talents and it got me thinking of what I could offer. Then I realized I've been playing around with other missionaries' ukuleles and I enjoy singing, then we were finding people at the trains with some other missionaries and they brought their uke! So we played and sang for people and it was AWESOME! People smiled, listened, chatted with us and it really help us be a light for the people! So I bought a ukulele and that's what we've been doing since. Playing for members and their kids, anywhere we can. It's really brought me a lot of joy to offer the Gospel in a way that everyone is receptive to. Love you all.
We met 3 guys at a train station started jamming with them, they rapped while I sang and played and it was SO SWEET! They were on their way to the recording studio and they were hyped from our jam session and asked US for our number and want to get me in the studio! Hahahaha Don't know if it'll actually happen but watch out for me on Spotify! hahaha
Have a great week!
Elder Brandon Escamilla
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Australia Sydney Mission
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(L to R) Elder Lee (my son), Me, Elder Scott (my dad), Elder Pottle (My Brother)
Pday bowling with missionaries in the zone
Group of guys we sang with in Train station
Videos of us singing with the guys in the station
