Chaucito Elder Greer

10/20/14

Well elder greer will be going home this week but that doesnt mean that we didnt go out with a bang!!

Lunes: Today was a good one we went to shangrula with the asistents and with eler acosa and with elder feilding, it was really good got to love chinese food, then we went to the office, played a little bit of pingpong and also i was given a pill that is half of the bomb, after that we headed home and go tot work. We visited Fransico Torres and then found a new guy in a less active family named ipolinio while we were there his grand daughter got home and passed out on the gruond, so we helped her get inside and then offered more help and went on our way, crazy after we went and visited the fmailia Zapata who is super ready for baptism, and then we went to the familia arza and called it a night.

Martes: Today we had district meeting that went well, then we did a divisino. I went with elder Martinez, a kid from new york who went to byui for a year as well and is in his first change in the mission.he is really cool, and really wants to be a great missionary, and we had a really good day in his area in jukury. we visited this cool kid named william and then we went and visited some less actives and then some recent converts, it was a ll a pretty good day, but super hot on top of that. but overall it was super good and itll be cool to see him at byui after the mission.

Miercoles: We ended the divisino today and then studied after that we went and viisted the carvajal family and then we went to justo and drew out a map for him of how to stop smoking, we are really hoping that it works. Then we went and visited ña coti followed by visiting the quintero family. After that we went to english class where we found out that esteban a joven in our ward will be going to Buenos Aires Sur for his mission so thats super cool! after we went and visited edgar and jose who are super cool and then visited the familia zapata, afterwhich we called it a night overall a really good day.

Jueves: Today was a good one, we did another division i stayed in my area this time and was hear with elder prestwhich. he is from oregon, near portland and is a really great guy, reminded my of ethan guin a little bit. Anywho, we got to work, studied and then visited arsistis the goalie for a soccer team down here, then we contacted un  a little and after went to lunch with the hermana arza, that was good. After that we went to a less active named clares, it was really good. then we visited the familia cubilla who are trying to all be active. After we visited Lorenzo, who is trying to stop drinking and smoking, so we set some good goals with him so tha the can stop. After that we went and got estaban coleman and then did a visit with a guy named carlos, it was good after that we went and had the baptism interview with the familia zapata, everyone but the mom and that went well. Then to end the night we went and visited Dani and flor and then we called it a night, overall it wqas a really good day!

Viernes: Finsihed the division today, then we did some studying, weekly planningand then had a delicious goodbye elder greer lunch of ñoquis and chippa guazu it was super good!! after that we swung by the house of the familia zpata to go to the office with the mom to get an iterview for the baptism forom president, it went well, and took out a chunk of the day but she passed just fine and then headed home and got to work. We found these cool news that used to listen to our companions along time ago and then visited the familia alegre who is doing alright they are medio active. to end the night we visited the familia ovelar which went well. Good day, hot day...

Sabado: We did some studies, and then headed out and visited this guy named hugo who is really cool but needs to take ome bigger steps in order to be progressing towards baptism. then we went and visited a less active named maria gomez, who is really cool but has tons of health problems and cant go to church from it. After we met a cool new named domingo, he plays guitar and is a little older but is uper nice and we are going to see if we can help him and his family progress. After we ate lunch with the familiy duarte, it was super good and helathy, and then we went to work in our area, visiting the familia carvajal and also swinging by the familia quintero, and finally going to jose and sharing with him and his señora, which went. After that we went oto the house grabbed our stuff and headed to a baptism!!!!! it was super awesome there was a stake relief society activity of making and eating cake before, so we showed up, everyone ate cake, and then we had a baptism with a ton of ward support. It was the best baptism ive had in my mission, probably because it was a whole family! but really it was super lindo!! after the fmailia zapat took us home, we made some tortilla paraguaya and then called it a night.

Domingo: Today was super good we had 115 people, 8 less actives, 1 investigator, and 4 confirmations of the familia zapatait was super awesome. We also got to watch the primary program today, it was cool but not as organized as the states hahah. Aftre church we ent home studied for a second a nd then went ot lunch with the familia cubilla and then let saying goodbye begin. We swung by the familia torres and then went to flor and then swung byt the familia zapata and ended the night by sharing with the familia martinez. Overall great week and great sunday!!

Lunes: Well writing early again, i imagine that next week ill write in the afternoon here but we will see who my new comp is, love you guys all so much!!!

Thanks for everything!!!

Love

Elder Jace Gummersall

Another Week Bites the Dust

10/13/14

Real good week this week.....

Lunes: We went and found a cool new investigator named fabiola, she wants to follow god more and wants to know more about the church. She is really cool and said her husband would want to hear us as well so we will see where that goes. After that we ewnt to Floras house and visited her and her friends that were in her house, it was pretty cool. After that we called it a night and headed home.

Martes: Today we studied and then went and visited our homie jon carlos. He is sooo cool and we are really hoping he is able to progress and go to church. After we went to the church to have a meeting with the missionaries who go to our bulding to be able to plan an activity for the ward. It went well, then we went and had some lunch and got to work. we went and visited justo who just doesnt seem to be able to stop smoking so we are working on that one still. After that we met this cool new guy named ricardo adn then another one named hector. After that we went and vsited the familia rios who are less active, but want to come back, and to end the night we visited the familia zapata, whose 8 year old son alan was awearing a shirt from greenacers elementary school! it was crazy to see and i didnt believe it was the same one until i saw the sponsors on the back! they have family that lives in the states and they send them clothes every now and then so some how that got sent down and i found it.. still working on finding out where their family memebr lives.. i dont think in wahington.. pretty sure new york.

Miercoles: Studied this mornign went and got towo quick visiits in right of the bat with fabiola again and then with Alexis alegre, they were both quality lessons, after that we grabbed a small bite to eat and then had zone meeting. It went really well we taught about the reason we do eveythign we do. Our love for jesus christ. there really is nothing better in the world then understanding that jesus christ loves us, and then showing our love for him by doing what he has asked of us.. there is no better, brighter,or hppier message on earth. after that we went and found a cool new named amelia, had english class, and then went and taught floras daughter who is kind of investigating the church it went really well, but we will see if she progresses.

Jueves: Today we studied and then had o head out to talk to taxi stops. The mission has put us in charge of bartering ith the taxi stops to get the best prices that are set for changes so that the mission can save more money. so we started that this mornign. Then after that we went to The familia carvajal house to share with them and then they invited us to eat ulnch with them so that was cool. After that wewnt and dropped the clothes off at the cubilla house hold and taught there less active daughter who told us we should try and speak to her husband so hat would be super cool. After that we went and taught lorenzo who is addicted to smoking and drinking. so he will be a great project. After that we went and found more news that loved near by, part of a family that was home that could progress. After that we were left to contact for a while becuase no one was home. Then we went to the hermana medina who is doing eally good and has made a strong comeback  thanks to her dedication to study the scriptures. If you want a stronger testimonay, or to know is somethings true or not.. the answer is always in the scriptures. Then we went and visited the fmailia zapata, they are doing awesome! and after we called it a night. it was super hot today.... here comes summer.

Viernes: Studied, then visited the hermana arza and her son and then ran back home to do weekly planning. then we went to Lunch with the familia coleman. After that we went and talked to more taxi stops and then visited justo. He is finnaly understanding more and more why he needs to stop smoking, still working on it though. After that we went and helped the family quintero cut allthe dangly threads off of kids jeans. and after we were left to wander, contact and try to find and meet more people to teach. Then we went and visited Mariela Sanabria, who is basically active and are trying to help her dad come back to church now. then we went and visited Ortiz, and his family who are doing good, and we keep trying to help them so that the rest of the familty has more desire to act upon what we teach them. Becasue learning is good, but only if we act upon what we learn, if we dont act it does us no good. To end the night we went to the fmailia rios again, whose mom got put in the hospital for kidney stones and appendix probelms, she had to get surgrey and so we offered our lvoe and support to the familty to be able to help them in what ever they need. Then we called it a night. 

Sabado: Today we studied and then started the work. We went and visited Clara who said she will be going to church tomorrow, then we went to the alegre family who also said they would be there. After that we went to lunch with the family villalba and then started a fast. After that we went and visited Dora who i looking less like a golden investigator each time we go over there. Then we went toLorenzo who is also understanding slowly the importance of keeping the word of wisdom. After that we went and found a really cool new named Ña Coti she is super cool and is looking for ways to help her family. After that we went and taught english class and then visited Jon Carlos and Merley who are planning on going to church tomorrow.. we are really hoping for a full capilla tomorrow. 

Domingo: WOW!!! today we had 107 people, 11 less actives, and 10 investigators.. unfortunatley not all of whom we were really hoping, but a good sign of who are ready to take mor esteps in the gospel of jesus christ. It was sa really good fast and testomny meeting and afterwords we got to go and give the sacrament to the hermana manuela. After that we studied a little bit and then we went and had lunch with the familia cubilla. Then from there we ewnt and visited gabriela and helped her realize the importance of scripture study. You know what they say, it is imposible for a man to save himself in ignorance. After that we went to the family Villalba shared a little with them and then went and found a new in the house hole of less active, it was really cool, becuase everyone in the house has told us how much she hates mormons and the church, but after sharing with us she seemed to like what she was hearing and looked like she wanted to change. After that we went and visited the fmailia zapata who are getting baptized saturday at 6 wooooo!!!! Real good day today.

Lunes: Well came to the ciber in the morning.. plan on going to shan gru la today.. one of elder greers last pdays.. crazt to think he will be home so soon.

Well love you guys tons. Something i started doing is listen to old general confereences while writing you.. the general conference of 1971 is espectacular!!! give it a watch or listen if you have time. Love you all aton!!

Love 

Elder Jace Gummersall

Short on TIme

10/6/14

dont know if you have cought on to the pattern but the first pday of each month u have a meeting in asuncion which gives me less ciber time..but i will do my best to respond to all and inform you of my week...

Lunes: Found a cool new named Jesus he is 17 and seemed like he wanted to follow jesus christ more, then we went and found another cool new named carlos he could be a promising one as well, his wife has heard us before. Then we ended the night talking to the familia Medina and anwsering the doctrinal questions. Good day.

Martes: Full day we studied and then went to aregua for the district meeting that went well after that we had some lunch and then we went to justo who still hasnt stopped smoking completely but is getting better each day. After we went and taught the familia carvajel who expresed some pretty big concerns about the strength of there famliy, thank goodness for the words of the prophrts in the family proclamation to the world that helps advise us on how to have sucessful familys.aftert we went and taught an investigator named Dora who want to et baptized but isnt going to church so we will see if we can help her progress towards that. Then we went and visited some less actives who didnt seem too intrested, then we went and taught adolfinaa cool new we found and ended the night by visiting mariela and her dad. he is really cool guy but just has a ton of health problems.

Meircoles: started normal then headed out and contacted aton, no one let us in, then we went back and made some lunch... i made 6 eggs and that was it.. talk about healthy hahahaha. After we got some goos lessons in starting with a visit to the familia torres and then we went ot Lorenzo a referencia that we hadrecieved he was pretty cool. After that we went to Gilberto a contact from another day and he also seemed pretty cool. Then we went and visited flor a recent convert and then used the kiosko.. i still have to take a picture with that thing. after that we went and taught english class and then we ran to the zapata family who wants to get baptized coming up here pretty soon. so that really exciting!!! Its an answer to prayers to find a family waiting for the gospels blewssing to come into there lives.

Jueves: Today we did some weekly planning and then had a good lunch,. shared a good message then went and visited the familia cubilla after that we did a service project for the familia quintero.. we caught all the lose strings off pairs of kids jeans. Then we went and met up with esteban, whos mission call should be coming soon and visited Angel who is pretty cool and then went to ortiz a great super active becent convert who loves to listen to the scriptures because he cant see anymore. Then we went and found pablo a returned missionary in the ward and did a division. I went with esteban i really hope that he is going to spokane, we went and visitied justo who is gettting really close to dropping smoking after we went and visited a guy who was starange but cool he diditn really want to listen to us just attack us but it was whatever.. after that we went to dani house and ended the division and got that visit in and then called it a day.

Viernes: Today we used the kiosko in the morning went well it was cool. After we went on a division with elder chinchilla in my area. We studied and then we went to lunch. It was god and after we went to work. We spent aton of time contacting becuase the part of the area the i work in and then we found some cool news visited some poeple we new and then found a super cool new!! she is super prepared and has a kid and is searching for peace and an church. after we went and visited the family alegre they are super sick and then after it got dark, we got lost, contacted a bunch and then finally got to our last visit it was a super good long day and super excited for general conference tomorrow!!

Sabado: WE got up and got some work in before conference it was pretty good, then we went to the stake center for s duper awesome 6hours of general confernce!!!! evryone should go watch it to many great talks to have a favorite one!!! but not to musch for the day...

Domingo: We found the cooledt family working before general confernce today, they are columbians and are super sick!! i think that they coild be baptized really soon! hope that they keep progressing.. then went and watched the last 4 hours of general conference, i watched it in english, but when the spanish speakers were up i went and listend to them in spanish but it was such a great weekend!!!

Lunes: today we had the meeting in asuncion and then we went and  learned about how to be better it was super good. We reviewed our purpose of why we are here. Mine would be a simple one. I love Jesus Christ and i want everyone to be able to enjoy the blessings that come from the attonement of jesus christ. It really does bring peace and joy to my life and can bring endless amounts of happiness to anyone who decides to apply the teachings that he gave us.

Well live you all aton, hope you guys have a great week and that eveything goes well...

Love

Elder Jace Gummersall