miEste semana fue superbien. y lo sigiuente es que pasó.....
Lunes:
after I wrote you guys last week we went and a had a noche de hogar
with the familia sosa which was good, and got a super delicious
hamburger with egg afterwords for the "dessert" or dinner becuase here
in paraguay they eat really late dinners.. but it was a super good one.
Martes: Today we had a district meeting which went
really well.and we found out that we were going to have a division with
the Zone leader, or i was going to and my comp was going to mariano to
have a division with his comp. after that me and my comp had a really
good day and were just short of our goals becuase we lost an hour from
the switch in the division. but it was all good. I got Elder Sanchez as
my comp he is the man who wants to learn english so bad but hasnt had an
english comp yet so has had to learn straight from the books, he know a
lot though, he wants to go to spokane after his mission. hahah
Miércoles: today me and elder sanchez had a really
good day, we got a lot of lessons in and i learned a ton from him. It
definately is a little easier when a latino is with you to help explain
everything better, and push through the lessons a little faster. We even
went and taught the ice cream lady. Me and elder worsham get ice cream
for about 20 cents alot here, and we have talked about the church with
her but never had a sit down lesson for two reasons. First we normally
get ice cream on our way back to the house and so we dont normally have
time, and we never wanted to ruin our ice cream relationship, but elder
sanchez was determined to teach a sit down lesson with her so we did and
it went well, she is just really bus alot of the time so itll be tough
to get back in haha. After he left i went and taught a lesson with elder
sprenger while we waited for our comps to come back. so i basicallyhad a
double division today... but it was good hahah. but it was a super good
day, and really hot haha.
Jueves: Bueno, today was good put it did start a
little rough, we had a super good lesson, put a baptism date with a lady
and she said she wanted to but the date we put was too late becauase
she was going to the chaco for 3 weeks in january and we cant do it
earlier becuase she hasnt been to church yet so that was a little
frustrating. after that we went and taught a kid named gabrial and his
sister and they both look very promising so maybe we can get a baptism
or something out of that!! we are hoping so they live right in front of
the church so getting them to church shouldnt be the biggest trail like
some of the others. then we went and had a power packed lesson with
Ariel Santa Cruz, he is having some troubles between him and his
señora,. they are both less active, arent married, and have a duaghter,
she recently moved to her moms house and he didnt know what to do, we
had a very good lesson about chastity and repentance and that he needs
to talk to her and pray aot so that he can find the best route for his
family, we have been working with them for 2 weeks now dont think thats
the first lesson we dropped on him hahah. after we hadlesson with brian
the 9 year old we are teaching who is having struggles picking church or
soccer, we may have to drop hijm but his brother is a recent convert
and so we plan on working with him still. then we had a super good
meeting with our ward mission leader and for the first time have goals
and a vision for the future things are looking good here in remansito!.
Viernes: had our weekly planning today and then
lunch and then got to work. Today alot of strange and fun things
happend. It started with this man we contated that had to have been
drunk beyond belief, he shook and kissed our hands, told us to drink
beer, said that wecan use his house or car at anytime, also he told us
we should start building a house on his property so we can be neighbors,
then his friend stood up stuck his hand to heaven and shouted out a
pray i have never heard and all i remember from it was that he said so
that we can drink the sweetest waters, then the kissed the pass along
cards we left them and we left that house. Super awesome contact right!
after we were contacting a house with a calf in front of the house and
nobody left so my comp tried mooing to it and it responded, then i tried
and it walked to us. So we had a conversation with a cow pretty
awesome!! we got in 7 lessons today as well which was awesome. and found
out that brians brother alexis wants to go on a mission when he is
older which is awesome for us! we plan on helping him get ready for it
and prepare even though he is only 13 haha.
Sabado: Today haku!!! hot hot hotwe got 11 lessons
in today!!! a super full day but it was super good! a couple highlights
would be that we visited Ariel Santa cruz and his señora mercedes and
they said they made the desicion to get married!! which was so awesome
to hear, but then they said not until june. So we pulled out the Family
prclamtion to the world and read it and talked about how they should
pick an exact date, and that june leaves alot of time for temptaions,
and that they need to pray about each date. It was a super good lesson
and moment and im really excited about them!! we then went and taught
gabriel, he said he had to work sunday and couldnt go to church, but his
sister wanted to go but had to go to the hospitalbecause she was sick
so that was tough to hear. he did ask about the word of wisdom an so we
were able to get a good lesson in there. after that we set plans to pass
by andgo pic up bryan and alexis in the morning! it was a really good
day today!!
Domingo: We left the house at 7:20,
visited 6 houses an nobody was up or ready to come to church with us!!
it was tough... we got to church and presidant McMullin came to our ward
today!! so that was awesome we also had our primary program which was
super small but really good. it was a good way to get the branch ready
for christmas. we had a good turn out with 64 people 12 less actives,
and one investigator, so that was good, and we are definately starting
to see more and more growth here in remansito! the sosa family wasnt
there, which really was horrible becuase there son just sent his mission
pappers in and the mission presidant came but it just goes to show you
cant take your hands off the iron rod even for a second. We went and
talked to them after church and they were so upset with themselves they
made the desicion to repent and never miss again so we will see how that
goes. we got 6 solid lessons in which is super good for a sunday!
Lunes: today has been a great one! we went to that
buddhist temple and got to take a tour it is gorgoues inside! after that
we went and got some ice cream from a place called todo lo que te gusta
or everything you like, it was good and we went and got some lunch
which was super good! and then we went to the office where my comp and
elder smith (the new elder in remansito) got packages and i said good
bye to elder shumway my grandpa and then we went and did some grocery
shopping, then we came to the cyber to write you guys!!
Over all a super great week and
numbers wise our best!!! i cant believe christmas is so close and cant
wait to skype you guys!! im not 100 percent sure of the day because im
not sure if anywhere will be open on the 25th but we will find out and
do our best, when i know you guys will know... it maybe earlyin the
morning for you guys so prepare yourselves.... ill let you know..
I love you guys so much hope all is well and everyone gets home safely this week!! stay classy and cool... its sooo hot here!!!
Love Elder Jace Gummersall
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