big news:

well i just got the official news that my visa didn't come. :(
which means that I'll be going to the provo mtc. and I mean, it's not that big of a surprise because i knew that there are lots of visa troubles and nobody is at the mtc down there... but i was praying for a miracle.
it's just a little bit disheartening because i've never prayed for such a specific thing for so long. every single day for 7 months i've prayed that if it was the Lord's will, that my visa would come. So, I guess the Lord wants me here. And if i get sent to Texas after that for the duration of my whole mission (like Tom Jay) then that's the Lord's will too, because I know he could straighten out the visa thing. but that's not the way it worked. but it's so hard when your heart is so set on something, but it doesn't work the way you want it to. and my little heart was so so set on going to brazil.
but like the good book says, "ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith"
heck, i hear the food's better at the provo mtc anyway :)