Lunes: After i wrote you guys we made our way home and to the hose of Celia. She is going to be baptized for sure either the next sunday
or the last one before next cambios (changes) it was really fun. we
played the game with flour.. a fan favorite i would say and everyone
ended up fishing for the candy in flour.. it was a good time and a great
FHE to have because she should have friends in the church for a while
now. after that we headed home. My comp isnt the most cleanly person on
the block with his food, not horrible, and really not that bad but he
does leave food out at times and doesnt do his dishes that often.
Normally not a problem for me, ive adjusted. But when we got home
tonight I saw a mouse crawl behind the stove. We then spent the next 20
minutes standing on chairs trying to kill it with a broom. My comp had a
good shot at it and hit it once, but after that its squoze its way
under the bathroom door and vanished... so now we are living with a
rat... and all the food is put away.. that was our eventful lunes.
Martes: Today we had district meeting in Villa
hayas, because two weeks ago it was in remansito. It was good. I learned
some good stuff but mainly came away with the fact that me and elder
bonzo are going on a division in my area this week. We came to the
mission the same time and he took three years of german before his
mission so that means the spanish should be intresting. It should be fun
though. Elder Bonzo is the man im excited to judge where my spanish is
at. When we got back nobody was home. Its a pretty common case here
during the ciesta, they are either working, or sleeping. You can find
people sleeping at all hours of the day here in remansito. It was
supppppppppper hot today and i got myself a haircut. The guy did not mes
around he buzzed everything except the bangs. Cut them a little bit and
then called it good. In reality my hair was cut really bad and doesnt
look that good. But in this missionary world im living in its perfect
because its just hair haha. We then went and visited monica who thought
that the missionaries were prophets. That was interesting. I constructed a
mouse trap today to. Peanut butter, dulce, and this toxic liquid stuff.
Hopefully we will come home to a mouse already dead because i dont
think i have the heart to kill it. After a long hot day of working, we
came home to find nothing in the mouse trap, (you´ll get pictures) but
we did get a phone call from the zone leader, saying that this week we
will be having zone conference and that we will also be having interviews
with president. So this thursday should be quite exciting!
Miércoles: today started with rain rain rain.. it
started at about 8 in the morining and just kept dropping. we went to
hermana istanizlada ( ithink thats how you it) she had these shish ka bob
things that were just meat, but were super good, and she had a ton, i
ate 7 and my comp 5 there was still like 15 left over haha. at the end
of lunch the rain came to a stop and out into the streets we headed. We
taught a couple people and were actually able to find needs of these
people, that way we could teach them how the gospel can help that need
in their life. Truly a huge help for us when someone tells us that kind
of stuff. today was a good day we taught a total of 10 lessons. busy
busy busy, as always. We got home to find out my comp left the water
running so the house floor was all wet again.. he is extremely lucky
that carpet doesnt exist down here our else we would have rotted floors.
After that i shinned my shoes to prep for the interviews tomorrow. They
looked soooooo good :) haha
Jueves: Zone conference this morning. We left early
to make sure we were there with early with out any problems. we got
there with plenty of time to spare and then got some studying in too.
after that we had the first half of zone conference with just the AP´s
and zone leaders while president kept interviewing. It was super good,
we learned the importance of teaching the apostasy clearly and for
understanding, because when someone understands that, they understand
the need for a prophet and a restoration. super good! then president
came in and basically gave us an overview of the things he taught the
past which was awesome for me to hear all the topics he has already
covered. Then we ended ( i said the closing pray) and then i waited for
my interview with president. We went to a little dispensa right next
store to the church and bought meat and bread and ate sandwiches as we
waited. My interview was super awesome! he has so many awesome ideas.
For every question or concern about our area that i had he had a
brilliant response. It was incredible. After that we headed home. We did
our weekly planning today because tonight we are starting divisions and
and wont be able to do it tomorrow. That went well. After that we only
had about 2 hours to work. We went and visited froilan and took pictures
of his house that we might uses for the other missionaries. Then we
taught him, after that we had about 20 minutes until the switch so we
contiued the house hunt with very little success. Then we made the
switch, me and elder bonzo headed home and it was there that i learned
today was halloween!! all day me and my comp were saying that it was
tomorrow but no it was today, we celebrated with the fake teeth and
called it a night. (shows how much this country appreciates noche de
brujas (night of witches)).
Viernes: well today i was the senor comp, and had to
take care of all the things im not yet that good at. namely Using the
phone, and casual conversation for before and after each lesson and for
lunch. But to my surprise i didnt really have any problems with
understanding anything or conversing with the people. It was super cool.
Today was super hot.and literally nobody was in there home, even the
people that we confirmed with werent home it was super frustrating. We were
able to have three lessons with less active members which was good, but
werent able to have any lessons with members. The most disappointing
was that celia wasnt there and our plan was to solidify a date for her
baptism. After, we headed to Villa Hayas, ate some lo mito arabe (look
up the recipe and make it, its so good (lunch two pdays ago)) and then
headed home. Today i was super tired but endeed the day with alot more
confidence in spanish so that was good
Sábado: Today me and my comp got into a little
arguement, but were able to solve that without wasting much time,
nothing bad just a little disagreeing in views that we were able to
clear up. Today wasnt hot at all, it was overcast, windy, and had the
lightest little sprinkles of rain every now and then. We went to lunch
at president oveidos house and he wasnt there to eat it with us so we
ate it with his wife. She told us about how all the people in remansito
are saying her husband uses the tithing money to support his family. The
gossip down here can get pretty tough sometimes, and we have definitely
heard that from members too. We tried our best to offer comfort and
scriptures to help her and i think it ended good. After lunch we started
our fast. Then went to San Antonio but the people who are usually in
sanantonio werent there so we taught a lesson and headed back. After
that we went on a house hunt again, finding alot of options, but nothing
perfect, we did get some good contacting in. At the end of the night
there was alot of people that told us they would be at church tomorrow
so we were pretty excited.
Domingo: We started the morning by going to the
house of a less active, and investigator that said they would be coming
to church. One was sleeping still and the other vowed next week he would
be there with all of his family. We are really hoping that these guys
will be there. Church was super good today. Victor was confirmed, and
then we had testimony meeting. We didnt use the piano today because i
wasnt 100% ready to play at least 2 hymns so im hoping i can have 4
ready next week. Since today was fast sunday
we had testimony meeting, and you guessed it i went up and bore my
testimony today. Just felt like i should, so i did. cool that i can do
that with out problems now haha. After church we did something
different. We went out to all of the people who told us they would be there
to say we missed them and that we hope to see them next week. Hopefully
this will help the people start coming to church. we then closed our
fast went to lunch and came home to do our studies. After our studies we
headed out to teach a little. We got 5 potential people who really look
like they could be baptized in the coming weeks, and my companion
(district leader) wants me to teach people how i teach the apostasy for
the next district meeting (tomorrow) i guess you could say i learned somethings from the zone conference. We werent able to teach celia today
because she wasnt home, but here recent convert brother who has slipped
into inactivity was. We talked to him and i taught him the importance of
the book of mormon, and we we need to read it everyday. After my comp
told me that he got the impression that i will be in the office at some
point in my mission. I said i hope not cause i would rather work 24/7
but only time will tell. He did want me to ask dad if he was ever in the
office.. so dad were you ever in the office on your mission? haha.
Lunes: todays been good we played some soccer with
other missionaries.. i was picked first i think out of pitty but also
was the only american there so i dont know why that happened. then we
went to lunch at the same lo mito place as last time (not villa hayas)
sooooooo goood. and then we came to the cyber to write you guys! good
week for me!
Sounds like you all are doing great, my life is
going well here in paraguay, doesnt even feel like were close to
christmas but its only like 6-7 weeks away, and then i get to skype
you!! crazy eh!!
Hope all continues to go well for you guys love you tons!!!
Love
Elder Jace Gummersall
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