The space bar on this thing is like a rock so I apologize for any
words where the spacing is mixed up. Its really throwing me off.
Alright Viernes: We had our last class with herman guitierz and got
to take pictures and then every one in the district got to bare their
testimonies. It was really good. I also finished up my last interviews with
people and got to give one last blessing to an elder in my district. Also the
week before I started asking the latinos ¿como està su gato? which they
absolutely loved.. thought was hilarious, and then continued to blow it out of
proportion by saying we were eating different animals for meals and things like
that. It was super funny and I loved making them laugh… wish I would have used
it for the other 2 groups.
Sabado: We went proselyting and I don’t remember too much because
its been so long but here’s what i do remember. We had a dog follow us for 2
hours, we named it dog, because that’s not a Spanish word and were cleaver.
haha. My computer says all these words are spelled wrong so that’s annoying
haha. Also there was this super awesome street market that was open for like an
hour that was just the street filled with tons of different kind of shops. I
wish it was open longer or that we could have gone back. That would have been
cool. At night it was our last time with hermano Àvila which was sad but we got
some good photos.
Domingo: I didnt have to give a talk in church at all! So that
was awesome! Also we had our last chance to take pictures, which was
good, and we had just a normal good Sunday. Also there is a group photo on www.lds.org.ar I think. Try and find me if you can.
Lunes: today was full of meetings, like literally 12 hours worth of
preparing to enter the field but I’m super excited so it was all right. Said my
last good byes to the Latinos and Uruguay people tonight and got myself ready to
get up at 3 in the morning. Whooooooo I love mornings... said the liar.
Martes. Today was the big travel day and big it was. We started by
all the Paraguay people riding a bus to the plane in which it took an hour for
everyone to make it through the airport. Then when we left to go get on our
plane. We took a bus out to the runway and got on our plane via stairs. It was
super awesome! I sat next to 2 very unfriendly people and had a silent flight
thanks to that. The flight was an hour and a half long and once
we landed it took another hour for everyone one to get through customs because
they did it one at a time. I was last, but while waiting i was able to place a
book of Mormon with a couple other missionaries… it was awesome! After
he tried to teach us some Guaraní. I
asked if he liked to read, then introduced the book of Mormon. I told him it could change his life and just
like that boom... one down! hahaha. After customs president McMullin was
waiting for us- which was good. He is a great guy and I cant wait to get to
know him more. Then we went to the church building with the mission office, had
lunch and went and visitied a park. Did you know that Parley P Pratt was a main
contributor into opening south America as a mission? crazy!!! Also after
the park we went to visit the temple grounds! They are beautiful and hopefully I’ll
be able to upload all my pictures so you can see them. After we returned for
dinner, I met with president, and he asked lots of good questions so that he
could get a feel of who I was and what companion would suit me best. Then
all 24 of us slept in the house of the ap and office workers. It was a little
crowed but a last good night with all my friends from the ccm. Oh also we
ate dinner at a restaurant. It was good, i have no idea what it was, but it was
good.
Also the lady in tan and black came back to church for the first time in forever this last week so that was super exciting and we took a picture. my companion did at least. He said reactivating people is equal to baptism, especially in this area, which I have come to learn is true.
Alright so...
jueves- oh and this key board doesn’t show all the letters so bear
with me... sorry....Super full day today. And I met the sosa family. I have
decide that sister sosa is like the grandma of the ward even though shee isn’t
that old- hahah. But she is very kind and always trying to feed us. Which is
awesome! We taught 4 lessons today which
was great. I can only say so much... most the time I pray and bear testimony of
the things we teach but I’m slowly getting better. I cant remember if I
said this in the last letter but we have a baptism scheduled for each Saturday
of September so that’s super awesome... starting with this Saturday!!! The
problem is their are all girls and even though its good that they are join our
branch needs way more men... we have about 12 priesthood holders that are
active in our branch- including ourselves. Tonight was cold.... but starting to
get hotter... yep!
Viernes- I found out that we get lunch every day from members except
for pdays which is great cause we rarely eat dinner. My Spanish is pretty bad
still, but I am getting good at practicing my patience. People love to laugh and
make fun of me when I cant understand anything... so that’s cool. Also i found
out that most 18-20 year old guys date 13-15 year olds and I think that that is
soooo gross... but like everyone has a girlfriend or boyfriend and it seems to
be totally fine to them... i think its super weird.. oh and today was supper
hot!!! Like really hot.... summer is going to be a tough one for sure.
Sabado- also supper hot!! We taught 4 lessons and one house we went
to their power had been down all day. We said a pray with them and within 5
minutes it turned on!! I truly believe that it was a miracle. It was so
awesome. We also fast from lunch to lunch here... so fast Sunday was really
rough. It was super hot and we weren’t allowed to drink water.. Because the
mission president hasn’t said anything about that.. My companion is sick and so
for our fast he asked me for a blessing since he couldn’t take any medicine.. I
gave it to him in Spanish it was super hard. I am running out of time to write
and trying to send as many pictures as possible but don’t know how to send more
than like 5 at a time... if you can teach me through email that would be great.
Domingo-
Super hot.. Also I learned that punctuality doesn’t exist here. We
were like 10 minutes late to church cause we had to take church clothes to a
member and the meetings didn’t even start till half an hour after they were
supposed to. it was crazy. I did get to stand up in front of everyone and
introduce my self at church.. That was fun.. Not really. they all laughed but its all good... I know
that they care. We taught the young men’s president tonight who is less active
and he cried and said he knew that he needs to change his life… it was super
cool! I sleep with no sheets now. Its so hot....
Lunes- today is pday and has been crazy busy in short cause I have
no time... I ate burger king and have been all over... ill try and include more
next week...
cool things about Paraguay:
Animals ive seen... horses, parrots, chickens, dogs, turkeys, pigs,
sheep cats, frogs (i even kicked one for fun it was funny tehehe. oh and
cows... the dogs chase the cows everywhere its halattious.
My first American song I heard in south America was diamond by
riahanna... thought of Kelby naturally... ill try and include other cool
stuff next time. have to catch the bus
or will have a really long walk ahead.. Sorry I couldn’t send that many
pictures... I’ve taken over 300 and dont know how to send more than a couple at
a time. also mom if you send a package do not put over 100 dollars for value
the airport takes it and then keeps it for a very long time and its way more
expensive... sorry the second half of the letter was so short we are pressed
for time ill try and answer all your questions next time.
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Much love para siempre
Ciao
Elder Jace Gummersall
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